Truck bed tent solution w/ custom tent mount

I have been trying to come up with a good truck bed tent set up for the Cybertruck for a while now. I was not interested in the Cyber tent, due to both cost and the tedious set up.

I finally pulled the trigger and bought a tent then “fabricated” a mount. Tonneau cover closes fully when the tent is folded up, with about 9 inches of space under the mounts.

Setup or break down takes about 1 min!

UPDATE:

Below is the list of parts I used, I did have some of this stuff laying around, and there are probably some cheaper alternatives, especially for the 2080 extrusions, but I thought they gave it a nice look, and they line up and bolted well to the "shelf hangers" I used for the drop down.

With the below really not much modification needed. Really just two or three things:

1. You have to cut the 2080 to length which is a bit tricky as the bed is not square and the side has some flex to it, so to get a tight fit you have to cut just a bit long.

2. Drill out the top holes on the hanger to fit the t tract bolts. You have to bend the shelf hangers, I just placed the short end in a vice and bent the arm, eyeballing it.

3. Optional cut the u bolts to get maximum clearance under the tent.

I think the build is fairly straight forward, t track bolts go in the t tract, rails supports (shelf supports) attach to the t tract bolts. The 2080 then bolts to the shelf supports (holes line up). Place the tent on top, and use the u bolts secure. Just have to get skinny to get underneath to bolt it on. Probably take 2-3 hours. I am sure everyone on here will have even better ideas/improvements. I am interested to see what everyone does with it.

T Track Bolts: https://amzn.to/3LFwcJr
T Slot Aluminium Extrusion Rails: https://amzn.to/4qOthhH
Rail Supports: https://amzn.to/49fZ84C

T Slot Bolt set: https://amzn.to/47ACnXX
T Slot Rail end caps: https://amzn.to/4nLTivl

Ubolts narrow: https://amzn.to/4hS9c62
Ubolts wide: https://amzn.to/43VTWzi

Tent: https://amzn.to/3XpqT3s

Crafty.

What were the thoughts to lowering the platform 9” from the bed floor? I imagine the space under the cyber tent is fairly practical storage.

Nicely done!

That honestly, is pretty awesome!

Completely hidden, no range loss, super quick set up. Great idea and implementation!

Spectacular. Very very cool project

That’s awesome! I’d love to have a tent like that where setup/tear down is easy and the trunk space is not lost. Excellent job!
You should sell the design.

What did the project cost? Or what would it
cost if you didn’t have your own fabrication skills and tools?

You 'da man! I've been wanting to post about this type of solution for CT camping. Way to MAKE! Awesome!

The idea that I'd love to see someone make is a high-tunnel style canopy that mounts to edges of CT to serve as enclosure of a larger covered space would be sweet! Then add blow-up mattress on frames like you created

Thanks! I am really happy with how it turned out. I raised it as much as I could to still clear the tonneau cover, ended up with 9 inch space underneath.

Honestly most of the items can be purchased of the shelf with minor mods, I’ll dig up the links for the items. I think about 150-200$ for the mount set up, but could be done cheaper. Tent is the expensive bit, runs ~ 1 k

This is really cool. Nice work!

I know you said the cybertent setup is tedious, but it's really not bad at all once you get use to it and the under tent storage is really great. Lots of clearance underneath and very compact for what it is.

Can you share the list of items?

the bottom could fit a pull out table that can extend the platform. Fits great with your design. Nice.

Which tent did you use?

Are those 2080 extrusions? I believe a have some 48” 2080s in my garage.

Aggietruck2002 said:

Thanks! I am really happy with how it turned out. I raised it as much as I could to still clear the tonneau cover, ended up with 9 inch space underneath.

Honestly most of the items can be purchased of the shelf with minor mods, I’ll dig up the links for the items. I think about 150-200$ for the mount set up, but could be done cheaper. Tent is the expensive bit, runs ~ 1 k

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That's the nicest implementation I've seen. Good job!

When you say "clear the tonneau cover" are you referring to when you flip the top half out towards the back?

Yes

CTMichael said:

Are those 2080 extrusions? I believe a have some 48” 2080s in my garage.

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Yes 2080 extrusions, for me the final lengths were ~ 54 inches, of course none of these beds are square making everything challenging.

HaulingAss said:

That's the nicest implementation I've seen. Good job!

When you say "clear the tonneau cover" are you referring to when you flip the top half out towards the back?

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It was a balance, when I say clear the tonneau, I just mean it closes without any difficulty, the tent does have to be mounted back from the cab just a bit for ladder to clear the tail gate, but not much. Of course the further back the tent is sitting the lower it has to be, since the tonneau slants down.