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06-18-2017, 11:28 AM
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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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Thanks for the corrections to my service list. I actually don't do everything on the list, but I do consider each item. The Annual maintenance normally takes me 2 to 3 days to complete.
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06-18-2017, 01:55 PM
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#42
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Van., British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19, sold; 2019 Escape 21, Sept. 2019
Posts: 8,813
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
When do you find time to camp?
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Yup, reading that list made my head hurt.
Ron
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06-18-2017, 04:12 PM
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#43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Springfield, Missouri
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17B "L'Escaboose" with 2021 Ford F150 XLT
Posts: 394
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Speaking of tires, I cannot find anything on my Carlisle tires that would indicate their age. No DOT number.
I'm assuming they're not much older than the trailer (2015) but it would be nice to know. Any hints??
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06-18-2017, 04:23 PM
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#44
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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 Nindy
Speaking of tires, I cannot find anything on my Carlisle tires that would indicate their age. No DOT number.
I'm assuming they're not much older than the trailer (2015) but it would be nice to know. Any hints??
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Hi: Nindy... The date code is usually on the inner side wall. Take a flashlight under there with you!!! Every tire has one will be the week/year (5214) or similar... usually all by itself too. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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06-18-2017, 04:28 PM
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#45
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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 Nindy
Speaking of tires, I cannot find anything on my Carlisle tires that would indicate their age. No DOT number.
I'm assuming they're not much older than the trailer (2015) but it would be nice to know. Any hints??
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I think probably under trailer , inside . All tires have to be dated . They will read in year and weeks . Like 20 , would be May . Pat
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06-18-2017, 04:29 PM
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#46
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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 escape artist
Hi: Nindy... The date code is usually on the inner side wall. Take a flashlight under there with you!!! Every tire has one will be the week/year (5214) or similar... usually all by itself too. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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That 's it week 54 Year 2014 . Pat
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06-18-2017, 04:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Southern Alberta, Alberta
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 1,734
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Are you doing your maintenance?
This tire was manufactured on the third week of 2004.
Cheers
Doug
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06-18-2017, 05:03 PM
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#48
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,552
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PGDriver
This tire was manufactured on the third week of 2004.
Cheers
Doug
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5057
Good things manufactured then, eh?
I just such in the last spot in week 50.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
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06-19-2017, 07:57 AM
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#49
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Springfield, Missouri
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17B "L'Escaboose" with 2021 Ford F150 XLT
Posts: 394
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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: Nindy... The date code is usually on the inner side wall. Take a flashlight under there with you!!! Every tire has one will be the week/year (5214) or similar... usually all by itself too. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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I was afraid this might involve shimmying underneath the trailer! I guess it would be a good time to check out how things look under there. Thanks!
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06-19-2017, 08:54 AM
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#50
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Southern Alberta, Alberta
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 1,734
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
5057
Good things manufactured then, eh?
I just such in the last spot in week 50.
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Only the best Jim [emoji41]
Cheers
Doug
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06-19-2017, 11:24 PM
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#51
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Monona, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2023 21NE "Hardley II" 2021 Toyota Tacoma (Diesel Jeep stranded us twice so it had to go)
Posts: 341
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I don't know for sure if it really made a difference, but I'm glad I took the time to adjust my trailer brakes before we took our trip last week.
I did the breaks Thursday night and gave them their first ever full panic stop test on Saturday.
We were traveling about 55mph coming out of a slight curve on a State highway when I caught a glimpse of brown fur going into a patch of trees right next to the road. We stopped short of the deer by a solid ten feet (he of course, stopped in the dead center of the road).
The camper stopped straight as an arrow behind me, with just the slightest tire squeal right at the very end. Ended up with a couple of pans on the floor but nothing serious.
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06-20-2017, 12:14 AM
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#52
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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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Excellent. Jim does rule.
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06-20-2017, 01:50 AM
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#53
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimrules
The camper stopped straight as an arrow behind me, with just the slightest tire squeal right at the very end. Ended up with a couple of pans on the floor but nothing serious.
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Nothing in your pants?
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06-20-2017, 06:34 AM
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#54
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Trailer: 2014 17b/ 2012 Chevy Colorado
Posts: 736
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marry
Nothing in your pants?
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Is that a list item??
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06-20-2017, 07:11 AM
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#55
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,552
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimrules
I don't know for sure if it really made a difference, but I'm glad I took the time to adjust my trailer brakes before we took our trip last week.
I did the breaks Thursday night and gave them their first ever full panic stop test on Saturday.
We were traveling about 55mph coming out of a slight curve on a State highway when I caught a glimpse of brown fur going into a patch of trees right next to the road. We stopped short of the deer by a solid ten feet (he of course, stopped in the dead center of the road).
The camper stopped straight as an arrow behind me, with just the slightest tire squeal right at the very end. Ended up with a couple of pans on the floor but nothing serious.
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I would bet this is one of the most neglected maintenance items, yet one with the largest safety impact. Four brakes will take less than an hour to adjust, and even less if doing it at the same time as bearings get repacked.
Along with this, is the fact that many folks dial their brake controller in with too little power to the brakes. I have seen this quite a bit. Folks tend to not like the feeling of the trailer pulling back in some situations, so dial down, when in fact this is what you want. The trailer braking power should be set so that the trailer brakes effectively provide all the stopping power to the trailer itself, or at least the bigger part of it.
In an emergency stop like Jim described here, you want the trailer to pull back a bit, kinda like a parachute, keeping the two vehicles nicely aligned. Too weak of a brake setting and on a wet or slippery surface you could see the trailer try to pass you.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
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06-20-2017, 07:13 PM
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#56
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Monona, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2023 21NE "Hardley II" 2021 Toyota Tacoma (Diesel Jeep stranded us twice so it had to go)
Posts: 341
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marry
Nothing in your pants?
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Ha ha, nope. It was all over before I had time to get scared.
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07-05-2017, 06:56 AM
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#57
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Trailer: 2014 5TA/ *012 17B (previous)
Posts: 442
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
Are the 2017 5.0TAs axles mounted on springs? I don't know. But on MY trailer there's a zerk, right in the middle on the bottom.
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Is everyone with this type of setup greasing the springs? Until now, I didn't know this was there and necessary- what if you haven't been doing it? What type of "grease" do you use.
We were #13 of the the 5TA's so Without looking I'm sure I have the same setup. Is there anywhere else that requires "greasing"?
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07-06-2017, 05:01 PM
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#58
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chapitre
We were #13 of the the 5TA's so Without looking I'm sure I have the same setup. Is there anywhere else that requires "greasing"?
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Bob (padlin) posted a helpful photo of the bottom of his 5.0 TA a couple of years ago, and we have used it to illustrate discussions of plumbing and suspension. Attached is a copy with the E-Z Flex annotated; in this case, there should be two grease fittings on each E-Z Flex (not visible but perhaps obscured by the hanger), and there do not appear to be any other greased suspension joints.
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07-06-2017, 06:05 PM
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#59
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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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My trailer does have the Zerk fittings. The pictures, and more so my drawing on them, didn't come out to hot but this is where they are. I suspect removing the wheels would help with access.
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07-06-2017, 08:00 PM
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#60
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian B-P
...The E-Z Flex also apparently comes with wet bolts for the shackles, so there are lots of grease points.
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Although the E-Z Flex is available in a kit with wet bolts, that's apparently not how Escape got them, as Bob's trailer appears to have standard bolts through the shackles. That means only two grease points per side of the trailer, all on the E-Z Flex hardware.
Quote:
Originally Posted by padlin
The pictures, and more so my drawing on them, didn't come out to hot but this is where they are. I suspect removing the wheels would help with access.
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Looks great to me - clear and helpful. Thanks Bob.
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