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01-13-2019, 04:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Trailer: Escape 1721
Posts: 223
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New View
After camping a while, decided to make a change to open up our Escape and provide a new view out the rear passenger side window. The support/divider wall does contain vertical and horizontal framing, but there is a void. The change allows for a nice view from the front of the trailer and you can see the entry door easier from the dinette seat.
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01-13-2019, 04:44 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Naugatuck, Connecticut
Trailer: 2017 50 TA, 2016 F150, 2.7 Ecoboost
Posts: 1,056
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👍 I like it! You only removed skin, no framing?
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01-13-2019, 05:10 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Trailer: Escape 1721
Posts: 223
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Only one. I removed a ~5 inch piece of framing that was nailed at a 45 degree angle to a horizontal wooden stud and connected to the outside vertical stud. We've had it like this for a year (~5K miles) with no separations or problems, so I feel good. It was a certainty known risk.
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01-13-2019, 05:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Kelowna, British Columbia
Trailer: 2018 Escape 19
Posts: 2,716
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A wooden stripper pole...careful of the splinters.
Looks good.
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01-13-2019, 05:27 PM
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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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Maybe Escape would install another metal pole down there? The only down side is the cooking fumes/splatters from the stove?
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01-13-2019, 05:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Trailer: Escape 1721
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We use the exhaust when cooking and haven't had any splatter problems yet. It would be great if ETI ended that side of the counter the same as the door entry side with a pole. That would look great! Though, having some sort of shield for cooking might be needed. Casita's have the cooktop next to the bed/dinette and it works fine, but their cooktop shield opens to prevent spatter from going the wrong way. In our case, we've found the wall is tall enough.
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01-13-2019, 06:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
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You can always reverse the sink and stove location and put the sink by the dinette.
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01-13-2019, 06:50 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
Posts: 4,193
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That certainly does make a big difference. Great look!
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01-13-2019, 07:59 PM
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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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I like it Michael, Really opens up the trailer!
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01-13-2019, 08:36 PM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Seatac, Washington
Trailer: "The Trailer", 2nd Gen 21' & a 2017 Tundra CrewMax in Blazing Blue Pearl
Posts: 2,888
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I like! I've never liked how that wall blocks so much.
When I cook I use a folding solid screen thingie that catches a lot of the splatter. I can either wash that in the trailer or when I get home from a trip. something like that could help if you were sitting next to that open area.
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01-14-2019, 12:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2013 19 Escape
Posts: 7,204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rotateclockwise
After camping a while, decided to make a change to open up our Escape and provide a new view out the rear passenger side window. The support/divider wall does contain vertical and horizontal framing, but there is a void. The change allows for a nice view from the front of the trailer and you can see the entry door easier from the dinette seat.
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Very nice work ! For me though I kind of like the separation for the bed area and sometimes wish it was more but we have a 19 making the dinette and bed area reversed . Pat
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01-14-2019, 12:15 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Patandlinda
Very nice work ! For me though I kind of like the separation for the bed area and sometimes wish it was more...
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I had a similar thought, but for the best of both worlds maybe one could open up the panel, but then mount a blind in it for visual separation when desired.
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01-14-2019, 01:22 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2013 19 Escape
Posts: 7,204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian B-P
I had a similar thought, but for the best of both worlds maybe one could open up the panel, but then mount a blind in it for visual separation when desired.
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Brian we do have a curtain for the bed area to help with the opening . Too late to go take a picture . Pat
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01-14-2019, 12:47 PM
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#14
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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i use that wall to hold my knifes on a magnetic holder- i would miss the wall, But it does look nice...
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01-14-2019, 01:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
Trailer: 2010 17B “MATT”, then 2017 19 “Lilly”
Posts: 1,584
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That’s where our spice rack sits. Hangs, actually.
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01-20-2019, 02:25 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Dearborn Michigan USA, Michigan
Trailer: future 5.0 owner
Posts: 51
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@ 1st glance, I thought, that's a strange picture! Then realized... As they say where I'm from "nice-a job-a"!
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01-20-2019, 05:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Placerville, California
Trailer: 2018 Escape 17A double dinette
Posts: 1,518
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My aframe had bed right next to the stove which opened toward the driver’s side. I used a piece of semi-opaque plastic such as goes in an overhead fluorescent fixture. I just slid it between the counter and the mattress when I was camping and between the mattress and bench horizontally for travel.
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01-20-2019, 05:41 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Dearborn Michigan USA, Michigan
Trailer: future 5.0 owner
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Your aframe?
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01-20-2019, 07:12 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Burlington Twp., New Jersey
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19
Posts: 7,126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Italian Tow
Your aframe?
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Something like this...
A-Frame | Chalet, Inc.
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01-20-2019, 07:35 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Dearborn Michigan USA, Michigan
Trailer: future 5.0 owner
Posts: 51
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I got it! How silly of me! I'm new to the forum and still learning. I did not mean to reply to your post, It was meant for someone else. Sorry
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