Height question

Believe me, getting from the cab to the coach in a Tiger is not easy unless you are a midget contortionist. However, it can be done (I am an average-size female, 5'5" tall) in an emergency and I like being able to crawl through the extended cab area to get things out of the truck without going outside.

Truck (4x4) and camper in sig is 10' road to roof. No A/C but need to add about 8" for roof vent covers. Sounds just a little taller than your Tiger. Oh, camper interior height is 6'4"

PS: If it were in the budget I'd love a Tiger. I miss being able to go right from the driver seat to living area like I could in the van I owned in the 70's. But for now, I do still need to use the truck sans camper occasionally so this is my best compromise.

I don't think wind would be a lot different. Your lower center of gravity probably helps with handling. You can sleep soundly. ;-)

From the concrete to the top of our solar panels on our flatbed camper is 12'2" (flat roof, A/C on side, nothing else on roof)

We have 8 feet of headroom inside the camper. I am 6'7" so a Tiger with 6'4" would be pure misery.

You have jabbed them a few times, it is not necessary to twist it also. It sounds like you have a Napoleonic Complex issue.

Who, moi? :D

No, I was not impugning truck campers at all. There are features in them I like better than those of my Tiger. And the only reason I chose a Tiger instead was access from the coach to the cab and vice versa. It does handle magnificently and, while I've towed a TT and owned bigger MHs, I've never carried a TC so I don't know what it feels like.

Mine is 11'11" to the top of the A/C.

I don't usually go where other RVs go but like dispersed camping areas and some BLM and NFS campgrounds. In the desert, trees are obviously not a problem but they might be in my home state of WA. What about wind resistance with a higher profile?

If you are going where other RV's go it's not much of a problem to be tall, but if you are traveling old logging roads, etc. then you may have to stop and deal with an overhanging or fallen tree from time to time...but the odds that said tree will allow a 10 foot vehicle to pass and not a 12 foot one are pretty random.

From what I have seen and understand, I think a Class B would be substantially lower than a truck/tc. But as I am sure you know, a very different camping style.

The pop-ups pretty much speak for themselves for height. It to requires a different camping style, than your current rig.

That kinda leaves you with the lowest TC without a basement. That probably means no slide and smaller holding tanks. I think your height would be pretty much what mine is plus the added height the 4x4 gives you. I kinda gather the GM 4x4 trucks are the lowest.

I think billtex height setup is probably what you would have.

Wayne

It depends a lot on the height of the truck, we have a tall 4X4 truck so to the top of the ac is about 11'6" but we have 6'10 headroom, more to the point how much extra did it cost to lose 1' of overall height?