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08-09-2016, 08:41 AM
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#301
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: East TN, Tennessee
Trailer: Escape 19
Posts: 40
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Thanks Greg and Teresa,
We have been checking our email multiple times each evening hoping to hear good news. We haven't yet gotten this last report. Thank you for posting it. So far our pickup plans have not had to change, but we are getting down to the wire for having to cancel reservations, etc. Hopefully, we will hear soon that all is well.
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08-09-2016, 11:34 AM
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#302
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Lewisburg, Tennessee
Trailer: 2016 Escape 19 Classic
Posts: 516
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I keep waiting for that next email stating that they are in compliance and exports are starting back, because ours is supposed to go out on the first delivery truck after that. But so far, have not gotten it.
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08-09-2016, 08:22 PM
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#303
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Lewisburg, Tennessee
Trailer: 2016 Escape 19 Classic
Posts: 516
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Arrrg - I hate our government - and I'm not being political
The latest email from Tammy, and I will just let her words speak for me or I WILL become political. How can you be exporting trailers for 11 years and then all of a sudden you cant because two agencies can't agree on things....
"Hello Greg,
Yes, I did check the mail today….and I am still an unhappy camper. The day started off pretty rocky with an email from NHSTA stating I have now begun my 4 week wait time which I was not happy to see. It ended this afternoon with multiple phone calls and emails being exchanged with the slight promise of a letter by the end of the week. – I will let you know as soon as I can.
Please feel free to forward any questions you may have."
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08-09-2016, 08:45 PM
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#304
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Olathe, Kansas
Trailer: 2015 21ft Escape "Spirit of the Plains", 2014 GMC Sierra with max tow package
Posts: 1,100
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Can anyone explain here why it takes bureaucrats so long to get a little paperwork done? Makes you wonder how long they sit on the toilet. Loren
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08-09-2016, 08:58 PM
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#305
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Middle, Tennessee
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19' #2
Posts: 1,441
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Absolutely incredible!
Tom
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08-09-2016, 08:59 PM
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#306
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: SLO County, California
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21C 2019 Expedition
Posts: 5,213
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They don't care about businesspeople, and truth be told many of them have a lot of bias and even contempt for them.
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08-09-2016, 09:12 PM
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#307
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Van., British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19, sold; 2019 Escape 21, Sept. 2019
Posts: 8,809
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Boy, to those affected it must seem like a slow motion nightmare.
Hard to imagine what seems to be a deliberate no goodwill situation.
Beginning a 4 week wait now?
Ron
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08-09-2016, 10:50 PM
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#308
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,547
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loren & Cathy
Can anyone explain here why it takes bureaucrats so long to get a little paperwork done? Makes you wonder how long they sit on the toilet. Loren
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I think they just do not have a grip on how timelines affect people. I have seen this in all levels of government. They expect that the requests they issue are simple, one just needs to follow procedure and get results. The problem is that not only is the procedure often difficult to follow, but it takes a lot of time to go through all the phases.
I thought I hear some kind of explosion west of here, it musta been Tammy just blowing off steam.
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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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08-09-2016, 11:37 PM
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#309
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Lake Panasoffkee, Florida
Trailer: 1997 casita & 5.0 ta July,2016
Posts: 118
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We are on our 14th day chilling in Chilliwack waiting for this to get resolved. We have gone by ETI and talked to Tammy every few days. She was at her wits end today. She looked at me and told me not to cry because if I did, she'd break down, too. Neither of us cried, but we were both on the verge. We sure appreciate all the work that Tammy has done to try to get this problem fixed.
Lucy
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Doug & Lucy Metz
2016 Escape 5.0 TA
Pick up date in July
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08-10-2016, 04:32 AM
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#310
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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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Hopefully Escape can continue production and not run out of storage room. Just think how good a sales month September will be......
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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08-10-2016, 07:31 AM
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#311
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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: 8,038
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dmetz
We are on our 14th day chilling in Chilliwack waiting for this to get resolved. We have gone by ETI and talked to Tammy every few days. She was at her wits end today. She looked at me and told me not to cry because if I did, she'd break down, too. Neither of us cried, but we were both on the verge. We sure appreciate all the work that Tammy has done to try to get this problem fixed.
Lucy
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Hi: dmetz... So sorry you're "Caught in the middle". This whole mess just shows a lack of regard of "Goober mints" for the public at large. They really are there to protect themselves. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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Quote Bugs Bunny..."Don't take life too seriously, none of us get out of it ALIVE"!!!
'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
St.Thomas (Not the Virgin Islands) Ontario
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08-10-2016, 12:41 PM
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#312
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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As previously noted:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian B-P
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The good news is that as of today the result in the same query is flagged with a check mark...
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The <checkmark> indicates that this WMI has been registered with NHTSA 565 process, includes the most current data available, and self-certified by the manufacturer as meeting the minimum safety requirements for importation, registration and use on U.S. for models and model years indicated by the manufacturer within the 565. Data associated to this WMI has been included within the dataset for vPIC for use by the public, which includes decoding and general specifications for standard equipment.
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For a sample Escape VIN (a recently built new-style 21'), NHTSA's VIN Decoder now works. It doesn't know much - and most of the items would not apply to a trailer anyway - but from over a hundred items of details, mostly blank, it does know...
Code:
Group Name Element Value
Exterior / Body Body Class Trailer
Exterior / Trailer Trailer Type Connection Ball Type Pull
Exterior / Trailer Trailer Body Type Travel Trailer
Exterior / Trailer Trailer Length (feet) 20
General Make ESCAPE
General Manufacturer Name ESCAPE TRAILER INDUSTRIES LTD.
General Model Escape Trailer Industries Ltd.
General Model Year 2016
General Plant City Chilliwack
General Vehicle Type TRAILER
General Plant Country Canada
General Plant State British Columbia
General Manufacturer Id 15617
Mechanical / Drivetrain Axles 2
I think the "Manufactuer Id" is interesting - it is not part of the VIN, and is not the World Manufacturer ID, but has been looked up from within a database that Escape Trailer Industries was apparently not in earlier.
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08-10-2016, 01:36 PM
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#313
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Galesville, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2017 21 "Blue II" & 2017 Highlander XLE (previously 2010 17B "Blue" & 2008 Tacoma)
Posts: 4,234
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Useful info Brian.
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"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." George Bernard Shaw
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08-10-2016, 04:04 PM
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#314
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: East TN, Tennessee
Trailer: Escape 19
Posts: 40
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Just got an email from Tammy saying that she received confirmation from NHSTA that ETI may resume importing trailers into the US. Yay!!! She is awaiting confirmation from Customs to be sure ETI is showing in their system.
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08-10-2016, 04:11 PM
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#315
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Front Range, Colorado
Trailer: 2017 5.0 TA picked up in July 2017.
Posts: 523
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Great News!!!
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08-10-2016, 04:17 PM
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#316
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,050
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OH HOW VERY EXCITING. AND YES, I'M YELLING!
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Donna D.
Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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08-10-2016, 04:19 PM
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#317
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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great!!!!happy for all who are waiting!!!!!
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08-10-2016, 04:20 PM
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#318
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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I'm still holding my breath.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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08-10-2016, 04:21 PM
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#319
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Galesville, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2017 21 "Blue II" & 2017 Highlander XLE (previously 2010 17B "Blue" & 2008 Tacoma)
Posts: 4,234
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Finally one of the (too many) worries are maybe off of Tammy's plate now. Congrats to everyone awaiting their trailer during all this.
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Eric (and Mary who is in no way responsible for anything stupid I post)
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." George Bernard Shaw
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08-10-2016, 04:34 PM
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#320
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Lewisburg, Tennessee
Trailer: 2016 Escape 19 Classic
Posts: 516
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Woohoo, according to my email from Tammy, deliveries will restart next Tuesday, 8/16 with deliveries to Texas, then ours and then Florida!!! How the heck can a stinking government agency first be saying 4 weeks, then "maybe" the end of this week, then today...crazy. But I'm glad its over
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