need help with Coleman Fleetwood camper roof rack

[smokeybear]

I'm looking at buying some kind of towable pop up camper trailer. Looking at the Coleman campers / Fleetwood pop up campers and some others. I've noticed that some have tracks on the roof top. Other do not. I definitely want to mount some kind of pop up camper roof rack onto the roof so I can carry a canoe, kayaks, bikes and camping gear. Confused about what i would need exactly to install such a Coleman camper rack / Fleetwood camper roof rack etc. Anyone know anything about this?

[ORS_techhead]

Great questions SmokeyBear. With just about all pop up camper roof rack installs, whether Coleman camper racks, Fleetwood camper racks and others, you're looking at the same basic configuration. You'll need a pair of roof tracks attached to the fiberglass camper roof top and then you connect the roof rack system itself to the roof tracks.

As you mentioned, some campers come with tracks already installed and other do not. The distance between the tracks is roughly 76 inches - 78 inches or something close. What this means is normal roof rack cross bars are not long enough to span across this distance. Thule Racks makes a special extra long cross bar made specifically for this application. It is 96 inches long. So you'll want to use the Thule 430 Tracker II roof rack system with the 96 inch length bars as the cross bars choice. You'll also want to choose the TK1 Tracker Kit as the TK Tracker Kit component choice in this roof rack system. The TK1 Tracker Kit connect to the roof tracks and the 430 Tracker II Towers (also know as Feet) snap onto the TK1 Tracker Kits.

Now for those pop up campers that do not have roof tracks already installed, you'll simply need to get the Thule TB60 60" Tracks. They install onto the fiberglass roof top of the camper. The included instructions make the install very easy to do yourself.

You can then simply attach any gear carriers right to the cross bars and voila you are ready to haul all your gear on your next camping trip!

Thule LB96 96 inch super long cross bars
http://www.orsracksdirect.com/thule-lb96-96-inch-bars-popup-campers.html

Thule 430 Tracker II complete roof rack system
http://www.orsracksdirect.com/thule-tracker2-complete-roof-racks.html

Thule TB60 60 inch Roof Tracks
http://www.orsracksdirect.com/thule-truck-rack-tracks-60inch.html

Furthe info on questions about Coleman Fleetwood Pop Up Camper rack installs etc:
http://www.orsracksdirect.com/blog-fleetwood-coleman-popup-camper-rack-rec-88.html

[ORS Racks Direct PitCrew]

A helpful post that includes an install of a FleetWood Camper roof rack with some details and picture

Fleetwood camper roof rack install picture and details