Toyota 76 Series
The 76 series is one of the last true 'Live axle' 4x4 on the market - providing proven off road performance. It is also an excellent tow vehicle with space to carry enough gear for long term 4 person off road travel.
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Tough Touring Roof top tent Racks for the 76 series Toyota
The 76 presents as an awesome vehicle to carry gear, its wide roof takes Roof tents and Awnings well, combined with its suspension flex being super capable at handling a bit of extra gear. Tough Touring R&D was all about Get tents lower and mounted stiffer - While mounting the awnings within reach of your average persons height (To reach the bag and still stand under an awning the ideal mount height off the ground is 1950mm) It turns out the best way to fit the roof top tents varies depending on the tent - So Tough touring ended up with 3 different rack designs for the 76 series - according to what type of touring your doing. ​​​​
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The Most Popular Roof tents fitted to 76 here would be the Bundutec Bundutop for Ultimate comfort - and the Tuff Trek Mk3 for load bearing versatility. They are both well suited to this vehicle for different reasons. A newer Designed tent - the 'Bullett' also makes out top 3...Read more on these tents and other great RTT here
Awnings and the 76 Series
By and Large - Pole less awnings for fast set up are worth the investment if your going to be setting up and packing down often. - the Ostrich wing awning presents the most versatility in It can be easily turned into an extra room by adding its heavy duty zip on walls - providing downstairs dry shelter and or wind breaks for anyone ground camping. . More on the Ostrich wing here.
To hang awnings off the 76 - Tough Touring makes a massive range of awning to rack brackets -
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The Obvious upgrades required for a 76 series to be a comfortable 4 person off road Touring vehicle
Once you load up the standard 76 series with 4 people - it has little room for carrying dirty objects like chainsaw, porta-potti, garbage, firewood etc - So fitting the truck up to utilising roof space around and on top of the vehicle is going to be important.
Rear wheel carriers can add vital storage space for 1 spare, 1 jerry can , Chainsaw and a garbage bin/bag which can double as carrying toilet buckets etc. Load bearing Roof top tents, like the Tuff Trek Mk3 would have to be our favorite addition as they double as a roof rack and provide room for 2 up top, carry ample bedding for 4 and can carry swags / tents / bunkers/chairs etc on top as well.
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Fitting Pole Less awnings to your 76
When Fitting Pole Less awnigns to the 76 - It is best practice to fit the awning directly to your roof top tent see Link here
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However if your not running a roof top tent, and your just wanting to run an awning off your platform roof rack - see the link here for
