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Old 08-16-2017, 11:27 PM   #1
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Took delivery of our 2017 5.0TA today

We want to thank the Forum for all the help--both direct and indirect--in our order & selection process. We took delivery of our RV today. We are going to make many, many memories starting with our maiden voyage.


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Old 08-16-2017, 11:34 PM   #2
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Very nice, enjoy.
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Old 08-16-2017, 11:37 PM   #3
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Wow .... looks amazing. The flooring is awesome! Enjoy the beginning of many great new adventures! Bill
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Old 08-17-2017, 12:11 AM   #4
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Awesome times times ahead for you both.

Please be sure to give feedback in the Titan thread about how the towing is.


Edit: ok, apparently there isn't one for the Titan diesel. Let's change that eh?
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Old 08-17-2017, 12:56 AM   #5
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The Titan XD is available in both gas and diesel versions, although most of the publicity was about the diesel. Tim, which engine does your Titan XD have?
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Old 08-17-2017, 01:54 AM   #6
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Wow it looks great I might have bought the same fabric glad I did I like the look! Have fun with your beautiful trailer!
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Old 08-17-2017, 08:41 AM   #7
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The Titan XD is available in both gas and diesel versions, although most of the publicity was about the diesel. Tim, which engine does your Titan XD have?


We got the diesel and it tows like a dream. Tons of torque. Got 20 mpg on the 4-day drive to Chilliwack. Will be interesting to see the mileage towing.


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Awesome unit! You will absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE it! We got ours a year ago after waiting a year and have enjoyed it immensely this summer! Escape makes a wonderful product!
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We got the diesel and it tows like a dream. Tons of torque. Got 20 mpg on the 4-day drive to Chilliwack. Will be interesting to see the mileage towing.


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Please keep us posted, if I were to get another tow, it would be the diesel Titan. That said I got 19 avg unladen on way to Chilliwack and now avg 15-16 towing with the Ram 8 speed.
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Old 08-17-2017, 11:26 AM   #10
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Your fabric and flooring choice look beautiful! Can't tell if your Formica is custom too but it all compliments each other nicely. Great look!
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Please keep us posted, if I were to get another tow, it would be the diesel Titan. That said I got 19 avg unladen on way to Chilliwack and now avg 15-16 towing with the Ram 8 speed.

Ya, but you drive that Hemi like an old man Jim.
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Old 08-17-2017, 11:55 AM   #12
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Your fabric and flooring choice look beautiful! Can't tell if your Formica is custom too but it all compliments each other nicely. Great look!


Thanks! We selected our own Formica, too as well as a different sink.


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beautiful.If possible could you do a frontal interior,upstiars? thanks safe travels
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Yay! Congrats! Love the flooring.

Safe travels home!
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Ya, but you drive that Hemi like an old man Jim.
At least I know how to install my towing mirrors.....
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We want to thank the Forum for all the help--both direct and indirect--in our order & selection process. We took delivery of our RV today. We are going to make many, many memories starting with our maiden voyage.


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Beautiful. I've really been wishing we did something like that with the floor. As my DH always says, "next time".


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Is it my imagination or is that trailer raised?
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Is it my imagination or is that trailer raised?
The nose looks high. May need to either adjust the pin box or the hitch to get it to ride level. Bill
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Old 08-17-2017, 05:18 PM   #19
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Is it my imagination or is that trailer raised?
It looked like it to me as well. Probably the high lift axle option?
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The nose looks high. May need to either adjust the pin box or the hitch to get it to ride level. Bill
Hard to tell. The trailer isn't dead straight behind the truck in the photo, so the slight nose up appearance may be an optical illusion.
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Old 08-17-2017, 06:09 PM   #20
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Is it my imagination or is that trailer raised?
Without the distraction of the truck, it certainly looks high in the photo taken in the building (presumably at delivery).

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Probably the high lift axle option?
That would be the obvious explanation. In that photo it is unhitched and level, so it isn't the way a hitch is set up... both tires have a lot of clearance to the fender well, and the tops of the tires are barely above the top of the frame. Compare to the image on the Escape Trailer website, with the tops of the tires well above the frame (attached); the difference appears to be even more than the 2-5/8" lift of the spacer kit.

Tim, can you confirm that this trailer has the "High Lift Axle" (spacer) option?
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