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09-11-2013, 07:09 PM
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#61
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2013 19' & 2013 15B
Posts: 2,634
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
If Escape Industries was south of the border, when I retire I'd like to go to work for them.. at least part-time. They work very, very hard. But, I bet it's a fun place to work when you know you're delivering a product that makes people soooo happy.
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The people at Escape are indeed a great bunch. But the smell of fiberglass in the building would be too strong for me to put up with it in a workplace. Even now about five months after picking up ours, that "new car" smell is quite strong.
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09-11-2013, 07:10 PM
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#62
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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2017 Escape 5.0 TA
2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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09-11-2013, 08:28 PM
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#63
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray N
Holy smoke, the number of people who have ordered the new 5.0 is fast approaching the number signed up for the 21 footer!
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What makes you say this, the production calendar is for the old style 5.0, the new style is not available until next summer.
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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09-12-2013, 10:24 AM
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#64
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Trailer: 21' Escape (June 2014)
Posts: 325
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Does someone saying they're "number ten" mean that nine other people have already ordered one? Maybe not, but that was the basis for my statement.
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09-12-2013, 10:35 AM
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#65
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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Ray, Donna reserved the #10 unit, I imagine a few ahead of hers have not been spoken for yet, but...........
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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09-12-2013, 10:41 AM
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#66
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Trailer: 2015 5.0 TA, 2014- RAM HEMI 8 spd
Posts: 447
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Escape is not taking deposits or orders yet. As soon as Reace posted the floor plan and photo of the new 5.0, I emailed them and asked if I could make a deposit. Kim emailed me back and said they were not taking deposits until the mold is completed, but that I was number #2 on the list for ordering one. I assume the numerical order is being assigned in the same order you contact them with a interest to purchase?
Thanks,
Mike
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09-12-2013, 07:22 PM
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#67
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,023
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Yeah, I'm the one that fouled up the consecutive numbering system. I'm willing to wait in order to be the 10th off the line.
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09-12-2013, 08:08 PM
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#68
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Trailer: 2015 5.0 TA, 2014- RAM HEMI 8 spd
Posts: 447
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no harm done Donna!
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09-12-2013, 08:16 PM
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#69
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5TA
Posts: 405
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I too chose an "out of line" number. So there should be lots of space for everyone else to join in!
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09-12-2013, 09:01 PM
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#70
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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You wimmin are messing with the natural order of things you know. Throws the world off balance.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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09-12-2013, 09:23 PM
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#71
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,023
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I figured I'm just giving others a chance! I own a trailer, I like my current trailer and it suits me just fine for the way I currently camp. Look how fast the 21' builds went. The next available space is sometime in May. I didn't want future buyers of the 5.0 to have to wait and wait... (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)
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09-13-2013, 09:26 AM
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#72
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5TA
Posts: 405
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Love your "story" Donna! We'll find out the real reason later I bet!
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09-13-2013, 11:35 AM
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#73
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
I figured I'm just giving others a chance! I own a trailer, I like my current trailer and it suits me just fine for the way I currently camp. Look how fast the 21' builds went. The next available space is sometime in May. I didn't want future buyers of the 5.0 to have to wait and wait... (that's my story and I'm sticking to it)
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Donna, you are so full of.....er, I mean.....so great to have around.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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09-13-2013, 02:17 PM
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#74
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: ,, Oklahoma
Trailer: 17
Posts: 840
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
You wimmin are messing with the natural order of things you know. Throws the world off balance.
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Yes sounds like Some time travel worm hole travel going on here. Peeking into the future like a Stephen King novel
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09-13-2013, 04:38 PM
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#75
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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I am wise!
(or at least I keep telling my wife that)
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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10-19-2013, 05:46 AM
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#76
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,035
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Hi: All... We're in the # 5 slot. We have a great 5.0 now, and can't wait for a new one. My guess is that we'll be busy at the Escape Rally in June too!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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10-19-2013, 03:54 PM
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#77
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Texas Hill Country, Texas
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21'
Posts: 99
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Donna D. and Vicki A., glad to see you are ordering the new 5th wheel. I know you both wanted one.
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10-21-2013, 03:10 PM
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#78
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5TA
Posts: 405
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Thanks Vicki!
Be prepared for me pestering you two about mods!
Vicki
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10-29-2013, 01:43 AM
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#79
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Nanoose Bay, British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 5.0 TA
Posts: 152
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FMLNM
Probably couldn't tow the wider one with a short bed like ours....Frontier Crew Cab with 5 foot bed...
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This might help... if one has the bucks!!!
Sidewinder with Rotating Turret for Short Bed Pickups | etrailer.com
Stargeezer
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10-29-2013, 02:29 AM
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#80
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stargeezer
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Maybe, but as always, there is no way to get something for nothing. This scheme reduces stability while increasing stress on the trailer structure; it makes the fifth-wheel in some ways more like a conventional "bumper-pull" trailer (by moving the yaw hinge point further back); it requires the truck's rear axle to provide more cornering and lateral control force, without adding load to it for traction. There's a reason no trailer manufacturer offers this system.
As with all fifth-wheel hardware, this device is bigger and heavier (and more expensive -a thousand bucks in this case) than necessary because nothing is made to suit trailers as light as an Escape.
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