Provan Tiger Bengal Thread
- Thread starter carleton
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They say you have to be fast to catch a Tiger! We finally scored one with a wanted ad on Tiger forum, seller had not listed yet so I booked a flight a few days out and went and made a deal and we drove it home with a 5 day test drive using $100 of gear bought at Walmart (lots of sandwiches). One of the best purchases of our life.
AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
That is basically how we found and bought ours. We took Amtrak all the way across the country to pick the Tiger up because Amtrak would allow us to have several large bags shipped along with ourselves without an extra fee. We packed all kinds of basic, necessary camp gear into two huge suitcases and loaded them aboard. When we arrived at the Tiger shop in South Carolina, Amtrak had lost our luggage! Of course they did!
BritKLR
Kapitis Indagatoris
Congrats and post up some pix!
Herbie
Rendezvous Conspirator
I flew to Arkansas during an "arctic blast" to pick up our FWC flatbed with only a carryon bag stuffed to the limit with my backpacking sleeping bag, snow gear, and an insulated mug. (And a change of clothes). By previous agreement, the seller had topped up the propane and water tanks, so I just hit a Home Goods on the way out of town to purchase a single saucepan, a paring knife, and a small cutting board. Grabbed some supplies from my first truck stop fuel-up, and I drove Little Rock to San Diego with two nights of camping and ~26 hours of wheel time.
The upside of buying a "fully equipped" camper is that theoretically, you shouldn't need to add too much extra gear to make it work. If I had to do it again, I'd have packed my Aeropress kit (instead of using packet coffee) and some kind of cheap windshield-mount for my phone. Otherwise, it was a blast!