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08-20-2018, 01:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Seattle, Washington
Trailer: Escape 19'
Posts: 105
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Extraordinarily Excellent Escape Experience
A number of people on this forum have asked "Why Escape?". We chose to buy an Escape 19' instead of another fiberglass trailer for practical reasons: size, layout, options. But now that our purchase process, orientation, and initial use (8 days' camping off-grid) are concluded, we are even more impressed with the company and its products.
One thing stands out as an example of Escape's attention to small details with a big impact: we were given our trailer keys secured to a red lanyard to hang around our necks. It's a little thing, but it made a huge difference to us, after years of saying "Have you got the keys?" when we were owners of another brand. Coming into the trailer, we took off and hung up the lanyards; going out, we slung them around our necks. It was easy, unobtrusive, and assured we'd never be locked out or lose the keys.
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08-20-2018, 04:30 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
Posts: 10,222
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Little things mean alot. Like the multi-bit Robertson screwdriver and the corkscrew/bottle opener they put in our trailer. Thoughtful.
Or the time when we were at the Bluebonnet Rally along with Reace and Tammy, and Reace replaced the fridge light assembly while I was out. I'd mentioned to him that I needed to get it replaced. Didn't tell me, he just did it.
What has impressed us most however is how the trailer has been generally trouble free, especially when you consider all the RV forums where SOB owners have a laundry list of issues.
#fanboyrobertguiltyascharged
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08-20-2018, 05:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Seattle, Washington
Trailer: Escape 19'
Posts: 105
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What is a BlueBonnet Rally?
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08-20-2018, 05:29 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
Posts: 10,222
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Quote:
Originally Posted by egraham
What is a BlueBonnet Rally?
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It's one of five Fiberglass trailer rallies held in Texas annually. Reace and Tammy, along with Tammy's parents, attended it in 2015. It was really great to have them, and I think they sold a few Escapes in the process. Info here: Home
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08-20-2018, 05:40 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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I did not get a robertson multiunit screwdriver with my new Escape, my 3rd one.....maybe they got tired of me? Yes, I remember them attending, but they had to leave early due to issues back home, flu and customs if I recall.
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08-20-2018, 05:59 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
Posts: 10,222
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
I did not get a robertson multiunit screwdriver with my new Escape, my 3rd one.....maybe they got tired of me? Yes, I remember them attending, but they had to leave early due to issues back home, flu and customs if I recall.
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I might have been mistaken Jim. Maybe it was in the goodie bag they gave us at Osoyoos? Another perk.
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08-20-2018, 06:28 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
I might have been mistaken Jim. Maybe it was in the goodie bag they gave us at Osoyoos? Another perk.
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We got one when we picked up our 19 last year [emoji51]
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08-20-2018, 08:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Trailer: 2012 E19
Posts: 1,756
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Jim, they probably assumed that you already had two of the screwdrivers!
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08-20-2018, 08:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Besides, you don't need a Robertson screwdriver to remove a propane tank for filling.
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08-20-2018, 08:18 PM
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
Posts: 2,945
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We got ours at Osoyoos........
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08-20-2018, 08:44 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
Posts: 10,222
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
Besides, you don't need a Robertson screwdriver to remove a propane tank for filling.
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In Jim's case you don't even need to do that. Just get a new trailer. [emoji23]
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08-20-2018, 09:11 PM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Whidbey Island, Washington
Trailer: 2020 Escape 17B "Voyager"
Posts: 2,686
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I had to buy my own screwdriver after I bought my third-hand 15A. But...I picked it up from the second owners at the factory in Chilliwack and Escape employees helped me get the truck I'd borrowed set up to tow it home. (It had the wrong size ball, strongly stuck in the bar, then it turned out needed a drop bar, etc, and thanks to Escape help and a big Escape wrench and the stuff they had on site for sale, I got it all fixed right there.) Pretty impressive service since they hadn't sold me the trailer.
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08-21-2018, 09:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Trailer: 2006 17b Goucho
Posts: 302
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When I got my trailer in 2006 I found the air conditioner didn’t have the cooling capacity needed for hot days in inland California. Escape paid for a new AC and updated the production line. My garden shed has the original AC. They’ve helped in many other ways, from repair veneer tape to blueprints to help with mods. Great company!
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