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12-18-2021, 09:12 AM
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#1
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2022 5.0 TA
Posts: 13
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Hello from Calgary, Alberta
My wife and I just signed off on our Build Sheet for a 5.0, current completion date is December/22. Hoping that moves forward a bit.
Currently have an Aframe, our favourite phrase right now is “in our NEW 5.0 trailer” - followed by whatever great feature we are obsessing about at the time.
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12-18-2021, 09:39 AM
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#2
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Runmini
My wife and I just signed off on our Build Sheet for a 5.0, current completion date is December/22. Hoping that moves forward a bit.
Currently have an Aframe, our favourite phrase right now is “in our NEW 5.0 trailer” - followed by whatever great feature we are obsessing about at the time.
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Welcome Charles, to our little Escape world. Tell us about which options you did or did not choose. always a good conversation starter....
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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12-18-2021, 04:51 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: Lewiston ID, Idaho
Trailer: 2021 5.0 TA
Posts: 376
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We had a pop-up A-frame trailer at leaked like a sieve from day one.
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12-19-2021, 09:03 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
Trailer: 2019 5.0 TA
Posts: 346
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Hello and welcome to the forum fellow Canuck.
You're going to love that 5.0!! I come from an extensive tent camping background so cannot comment on other trailers but we really like ours a ton! Sooo comfortable with an upstairs and a downstairs just like home, also an unlimited power supply with our solar setup (if we're reasonable).
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12-19-2021, 09:07 PM
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#5
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2022 5.0 TA
Posts: 13
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Yes, we were sold on the 5.0 as soon as we saw the “separate” bedroom. We were lucky to be able to tour Jim Bennett’s trailer, he gave us so many ideas around storage and the benefits of some of the options (power awning for us, my choice).
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12-20-2021, 03:56 PM
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#6
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2021
Location: GrandePrairie, Alberta
Trailer: on order
Posts: 23
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Not sure if I am missing something here or not, but why would you sign off on your build sheet a year prior to completion date?
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12-20-2021, 04:46 PM
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#7
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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: 8,743
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Runmini
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(power awning for us, my choice).
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Really? Jim really likes his power awning and he can be pretty persuasive.
Congratulations and enjoy it when the long wait is over.
Ron
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12-20-2021, 06:07 PM
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#8
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2022 5.0 TA
Posts: 13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by G.D.S.
Not sure if I am missing something here or not, but why would you sign off on your build sheet a year prior to completion date?
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Ah, we are quite decided on the options we want, plus lots of other things happening this year, major reno at home. So just decided to get it done, one less thing on my plate.
*plus it kind of makes it seem closer to reality, even if completion date move-ups are quite limited for the 5.0 🤠
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12-20-2021, 07:16 PM
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#9
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2021
Location: GrandePrairie, Alberta
Trailer: on order
Posts: 23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Runmini
Ah, we are quite decided on the options we want, plus lots of other things happening this year, major reno at home. So just decided to get it done, one less thing on my plate.
*plus it kind of makes it seem closer to reality, even if completion date move-ups are quite limited for the 5.0 🤠
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But I would prefer to wait for any possible new announcements such as the lithium battery announcement and maybe others
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12-20-2021, 07:18 PM
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#10
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2021
Location: GrandePrairie, Alberta
Trailer: on order
Posts: 23
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Quote:
Originally Posted by G.D.S.
But I would prefer to wait for any possible new announcements such as the lithium battery announcement and maybe others
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but for sure if that works best for your schedule etc. it certainly isn't wrong
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12-20-2021, 07:32 PM
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#11
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Runmini
My wife and I just signed off on our Build Sheet for a 5.0, current completion date is December/22. Hoping that moves forward a bit.
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Congrats on your order. It was great meeting you.
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2017 Escape 5.0 TA
2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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12-20-2021, 07:33 PM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron in BC
Really? Jim really likes his power awning and he can be pretty persuasive.
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I do lay out the benefits to both styles of awning. Both work great for making memories.
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2017 Escape 5.0 TA
2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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12-21-2021, 12:19 PM
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#13
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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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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
I do lay out the benefits to both styles of awning. Both work great for making memories.
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And of course you do have a great system for shedding water off your awning. We're still partial to the manual awning especially since we have the screen room
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Adrian (and Beth)
We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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12-21-2021, 04:36 PM
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#14
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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: 8,743
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Quote:
Originally Posted by emers382
And of course you do have a great system for shedding water off your awning. We're still partial to the manual awning especially since we have the screen room
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Us too, much more versatile. Manual awnings rule.
Ron
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12-21-2021, 05:15 PM
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#15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: Lewiston ID, Idaho
Trailer: 2021 5.0 TA
Posts: 376
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron in BC
Us too, much more versatile. Manual awnings rule.
Ron
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How do those attach to the manual awning and legs?
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12-21-2021, 06:05 PM
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#16
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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: 8,743
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There is a bolt rope sewn into the top edge. That's a small diameter rope with the screen wrapped around it. It slides into the groove on the awning rail that's meant for such a thing. You can also buy clips that slide in the groove. That's the easiest way.
A sideways tie at the bottom holds it and prevents it blowing the wind.
Ron
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12-29-2021, 10:27 AM
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#17
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Member
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 2021 5.0TA
Posts: 97
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Runmini
My wife and I just signed off on our Build Sheet for a 5.0, current completion date is December/22. Hoping that moves forward a bit.
Currently have an Aframe, our favourite phrase right now is “in our NEW 5.0 trailer” - followed by whatever great feature we are obsessing about at the time.
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Welcome! Just up the road in yeg, also 5.0 owners.
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