Roam Adventure Vagabond User manual

- Open box, tilt onto open side, slide box up
- Undo 4 cover straps
- Set extrusion rails aside
- Undo 2 side straps
- Open tent, remove ladder, cover, boot bags, gear
hammocks, and hardware bag, leave window poles,
close tent
- Flip to side with 4 holes
- Cut off plastic cover
- Align extrusion rails
- Slide nuts into rails
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, tighten
- Flip tent
- Cut off plastic cover, remove tape
- Align brackets
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, don’t tighten
- Align ladder, feed bolts through, tighten
- Tighten brackets
- Install boot bags and gear hammock
- Secure ladder strap
- Install cover
- Lift onto vehicle
- Drop botls through slides and slide into rails
- Sandwich rack with plate and tighten
- Install extrusion end caps
- Undo 4 straps
- Flip back cover, slide out of frame
- Undo side straps
- Undo ladder strap
- Extend ladder, use to lever open
- Pull out ladder awning pole, flip out brackets,
insert, velcro
- Grab bag of poles, insert into frame, bend and
insert in awning
- Roll up window covers
- Lift ladder, zip on annex, zip on floor
- When closing, use bungees
- Remove cover
- Insert annex cord into frame
- Fold up ladder
- Zip annex on
- Layout and zip on floor
- Fold ladder back down
USER MANUAL
THE VAGABOND
ROOFTOP TENT
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- Open box, tilt onto open side, slide box up
- Undo 4 cover straps
- Set extrusion rails aside
- Undo 2 side straps
- Open tent, remove ladder, cover, boot bags, gear
hammocks, and hardware bag, leave window poles,
close tent
- Flip to side with 4 holes
- Cut off plastic cover
- Align extrusion rails
- Slide nuts into rails
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, tighten
- Flip tent
- Cut off plastic cover, remove tape
- Align brackets
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, don’t tighten
- Align ladder, feed bolts through, tighten
- Tighten brackets
- Install boot bags and gear hammock
- Secure ladder strap
- Install cover
- Lift onto vehicle
- Drop botls through slides and slide into rails
- Sandwich rack with plate and tighten
- Install extrusion end caps
- Undo 4 straps
- Flip back cover, slide out of frame
- Undo side straps
- Undo ladder strap
- Extend ladder, use to lever open
- Pull out ladder awning pole, flip out brackets,
insert, velcro
- Grab bag of poles, insert into frame, bend and
insert in awning
- Roll up window covers
- Lift ladder, zip on annex, zip on floor
- When closing, use bungees
- Remove cover
- Insert annex cord into frame
- Fold up ladder
- Zip annex on
- Layout and zip on floor
- Fold ladder back down
CONTENTS
What’s in the Box!? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Some Assembly Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing the Mounting Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing the Ladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing the Boot Bags and Gear Hammock . . 5
Installing the Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Vehicle Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Setting Up Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting Up the Tent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting Up the Annex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2

- Open box, tilt onto open side, slide box up
- Undo 4 cover straps
- Set extrusion rails aside
- Undo 2 side straps
- Open tent, remove ladder, cover, boot bags, gear
hammocks, and hardware bag, leave window poles,
close tent
- Flip to side with 4 holes
- Cut off plastic cover
- Align extrusion rails
- Slide nuts into rails
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, tighten
- Flip tent
- Cut off plastic cover, remove tape
- Align brackets
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, don’t tighten
- Align ladder, feed bolts through, tighten
- Tighten brackets
- Install boot bags and gear hammock
- Secure ladder strap
- Install cover
- Lift onto vehicle
- Drop botls through slides and slide into rails
- Sandwich rack with plate and tighten
- Install extrusion end caps
- Undo 4 straps
- Flip back cover, slide out of frame
- Undo side straps
- Undo ladder strap
- Extend ladder, use to lever open
- Pull out ladder awning pole, flip out brackets,
insert, velcro
- Grab bag of poles, insert into frame, bend and
insert in awning
- Roll up window covers
- Lift ladder, zip on annex, zip on floor
- When closing, use bungees
- Remove cover
- Insert annex cord into frame
- Fold up ladder
- Zip annex on
- Layout and zip on floor
- Fold ladder back down
WHAT’S IN THE BOX!?
1) Start by cutting open one end of the box. Be careful not to cut the tent
fabric! Fold back the box aps and ip the box so the open side is pointed down.
You should be able to slide the box straight up and off the tent.
2) Lay the tent so the side with four holes in the base is facing up (not the side
with the velcro tie-down.)
3) Locate the mounting rails and set them aside.
4) Undo the 4 straps keeping the tent closed, unfold the tent, unzip one of the
doors, and remove the following items and set them aside:
a. PVC cover (1)
b. Ladder (1)
c. Boot bags (2)
d. Gear hammock (1)
e. Hardware bag (1)
The long bag containing the window poles can remain in the tent.
5) Clear a space to empty the hardware bag and nd these items inside:
F
A
B
H
G
D
CE
A. Hardware/stake bag (1)
B. Stakes (8)
C. Sandwich plates (4)
D. Mounting rail hardware (4)
E. Box wrenches (3)
F. Ladder awning tie downs (3)
G. Vehicle mounting slide
brackets (8)
H. Ladder mounting brackets (2)
3

- Open box, tilt onto open side, slide box up
- Undo 4 cover straps
- Set extrusion rails aside
- Undo 2 side straps
- Open tent, remove ladder, cover, boot bags, gear
hammocks, and hardware bag, leave window poles,
close tent
- Flip to side with 4 holes
- Cut off plastic cover
- Align extrusion rails
- Slide nuts into rails
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, tighten
- Flip tent
- Cut off plastic cover, remove tape
- Align brackets
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, don’t tighten
- Align ladder, feed bolts through, tighten
- Tighten brackets
- Install boot bags and gear hammock
- Secure ladder strap
- Install cover
- Lift onto vehicle
- Drop botls through slides and slide into rails
- Sandwich rack with plate and tighten
- Install extrusion end caps
- Undo 4 straps
- Flip back cover, slide out of frame
- Undo side straps
- Undo ladder strap
- Extend ladder, use to lever open
- Pull out ladder awning pole, flip out brackets,
insert, velcro
- Grab bag of poles, insert into frame, bend and
insert in awning
- Roll up window covers
- Lift ladder, zip on annex, zip on floor
- When closing, use bungees
- Remove cover
- Insert annex cord into frame
- Fold up ladder
- Zip annex on
- Layout and zip on floor
- Fold ladder back down
SOME ASSEMBLY REQU’D
Installing the mounting rails:
1) You’ll need to remove the black stickers covering both sides of the 4 bolt
holes, 8 total. To reach the ones inside, reach through one of the tent doors/
windows and under the mattress.
2) Take the mounting rails and align them with the holes.
3) Grab the mounting rail hardware and remove the nylock nuts. Slide the nuts
into the central channel on the mounting rails and align them with the holes.
4) Now take the bolts with washers and slide them up through the holes from
inside the tent and tighten.
Installing the ladder:
1) Flip the tent over so the side with the velcro tie-down is facing
up. Again, start by removing the black stickers covering both sides
of the 2 bolt holes, 4 total.
2) Remove the bolts from the ladder mounting brackets and align
the brackets with the holes.
3) Feed the 4 longer bolts with washers through the top and screw on the nylock
nuts by reaching inside the tent. Do not tighten yet!
4) Lay the ladder with the buttons facing up and align with the brackets. Use the
shorter bolts and remaining hardware to attach the ladder and tighten. Note: the
order of the hardware should be:
Bolt -> Metal washer -> Bracket -> Plastic washer -> Ladder -> Nylock nut
5) Tighten the nuts attaching the ladder brackets to the tent frame.
6) Use the velcro tie-down on the base of the tent to secure the bottom rung of
the ladder.
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- Open box, tilt onto open side, slide box up
- Undo 4 cover straps
- Set extrusion rails aside
- Undo 2 side straps
- Open tent, remove ladder, cover, boot bags, gear
hammocks, and hardware bag, leave window poles,
close tent
- Flip to side with 4 holes
- Cut off plastic cover
- Align extrusion rails
- Slide nuts into rails
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, tighten
- Flip tent
- Cut off plastic cover, remove tape
- Align brackets
- Locate holes on opposite side, push bolts through
tape, don’t tighten
- Align ladder, feed bolts through, tighten
- Tighten brackets
- Install boot bags and gear hammock
- Secure ladder strap
- Install cover
- Lift onto vehicle
- Drop botls through slides and slide into rails
- Sandwich rack with plate and tighten
- Install extrusion end caps
- Undo 4 straps
- Flip back cover, slide out of frame
- Undo side straps
- Undo ladder strap
- Extend ladder, use to lever open
- Pull out ladder awning pole, flip out brackets,
insert, velcro
- Grab bag of poles, insert into frame, bend and
insert in awning
- Roll up window covers
- Lift ladder, zip on annex, zip on floor
- When closing, use bungees
- Remove cover
- Insert annex cord into frame
- Fold up ladder
- Zip annex on
- Layout and zip on floor
- Fold ladder back down
SOME ASSEMBLY REQU’D
Installing the boot bags and gear hammock:
1) Install the boot bags by sliding the top end into the frame
on the side where the ladder is mounted.
2) Install the gear hammock by clipping to the D-rings around
the base of the tent.
Installing the cover:
1) Unfold the cover and you’ll see that both sides of the
zipper are attached to it. Start by unzipping it so you have
the long corded side completely separated.
2) With the ladder facing up and the hinge side closest to
you, begin by the left hinge on the lower corner (nearest the
ground.) Find the end of the corded side of the zipper with
the starting guide. Feed it into the channel in the frame and
pull it around clockwise. It will cover 3 sides (not the hinge
side) so the starting guide should end up by the right hinge.
3) Install the PVC cover by nding the corded side and
feeding it into the same channel as the zipper along the
hinge side. You can now pull it over the tent and zip it closed.
4) There are 8 buckles attached to the cover. Both ends are
clipped together but the webbing is not attached to the
bottom side. For each buckle, nd the webbing attached to
the frame and feed it through the bottom side of the buckle.
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