2017 Escape Trailer Customer Appreciation Rally

[Marry]

Originally Posted by Chuckster

Paula and I arrived home from the rally safe and sound last night. We had a great time and enjoyed meeting many of the Escape folks in attendance. We really enjoyed the trailer tours and came away with many ideas for storage and other mods. The wine tour was a blast as well.
I was very pleased with the Tundra/ 5.0 TA combo. We have the smaller 4.6 engine and it did a great job. The 6 speed auto seems to be the star of the show, finding and holding the right gear on the many ascent/ descents on highway 3 to Osoyoos and highway 90 through Idaho and Montana on the trip home. Towing mileage came in at ~ 13.0 mpg average, which was slightly better than I expected since the Tundra struggles to achieve 20 mpg solo.
Back to work now
Chuck

Glad you two made it home safe! Was nice meeting you! Take care!

[cpaharley2008]

We arrived safely, 6,910 miles later. My average mpg has increased to 16 for the entire trip, a much desired improvement over 13 mpg towing the 21 Escape. I think weight and aerodynamics have changed for the good.

[Chuckster]

Originally Posted by Marry

Glad you two made it home safe! Was nice meeting you! Take care!

Thank you - we had a good group on the wine tour. Best to you and Henk.

[Steven M]

I might have been the one with the fancy schmancy water pressure regulator . The supplied one broke and that was what I bought on the ole Amazon for a few bucks more than a simple one .

Also my first rally with my brand new trailer, nice to have met all of you that I did and look forward to meeting more of you all next year.

[Donna D.]

Originally Posted by rbryan4

Thanks Dave! Lots of familiar faces. That guy with the lovely bald head promised photos of his 5.0TA wonder, so I'm still holding out...

STILL WAITING ON JIM! Come on bud... dish. Some of us STILL haven't seen what you've done...

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by Donna D.

STILL WAITING ON JIM! Come on bud... dish. Some of us STILL haven't seen what you've done...

I have no phone reception where we are camping, let alone WiFi, though have taken and processed some photos. We just came into Nelson for a bit of shopping and lunch. Will have to wait until I am home next week to post.

[Donna D.]

Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

Will have to wait until I am home next week to post.

Next week? Oh my stars..... okay.

[Devil Dog]

If you think a Blackie or a Grizzly can' get into an Escape Ha ..Ha..
A bear can open a 45 gal drum if it has a mind to.
Try putting a p-b +j in a barrel . And watch the action.
@20 min. later he's looking for a glass of milk or a beer.

[arniesea]

Originally Posted by cpaharley2008

We arrived safely, 6,910 miles later. My average mpg has increased to 16 for the entire trip, a much desired improvement over 13 mpg towing the 21 Escape. I think weight and aerodynamics have changed for the good.

I find wind affects my MPG more than weight. Coming across North Dakota and eastern Montana a couple of years ago, bucking strong headwinds towing an Aliner, my milage dropped from 17 MPG to 11MPG. Same on my Osoyoos trip for the rally. Heading north up the Columbia river valley, there were strong winds out of the north. 13.3 MPG. Return trip hardly any wind to speak of. 16.4 MPG on the same leg. So I'm guessing the aerodynamics is the biggest factor between the 19' and 21'.

Or it could be the new awning. The old style with those arms sticking out surly create a bit of drag.

[rbryan4]

I agree that wind is a huge factor - far more than weight in our case. We've gotten as high as 20 mpg when we have a tailwind, and as low as 12 with a headwind. I don't think the awning arms really affect it to a noticeable degree, but of course I've no data to compare.

The lesser frontal area of the 19 vs the 21 is, in my opinion, the main reason for the mpg increase.

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[BCnomad]

Jim mentioned a race track in the area.


Track < Area 27: Discover Your Life On Track




Currently offering lapping and driving schools for those with track ready cars.

[thoer]

Originally Posted by rbryan4

I agree that wind is a huge factor - far more than weight in our case. We've gotten as high as 20 mpg when we have a tailwind, and as low as 12 with a headwind. I don't think the awning arms really affect it to a noticeable degree, but of course I've no data to compare.

The lesser frontal area of the 19 vs the 21 is, in my opinion, the main reason for the mpg increase.

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When's Reace getting that wind tunnel? LOL


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[cpaharley2008]

Originally Posted by BCnomad

Jim mentioned a race track in the area.


Track < Area 27: Discover Your Life On Track




Currently offering lapping and driving schools for those with track ready cars.

Now if I can just tow my Stang behind Prairie Schooner, what a trip......
Wait a minute, maybe we can take our semi's up there and open them up, you think Bruce? eh...

[soultrek]

Back last night from the rally and beyond; fun times throughout our week. Loved the statue watching over the Nk' Mip campground from above (pic 1). We were stuck out in the 'north 40' with one 19 to our shore side (pic 2) - three more even further out. The 3rd pic shows JP's brand new 19 beside our aging 17 on the Balfour ferry Wednesday morning, after overnighting at Kokanee Creek Provincial - "etuna" there also.

[emers382]

Originally Posted by rbryan4

I agree that wind is a huge factor - far more than weight in our case. We've gotten as high as 20 mpg when we have a tailwind, and as low as 12 with a headwind. I don't think the awning arms really affect it to a noticeable degree, but of course I've no data to compare.

The lesser frontal area of the 19 vs the 21 is, in my opinion, the main reason for the mpg increase.

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I got over 20 this afternoon between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat AB, had a super tailwind, plus kept the speed between 94-100kph. Two more days and we are home after over a month away, the highlight of our trip, the rally of course

Adrian

[float5]

Originally Posted by soultrek

Back last night from the rally and beyond; fun times throughout our week. Loved the statue watching over the Nk' Mip campground from above (pic 1). We were stuck out in the 'north 40' with one 19 to our shore side (pic 2) - three more even further out. The 3rd pic shows JP's brand new 19 beside our aging 17 on the Balfour ferry Wednesday morning, after overnighting at Kokanee Creek Provincial - "etuna" there also.

Looks like a beautiful spot to have the Escape.

[BCnomad]

Originally Posted by BCnomad

Jim mentioned a race track in the area.


Track < Area 27: Discover Your Life On Track




Currently offering lapping and driving schools for those with track ready cars.

$40000 buy in and then annual membership dues.

[johnwarrensimpson]

I just tried to post an account of my experience and it disappeared as I was trying to submit. Too tired to type it all up again. Any way I arrived on Friday afternoon. Was originally given site 160, which I couldn't fit into. Then they gave me 156. Same problem. I ended up in site 191, which wasn't ideal. All in all, I had an enjoyable experience even though I didn't participate in much of what was going on with the Rally. Photo is my first night in Lynden WA. May 25

[soultrek]

We were in F4, across the road from the 19 in 159 (see pic 2 above), and casually watched your arrival adventure. The good news I suppose is that you ended up on a nice lakefront site; the bad news - like us you were isolated from the rally gang. There were 5 Escape trailers out in the 'north forty' - yours the furthest. No clue as to why...

[Iowa Dave]

We will be out a couple days yet and will have about 18 days in this journey and 5,000 miles or so. Camped in the black hills tonight. They have been working very hard here the last two years trying to keep up with the destruction of the mountain pine beetle. Doing a very good job with what I've seen. Camped at Pactola Reservoir. Nice enough. First place they've gouged me $2.00 for my dog. Ought to be charging them $5.00 to look at such a beautiful animal.
Dave