Tiger Owners

Can someone please give me ballpark idea of the price of a new one, after wheeling and dealing?
I am assuming they are over a 100k?
And how much was delivery? I am also in CA.
Thanks

Thank you. I believe I attempted to PM you in the past and was unable.

As to the "real scoop," you can do a lot by phone and e-mail. I saw a Tiger in person here in California by driving 150 miles to visit a Tiger owner who generously allowed me to inspect his rig. After that I decided I didn't want one, then researched and looked at various other types of RV's for a year (during which I still had my old Toyota RV), then finally decided that the Tiger was the closest to what I wanted. I ordered it via phone and e-mail and had it delivered to my home in Southern California.

Please note that I am the person who always says that there is no perfect RV. I do like my Tiger very much and do not obsess over how it is different from what I might view as perfect. I live with what I've got (for the most part) and don't spend my time and money making endless modifications. Probably the biggest change I have made is that when the original 12V coach batteries died after 7 years, I had the change made to 2 6-volt Lifeline AGMs which required rewiring and relocating battery boxes.

PM me if you need more details. Also, you should probably join the Tiger group at freeforums as someone mentioned above. Lots of photos there.

-- No black tank - choice of cassette or composting toilet. (One look at an RV dump site and you will love this.)

Nah, I much prefer the old sewer hose/holding tank style which is one reason that, even if I could afford it, I'm not interested in the Malayan.

Tardis: Thanks for the pictures!

Although I have seen a Tiger CX in 'person', it may be necessary for me to travel from WA all the way to SC to get the real scoop before I order. And although the heavier-duty chassis is now used, the GVWR is only 10,700 so I really want to get at least an estimate of the dry weight. I could get DRW and increase the GVWR but having only four tires to replace instead of six is a plus and also makes pressure checks a little easier.

I'm looking to simplify overall which may mean sacrificing the generator in favor of storage. As long as my batteries can be charged with the engine (I don't stay in one place more than two or three days, tops) or by solar I don't really need a generator. If it's really hot, I'll find a campground with electric hookups. I think over the years my late husband and I used the generator more during power outages than we did camping and I seldom run mine except for maintenance but it's another oil change, etc. to perform.

#14 Half curtain & #19 shelf area. The curtain is made up of two sections of fabric with a space blanket stitched in between the fabric. It helps keep the hot out in summer & it keeps the heat in in winter. It is attached to the same track provided by Provan. the original full length curtain is still stowed next to entrance door. the shelf area behind seats is made of plywood & sized to level out the area behind the seat with the cabin floor (dog crate is installed on top of shelf. We kept the center console as furnished by Ford. It has lots of good stowage & a DC to AC inverter built-in.(see photos)

curtain stowed position (note extra ladder brackets along the edge of bunk)


curtain closed position


shelf behind seats

mockturtle wrote:
Do you happen to know what the dry weight of your Tiger is? I'm not finding UVW on the web site or in the brochures, just the GVWR.

Every Tiger is different, as you can tell from others' lists of options added. Also, new Tigers are on a 3500 HD or equivalent chassis and mine is 2500HD. Just make sure that whatever you order isn't overweight. You might be able to locate component weights in online RV parts catalogs.

pnichols - as Tigers are much older than Earthroamers, you might say that an Earthroamer is an oversized Tiger. :)

Current design is to not use a generator to save weight, space, cost, and noise. Although Handbasket on this forum has done a lot of good work on noise control, it is hard to control the irritating sound of a one or two cylinder engine. In contrast, the vehicle's prime mover is very quiet and has a much lower pitched sound.

The new Malayan line offers several very nice upgrades over the Bengal line:

-- All aluminum, four season camper with insulated roof and floor.
-- Larger, insulated windows with integrated sun screens and fly screens. Specifically, much larger windows in the bed area.
-- Flat roof with room for storage and, depending on the model 400 to 500 watts of solar. (And probably more.)
-- Many of the items that were extras on the Bengal are now standard, for example, the handle by the door, the upgraded TV antenna.
-- Most important of all, the Malayan has no converter, but rather a real inverter/charger.
-- Much larger battery bank, fully accessible.
-- New style awning that does not require supports.
-- No black tank - choice of cassette or composting toilet. (One look at an RV dump site and you will love this.)
-- Consolidated control panel over the door.

And several others. See pictures here: Facebook Link

On either a Bengal or a Malayan, there is a new option for a two door cabinet behind the driver's seat. Room inside for coats, camera bags, whatever. Room on top for jackets, hats, etc. Normal access from the outside is by opening the back door of the cab, from the inside by opening a normal cabinet door.

The bottom line is that Tiger makes some great vehicles that are all too often overlooked. Until, of course, you try to find a used one, then they are gone in days!

#4---Holly & I arrived home after 97 days on the road. At the 2013 Tiger rally I was taking photos of all the attending rigs and came across what I think was a great idea used on Bob & Joanne Johnson’s Tiger “The Pueblito”. Check it out on the 2013 Tiger Rally photos # 05. While traveling with Dave & Liz Thomson we made a stop at Sierra Trading Post in Cody WY. We purchased a 5 section caring case and used it behind the rear couch cushion. The main container holds the 4 smaller containers (see Photos). Each small container has a clear plastic label holder stitched into the top to help identify what is stored inside. All 4 containers are different colors (red, green, yellow & blue).
Now that we are home I started looking for a way to secure unit against the rear window and leveling it.
I used a heavy gage wire closet shelf 36” wide x 16”deep, for the main support with a 3 ½” wood block to support the edge over the couch. I removed the two cabinet lift knobs, the hinged support wood block & the block mounted on the bathroom wall. I replaced the two cabinet lift knobs with two sections of nylon webbing to allow easy lifting of the cabinet doors. The lift straps are tie-raped to the wire shelf, holding it firmly against the rear wall (see photos)



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Those chassis-mount Tiger RVs are nice rigs. If one equipts them fully enough, they remind me of a smaller version of the Earthroamer.

I wonder why the company isn't able to install a small diesel generator in them instead of propane? Perhaps a Fischer Panda generator could be used, although on the ER site they have an interesting explanation as to why they use double engine alternators for supplying high power when camped instead of a Fischer Panda generator.

DiploStrat wrote:
Don't think they publish an unloaded weight as such. You get a full, wet weight ticket when you buy.

Mine was about 11,500 lb. with 60 USG of diesel and 40 USG of water and 4x90lb. AGM batteries.

Lots of Tiger info, from owners, here: http://tigerowners.freeforums.org/index.php

Yowser! That's a lot of weight for such a small unit!

My 2002 24' Class C Ford Superduty E450 only weighs #12,225, that's with the dually axle/wheels/tires, 4 850CCA batteries, that's with the optional 7.3 liter Powerstroke diesel engine, that weighs in @ #500 more! I've got a full dining nook, overhead bed and mattress, full-sized jack knife sofa, full galley, furnace, large shower stall / wet bathroom, huge capacity fresh water / two large holding tanks, and a 3.6 KW Onan genny!

How much over $100K are these Tigers, anyway?