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12-01-2016, 12:49 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Trailer: 2015 Escape 19 "Seventy Degrees"
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That is Red Dog's home Mac, they are FT.
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12-01-2016, 01:13 PM
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#22
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2013 19' & 2013 15B
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J Mac
What are you guys needing to get onto the roof for? What ever it is, couldn't it wait 'till you got home, so you don't need an expensive, collapsible ladder?
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You gotta have a ladder to access the roof for putting on the Christmas lights and decorations. Otherwise, the trailer looks kind of odd with lights only on the bottom portion of the trailer.
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12-01-2016, 01:17 PM
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#23
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Retired from Dallas & Full-Timing, Texas
Trailer: 2017 21' Escape as of 01/16/17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J Mac
What are you guys needing to get onto the roof for? What ever it is, couldn't it wait 'till you got home, so you don't need an expensive, collapsible ladder?
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J Mac,
My travel trailer IS my home. We live in it full time, so everything I need travels with me at all times.
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"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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12-01-2016, 01:36 PM
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#24
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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 Red Dog
Hi Craig,
I am considering this model that extends to 10.5' and collapses to about 2.5'. Hope it works out.
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Hi: Red Dog... Just when I got higher up the "Corporate ladder" it collapsed!!!  Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie 
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'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
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12-01-2016, 02:26 PM
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#25
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Trailer: 2013 Casita (Sold) 2017 Escape 21
Posts: 286
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J Mac
What are you guys needing to get onto the roof for? What ever it is, couldn't it wait 'till you got home, so you don't need an expensive, collapsible ladder?
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Good point for most of us, but Fred and Dora full time in theirs so when they're at the trailer, they are home. (They REALLY like each other as they have been full timing in their Casita more than two years!)
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Never underestimate a man with a Degree in Physical Education.
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12-01-2016, 05:22 PM
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#26
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Retired from Dallas & Full-Timing, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: Red Dog... Just when I got higher up the "Corporate ladder" it collapsed!!! Alf
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Yikes Alf! What brand did you get?
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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12-01-2016, 08:58 PM
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#27
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
Trailer: 2008 Escape 17b
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Quote:
Originally Posted by H46Driver
Good point for most of us, but Fred and Dora full time in theirs so when they're at the trailer, they are home. (They REALLY like each other as they have been full timing in their Casita more than two years!)
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Of course! I hadn't thought of that! 
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12-02-2016, 09:56 AM
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#28
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
Trailer: 2008 Escape 17b
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I still don't know why full timers spend so much time on their roof.
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12-02-2016, 10:08 AM
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#29
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Trailer: 2015 Escape 19 "Seventy Degrees"
Posts: 3,495
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J Mac
I still don't know why full timers spend so much time on their roof.
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Cause they can't see out the dinette windows... 
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12-02-2016, 10:32 AM
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#30
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,546
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Just as I wonder why with a lot of customer choices, I am certain that many wonder the about many of mine. We all have different styles, wants and needs.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
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12-02-2016, 01:24 PM
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#31
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Denison, Texas
Trailer: 2015 21'; 2011 19' sold; 4Runner; ph ninezero3 327-27ninefour
Posts: 5,136
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I wouldn't spend any time on the roof or have anyone else do that. Hasn't Reace told someone that we shouldn't get on the roof? Don't think that that is advisable with these small trailers. Some people lean a ladder against the sidewall.
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"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.... "
Emerson
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12-02-2016, 01:41 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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The idea is to access the top of the trailer. I don't think anyone is planning to climb in it.... I hope.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
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12-02-2016, 05:29 PM
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#33
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Denison, Texas
Trailer: 2015 21'; 2011 19' sold; 4Runner; ph ninezero3 327-27ninefour
Posts: 5,136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
The idea is to access the top of the trailer. I don't think anyone is planning to climb in it.... I hope.
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There are lots of folks who make that assumption from stickies. And also the ones who have never had a trailer and want to know if they can get on the roof. Just want to make that clear as they might not have realized what people were saying.
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"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.... "
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12-02-2016, 07:39 PM
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#34
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
Trailer: 2008 Escape 17b
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
The idea is to access the top of the trailer. I don't think anyone is planning to climb in it.... I hope.
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Ya never know!?!?
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12-02-2016, 10:41 PM
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#35
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Retired from Dallas & Full-Timing, Texas
Trailer: 2017 21' Escape as of 01/16/17
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I just wanna reach up there and keep the roof clean just like I do the rest of my trailer. That's all.
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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12-03-2016, 07:07 AM
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#36
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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 Red Dog
I just wanna reach up there and keep the roof clean just like I do the rest of my trailer. That's all.
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Hi: Red Dog... I don't trust ladders... even if DW promises to catch me on the first bounce!!! I'd rather use a "Sky hook", but with my luck the rope would snap!!!  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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12-03-2016, 11:56 AM
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#37
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Carrollton, Texas
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21, 2017 Toyota Tundra 5.7L 4x4
Posts: 549
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Dog
Hi Craig,
I am considering this model that extends to 10.5' and collapses to about 2.5'. Hope it works out.
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Where will you store the ladder, under the bed?
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12-03-2016, 12:22 PM
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#38
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
Trailer: 2008 Escape 17b
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richardr
Where will you store the ladder, under the bed?
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How 'bout the roof? You're up there anyway!
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12-03-2016, 01:08 PM
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#39
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Retired from Dallas & Full-Timing, Texas
Trailer: 2017 21' Escape as of 01/16/17
Posts: 1,312
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Quote:
Originally Posted by richardr
Where will you store the ladder, under the bed?
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richardr,
Under the bed or in the bed of my Ford F-150.
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"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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