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01-17-2017, 09:22 AM
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#201
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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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Originally Posted by Rossue
Great spirit! Through rain, sleet & snow- now there you go!
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It was not too bad. We took baby steps and hopscotched around the bad stuff. Never had to use 4-wheel drive mode coming up and don't expect to use it going back. Time will tell.
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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01-17-2017, 09:31 AM
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#202
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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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Originally Posted by War Eagle
Fred, Thanks for the great photos. A couple questions regarding your F-150 tow vehicle, if you don't mind. How much did the rear of your truck squat under the weight of the tongue of the 21'? It looks like it might be squatting maybe just an inch or so, but I don't know your truck's normal rake (slope from horizontal) while not hitched. So if it did squat, how much, and did/do you feel the need to use a weight distribution hitch to level it back out? Thanks. Safe travels....
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War Eagle,
It was already squatting before we hooked up the trailer because the bed and rear cab were full to the max. Things will change as I transfer the load onto the trailer. I am probably going to need to use the weight distribution hitch to level to help keep it level. The one negative of full timing is that you have to carry everything with you at all times.
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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01-17-2017, 09:33 AM
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#203
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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 Steve Clark
Congratulations Fred and Dora! You guys seem like great friends and the perfect couple to be full-timing. Your attitudes are contagious! Thanks for the inspiration!
Safe Travels!
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Thanks Steve. Hope to hook up with you this year!
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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01-17-2017, 09:44 AM
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#204
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ponoka, Alberta
Trailer: 2016 19 classic "outta sight", jeep rubicon unlimited
Posts: 1,645
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Officially on the map!! Congratulations!!!
Wishing you two happy travels wherever the road leads!!
By the way: your combo looks elegant and beautiful.
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"never lose hope, never lose faith"
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01-17-2017, 09:46 AM
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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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Those smiles said it ALL!
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Donna D.
Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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01-17-2017, 10:36 AM
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#206
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Area 51, New Mexico
Trailer: pondering.....
Posts: 728
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congrats fellow Texans..Fred and Dora...safe travels for the adventure that awaits you.
could not help but notice the map..it seems there is an Escape or two up on Hudson Bay all by their lonesome!
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01-17-2017, 12:24 PM
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#207
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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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There appears to be one out in the Gulf of Mexico as well. The two on the shore of Hudson Bay are where there are no roads!
Congrats Fred and Dora enjoy your full timing, we shall meet at one of the rallies one day.
Adrian
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01-17-2017, 01:39 PM
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#208
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Canton, Texas
Trailer: 2017 Escape21. Pick up date May,2017
Posts: 190
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So excited for you all. Cant wait to get details. Our build sheet is due in a month.
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01-17-2017, 08:31 PM
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#209
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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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Hi Fred, We are from Carrollton TX, starting our full timing in our Casita as we wait for our Escape to be built. We are planning to be in Quartzsite at Dome Rock for a few days the end of January. If you post where you are staying when you get to Quartzsite, we would like to look you up.
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01-17-2017, 09:37 PM
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Titusville, Florida
Trailer: 2015 June 25th Escape 19'
Posts: 30
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Hey Fred and Dora,
Hooray for you! Waiting no more, I remember your excitement in Niagra . Hope you love the Escape! I just caught up with the drama of your winter pick-up as D and I just returned today from- where? well, south Texas near Rio looking for birds in our19'. Kathy
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01-17-2017, 10:56 PM
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#211
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
Trailer: 2016 21. '15 Ford Explorer V-6
Posts: 1,558
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Quote:
Originally Posted by seastar
Hey Fred and Dora,
Hooray for you! Waiting no more, I remember your excitement in Niagra . Hope you love the Escape! I just caught up with the drama of your winter pick-up as D and I just returned today from- where? well, south Texas near Rio looking for birds in our19'. Kathy
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......... .."and how birds got into your 19, we'll never know". (Groucho Marx)
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Steve and Debbie
2016 - 21'
“Get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down” -Indigo Girls
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01-17-2017, 11:06 PM
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#212
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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
Hi Fred, We are from Carrollton TX, starting our full timing in our Casita as we wait for our Escape to be built. We are planning to be in Quartzsite at Dome Rock for a few days the end of January. If you post where you are staying when you get to Quartzsite, we would like to look you up.
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Hi Richard,
We plan to be at Dome Rock on Feb. 6th. I will try to contact you when we arrive.
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
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01-17-2017, 11:08 PM
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#213
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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 seastar
Hey Fred and Dora,
Hooray for you! Waiting no more, I remember your excitement in Niagra . Hope you love the Escape! I just caught up with the drama of your winter pick-up as D and I just returned today from- where? well, south Texas near Rio looking for birds in our19'. Kathy
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Thanks Kathy! I can't believe we are finally enjoying a glass of wine in our "little white trailer."
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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01-18-2017, 09:06 AM
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#214
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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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Dora and I went to the grocery store yesterday and she is having a field day stocking up our trailer!
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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01-18-2017, 09:16 AM
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#215
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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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for the Blue Moon
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01-18-2017, 09:50 AM
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#216
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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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Fred,
I'd drink some of those beers before traveling with such a full door, there is a history of hinges breaking with full load under tow.
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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01-18-2017, 11:38 AM
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#217
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ponoka, Alberta
Trailer: 2016 19 classic "outta sight", jeep rubicon unlimited
Posts: 1,645
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No ice cream?
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"never lose hope, never lose faith"
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01-18-2017, 11:59 AM
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#218
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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 cpaharley2008
Fred,
I'd drink some of those beers before traveling with such a full door, there is a history of hinges breaking with full load under tow.
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Hmmm...very interesting... OK, I will get right on it!
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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01-18-2017, 12:00 PM
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#219
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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 Marry
No ice cream?
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Ice cream bars in freezer...check!
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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01-18-2017, 02:12 PM
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#220
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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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Taking shape. Baby steps...
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Fred M.
"Whoever said retirement was overrated...
...never had an Escape"
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