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03-20-2017, 04:22 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Plano, Texas
Trailer: Purchase 2015/16
Posts: 18
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Lifespan
How many years of use could one reasonably expect to get out of an Escape trailer.
Assuming proper and routine maintenance.
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03-20-2017, 04:35 AM
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#2
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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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I would bet 50 plus. My daughter uses a now 41 year old Trillium, one of the predecessors of the modem day moulded fibreglass trailer.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
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03-20-2017, 06:00 AM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Wonder what the number would be comparing stored under cover vs out in the elements.
The roof on mine seems to take a beating as compared to the sides. Waxing the roof of a 5.0TA isn't easy.
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Bob
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03-20-2017, 06:01 AM
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#4
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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 Cents
How many years of use could one reasonably expect to get out of an Escape trailer.
Assuming proper and routine maintenance.
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Hi: Cents... Your question depends on how old you are now? Here's a pic I snapped on a trip with our previous 2007 5.0 beside a 1970's Trillium. If Escape hadn't come along with the 5.0TA we'd still have it. 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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03-20-2017, 07:24 AM
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#5
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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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If you maintain it and store inside, indefinitely.
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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03-20-2017, 08:00 AM
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#6
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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 cpaharley2008
If you maintain it and store inside, indefinitely.
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Hi: cpaharley2008... Or at least until the propane tanks get empty!!! 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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03-20-2017, 08:56 AM
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#7
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: cpaharley2008... Or at least until the propane tanks get empty!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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Alf, its propane tank not tanks. Just takes one.
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03-20-2017, 10:12 AM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,259
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Oldy but goody
Now there's a new definition of decadence. A boler with two propane tanks. Our daughter and her husband have a 1974 boler, ( one tank) they'll be in Winnipeg next summer with hundreds of other bolers at the 50th anniversary rally. Like a lot of things, regular maintenance, using the unit as intended, and reasonable expectations greatly extends the lifespan. It's heartening to see the old ones of various manufacture at a rally in good condition and serving a proud owner.
Dave
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03-20-2017, 10:25 AM
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#9
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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 Kountrykamper
Alf, its propane tank not tanks. Just takes one.
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Hi: Kountrykamper... SORRY!!! I over estimated. 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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03-20-2017, 11:40 AM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Whidbey Island, Washington
Trailer: 2020 Escape 17B "Voyager"
Posts: 2,683
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My Campster was built in 1970- 47 this year, no fiberglass cracks, no leaks. Stove still works (original). Icebox (original.) Coleman gas lamp- does not work anymore. Jack worked until I removed it since I'd added a wheel jack. I think a lot of the specifics will depend on how and where it is kept (ozone does a number on plastics as does sun) and whether today's components are better or worse than 40-50 years ago.
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03-20-2017, 04:28 PM
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#11
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Emerson, Manitoba
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0TA, 2022 F150 2.7EB
Posts: 1,848
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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: Cents... Your question depends on how old you are now? Here's a pic I snapped on a trip with our previous 2007 5.0 beside a 1970's Trillium. If Escape hadn't come along with the 5.0TA we'd still have it. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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And that trailer is just getting broken in! I've been in it a good part of the afternoon getting it ready for its first trip of its 11th camping season in a couple of weeks. Expect to get another thirty years out of it, well maybe not us, would be really lucky to live another thirty years
Adrian
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03-20-2017, 04:34 PM
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#12
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Plano, Texas
Trailer: Purchase 2015/16
Posts: 18
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I thought I would throw that question out there to see what kind of responses it would elicit. I am 57 and going to buy my five trailer and it will be a FG. I have always maintained anything I have ever bought, the next trailer will not be any different. I do want to get my moneys worth. The Escape will last a very long time.
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03-20-2017, 04:41 PM
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#13
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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 Cents
I thought I would throw that question out there to see what kind of responses it would elicit. I am 57 and going to buy my five trailer and it will be a FG. I have always maintained anything I have ever bought, the next trailer will not be any different. I do want to get my moneys worth. The Escape will last a very long time.
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Not to throw mud at Scamp, remember though that their shell is not completely fibreglass, but that they have plywood underneath.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
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03-20-2017, 04:58 PM
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#14
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Area 51, New Mexico
Trailer: pondering.....
Posts: 728
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cents
I thought I would throw that question out there to see what kind of responses it would elicit. I am 57 and going to buy my five trailer and it will be a FG. I have always maintained anything I have ever bought, the next trailer will not be any different. I do want to get my moneys worth. The Escape will last a very long time.
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like all things it depends on how much you use it...in the case of a trailer what percentage of the year will it be used versus stored....many say it will last many years but without saying how much it's used per year versus stored and how it was stored the lifespan may not be as wow!.......FG does seem to last with less costly overall maintenance to the exterior it seems versus other alternatives, which is attractive to this camper. The appliances are pretty similar in most trailers within a market segment, so that's appears to be a roll of the dice.
getting your money's worth is for each camper to determine...in the FG arena it seems an Oliver and a Bigfoot is getting your moneys worth if a really high build quality is important...it seems there is a hole in the FG market for a medium priced FG with tandem axles and with the exchange rate as it is, Escape occupies that space well....if 1:1 exchange in the future it may be different after the price increases this last year.
just an opinion which means nothing in the great scheme of things.
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03-20-2017, 08:10 PM
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#15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2013 19' & 2013 15B
Posts: 2,636
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I expect to be buried in my 19' about 40 years from now. Gonna go with all the comforts of home.
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2013 19' \ 2013 15B, 2020 Toyota 4Runner TRD Offroad
"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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03-20-2017, 10:02 PM
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#16
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Burlington Twp., New Jersey
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19
Posts: 7,146
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It's fun to peruse the sold units on Fiberglass RV. Many old Bolers, Trilliums and Scamps still in nice shape. Some obviously restored but just the fact that they still have a solid foundation and it is worth putting the time and money into them is saying something.
Fiberglass RVs SOLD | Fiberglass RV's For Sale
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04-18-2017, 09:05 AM
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#17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Travis County, Texas
Trailer: 2015 Esc 21. Formerly, Casita LD (16 & 17)
Posts: 803
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FWIW: FiberglassRV.com and Fiberglass-RV-4Sale are entirely different sites.
FiberglassRV.com also has SOLD archive.
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04-18-2017, 09:22 PM
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#18
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Myrnam, Alberta
Trailer: 2005 Aliner, 17B due in April/17
Posts: 372
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ice-breaker
I expect to be buried in my 19' about 40 years from now. Gonna go with all the comforts of home.
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Do you have the propane quick connect? Cremation could be an option... 😜😳. (Sorry, that wasn't in very good taste...)
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04-19-2017, 08:35 AM
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#19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2013 19' & 2013 15B
Posts: 2,636
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Quote:
Originally Posted by blhvet
Do you have the propane quick connect? Cremation could be an option... . (Sorry, that wasn't in very good taste...)
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Of course we have the quick connect. Need it for the BBQ and for the Firebowl. Also have the propane oven if I wanted to turn it on and stick my head in it. Probably won't need any of that though, as where I am going, there will be plenty of fire already without having to bring my own.
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"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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04-19-2017, 09:18 AM
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#20
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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 ice-breaker
Of course we have the quick connect. Need it for the BBQ and for the Firebowl. Also have the propane oven if I wanted to turn it on and stick my head in it. Probably won't need any of that though, as where I am going, there will be plenty of fire already without having to bring my own.
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Hi: ice-breaker... See ya there!!! 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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