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12-09-2015, 08:46 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
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I don't know what everyone is bitchen about.. I waited seven years for my custom built ETI trailer! Time is discretionary... only YOU can decide what's worth the wait..... MAKE MEMORIES!
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12-09-2015, 08:55 PM
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#42
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Olathe, Kansas
Trailer: 2015 21ft Escape "Spirit of the Plains", 2014 GMC Sierra with max tow package
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I would have to say that it was about 3 and 1/2 years from the time I spotted the first Scamp ad to the time we took delivery of the Escape. Loren
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12-09-2015, 08:59 PM
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#43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
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It takes too long
Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
I don't know what everyone is bitchen about.. I waited seven years for my custom built ETI trailer! Time is discretionary... only YOU can decide what's worth the wait..... MAKE MEMORIES!
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Donna is absolutely right. I takes too long to get an Escape, had to work too many years to reach retirement, took too long to get through college, wasted several years going to school learning stuff I never needed, and on and on and on. However I made a million great memories along the way, made lots of friends, saw a lot of country. And now, I'm making more memories, making new friends and seeing some new country. You can't make more time, live every day as if it were your last, someday you'll be right.
Dave
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12-10-2015, 07:37 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19
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I look at it as "anticipation and planning" are a bigpart of the enjoyment! After we turned in our build sheet to Escape, we started planning our "dream trip" of driving out and picking it up. That planning stage was almost as much fun as the actual trip. Part of life includes waiting - that can be a positive or a negative depending on your outlook. Planning a wedding, waiting for children to be born, waiting for children to mature and move out - you get the picture. Order your Escape and start planning that "next phase" of your life - Enjoy!!!
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Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything - Charles Kuralt
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12-10-2015, 08:08 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Antelope, California
Trailer: 2009 17B "Suite Escape" pulled by a 2020 Toyota Sienna
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
Yeah, but who's going to keep me in line?
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The live wires that inhabit this forum. 
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12-10-2015, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Galesville, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2017 21 "Blue II" & 2017 Highlander XLE (previously 2010 17B "Blue" & 2008 Tacoma)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loren & Cathy
I would have to say that it was about 3 and 1/2 years from the time I spotted the first Scamp ad to the time we took delivery of the Escape. Loren
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Well, at least you were smart enough to go straight to the Escape, unlike my unfortunately more "twisted" route through another fiberglass manufacturer. 
(Donna, please note, I am trying to be good!  )
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Eric (and Mary who is in no way responsible for anything stupid I post)
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." George Bernard Shaw
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12-10-2015, 10:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Olathe, Kansas
Trailer: 2015 21ft Escape "Spirit of the Plains", 2014 GMC Sierra with max tow package
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thoer
Well, at least you were smart enough to go straight to the Escape, unlike my unfortunately more "twisted" route through another fiberglass manufacturer.
(Donna, please note, I am trying to be good! ) |
Not really. From the internet, I was getting information as to where the Casita was of better quality than the Scamp. So in February of 2013, we went to the Casita plant in Rice, Texas and after leaving there, we pretty much had our minds made up. In November of 2013 the new tow was ordered, specifically to pull the Casita. Probably about 4 months later I spotted the Escape 19 on line and that was it. In September of 2014, we drove to Chilliwack to see the 19 and to be absolutely sure. We saw the 21 and out came the checkbook. The year flew by and we picked up the new 21 September 10 of this year. At least we finally got it right. Loren
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12-10-2015, 11:13 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Felton, California
Trailer: 2018 21' ; 2014 19' (Sold)
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The other thing to think about is the fact that some of the people picking up trailers in 2016, are victims of "two-foot-itis" so probably have trailers they will be selling. And knowing how well Escape owners treat their trailers, buying "used" is pretty close to buying new (sometimes better if you look through some of the posts and see the innovative improvements people have made). If this would be of interest, let it be known and you may be surprised.
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We do not remember days, we remember moments.
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12-10-2015, 11:21 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Galesville, Wisconsin
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Or some of us have skipped right to "four-foot-itis"!
And Jan, like you say, when we get close to being able to actually get a 21, we will be selling a 17 that had spent the vast majority of its life stored indoors, pampered in every way. Whenever we travel people think it is brand new and I'm sure that a lot of other owners pamper their beloved Escapes just as much as we do.
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"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance." George Bernard Shaw
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12-10-2015, 12:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Comfort, Texas
Trailer: 2014 5.0TA "The HAB"
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Yikes! Did I start this?LOL! I sincerely hope it won't be YEARS till we can get our TA!
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12-10-2015, 12:08 PM
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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
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tford
Yikes! Did I start this?LOL! I sincerely hope it won't be YEARS till we can get our TA!
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Hi: Tford... For some it just takes a little longer!!!  Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie 
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12-10-2015, 01:01 PM
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#52
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Olathe, Kansas
Trailer: 2015 21ft Escape "Spirit of the Plains", 2014 GMC Sierra with max tow package
Posts: 1,100
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tford
Yikes! Did I start this?LOL! I sincerely hope it won't be YEARS till we can get our TA!
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It won't be years for you because you know exactly what you want. All we knew was that we wanted a fiberglass trailer rather than a stick built unit. Loren
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12-10-2015, 07:03 PM
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#53
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Portland, OR, Oregon
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 #8
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loren & Cathy
It won't be years for you because you know exactly what you want. All we knew was that we wanted a fiberglass trailer rather than a stick built unit. Loren
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Delayed Gratification Folks
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12-10-2015, 08:52 PM
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#54
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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)
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