ARB item # 814301 $170 -$180 dollars roughly, depending on where you find it. It’s about 4’ wide and extends about 6’8”. It’s made to mount to the roof rack of over landing vehicles like a Jeep or Toyota. I trimmed out my roof, and made simple brackets to mount it like to see here.
The brackets are just 1 1/2” angle iron 1/8” thick. I used less than 2’ total.
To make the bracket I started with two 5” pieces of angle. I just cut a 1 1/2 square from one of the pieces, so I could fit the two pieces together into a “T”.
I spaced the brackets 10 1/2” from the side bar. I used U-bolts to secure the parts to the ROPS while fitting/measuring. With my machine setting on level ground I set the brackets to vertically level, and welded them to the ROPS. Then just rounded the edges a little.
Here is a little sketch of the bracket. The hole centers are 1 7/8” apart, and exactly 1” below the top piece of angle worked well for me.
After these were welded up I trimmed the roof. For this I used a jigsaw. I basically just trimmed the roof to be level with the existing line indicated by the red arrows.
From the outside edge of the bracket I measured 7 1/2”.
Next was to bolt the awning to brackets.
That’s pretty much it. I kept it pretty simple. Some brackets made from round pipe would look pretty nice, I’ll let someone else do that! If I need to elaborate on anything feel free to ask.
My machine is chopped 4” and sits on Super ATV a-arms with 29” tires. With the awning level, I have 5’9” of clearance.
