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05-03-2021, 10:57 PM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Ontario, Oregon
Trailer: 2011 Escape 17B
Posts: 75
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Older Model 17B Holding Tank Capacities
I've done some searching and can't seem to find this info. Can someone help me out?
Looking for what all three tank capacities are for a 17B from before the change over to the body style.
Thanks
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05-03-2021, 11:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Sandy, Utah
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17B
Posts: 141
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17B Tank Sizes
Our 2015 17B has the following tank sizes:
Fresh 20 gal.
Gray 26 gal.
Black 19 gal.
Hope this helps.
Dave Smith
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05-04-2021, 08:12 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: East of Austin, Texas
Trailer: 2021 Escape 5.0 / 2022 F150 SuperCab
Posts: 2,913
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FWIW looking at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine I find 17B specs in a 2010 listing:
20 Gal. Fresh Water Tank
26 Gal Grey Tank (Plan B)
14 Gal Black Tank (Plan B)
See the 09/23/2010 17A/B specifications webpage capture here: https://web.archive.org/web/20100923...ootEscape.aspx
Then randomly jumping to 07/29/2013 we see the 17B black tank is up to 19 gallons: https://web.archive.org/web/20130629...ootEscape.aspx
You can 'surf' the Wayback Machine for different dates and linked pages within the ETI website, it captured a good bit of data from ETI over the years.
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05-04-2021, 09:01 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Burlington Twp., New Jersey
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19
Posts: 7,146
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave & Penny Smith
Our 2015 17B has the following tank sizes:
Fresh 20 gal.
Gray 26 gal.
Black 19 gal.
Hope this helps.
Dave Smith
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As Alan points out below the black tank was 14 gal. until 2012-2013 timeframe. All tank capacities have stayed the same on the 17' through the mold changeover in late 2016.
FWIW the 19' also had the same increase in black to 19 gals around the same timeframe. The 19' also has seen an increase of fresh from 20 gals to 28 and gray from 26 gals to 28 but I'm not sure when this was done....maybe at the mold changeover in late 2016.
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05-04-2021, 09:35 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21
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OK.Here it goes.Our 2005 had a black tank capacity of seven and a half gallon (7.5).
That is one and a half Jerry can.!!!!
We decided to keep the 17B and had an extra tank installed.The extra tank would hold another 16 or 17 gallons, can not remember exactly.The installer also added a Tornado flusher on the extra tank.Total capacity around 26 gallons.They got both hooked up together.The gray tank ended up with it's own drain, rapid flush this way.
Of course when the 21 footer came on stream we could not resist and sold the 17B, which had served us well for eleven years.
Allan.
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North Vancouver
Trailer Escape 21
2017
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05-04-2021, 10:42 AM
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: Ontario, Oregon
Trailer: 2011 Escape 17B
Posts: 75
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Thanks for the help everyone. I think the change from 14 to 19 on the black must have happened for the 2011 model year. I was able to find 2 different 2011s that listed the black tank as being 19 gallons.
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05-05-2021, 08:32 AM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: grand rapids, Minnesota
Trailer: 2006 17B
Posts: 72
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I have a 2006 escape 17B and would love to add a black tank, also I don’t think the grey tank is emptying very well. Where did you have the work done? I haven’t found any independent RV repair in northern MN. Should I ask a plumber? Where did you buy the extra tank from? Thanks for the suggestion and any info/advice!
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05-05-2021, 09:34 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21
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Black tank on 17 B early model.
ETI which means Reace was not willing to do that experiment.Managed to find a couple of guys that restored RVs and sold them.So it was more likely pure luck on my part.It was a place outside Vancouver BC.The grey tank emptied very fast.You had to move the slinky over to each different drain of course.I did not find that cumbersome.
Found those guys on Craigslist, drove by the place not long ago and it was shut down.Those guys were of retirement age.
Allan.
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North Vancouver
Trailer Escape 21
2017
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05-05-2021, 11:48 AM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: grand rapids, Minnesota
Trailer: 2006 17B
Posts: 72
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So, the black tank they added was mounted on the underside of the trailer? To the right of the valve pipe?
Thanks.
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05-05-2021, 11:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
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Quote:
Originally Posted by riverplace
I have a 2006 escape 17B and would love to add a black tank...
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A 17B has a black tank - or at least had one originally - because it is the bathroom model. Do you mean a 17A, which is built without a bathroom?
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05-05-2021, 01:20 PM
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: grand rapids, Minnesota
Trailer: 2006 17B
Posts: 72
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The black tanks on the older 17B are only 7.5 gallons. Allan had another black tank added and I am wondering where they placed it on his 17B.
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05-05-2021, 01:39 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by riverplace
The black tanks on the older 17B are only 7.5 gallons. Allan had another black tank added and I am wondering where they placed it on his 17B.
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Kind of need somebody with a 2006 17B to fill you in, and even that is no guarantee that ETI didn't make changes just before or after your build.
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05-05-2021, 05:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Falls Church, Virginia
Trailer: 2005 Escape 17b
Posts: 124
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Quote:
Originally Posted by riverplace
The black tanks on the older 17B are only 7.5 gallons. Allan had another black tank added and I am wondering where they placed it on his 17B.
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How do you know when it is full or close to full? About how long does that last? We just bought a 2004 (I think that is the year!)
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05-05-2021, 05:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
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With the water pump off ( or not ), open the trap and shine a flashlight down the hole.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
- Bertolt Brecht
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05-06-2021, 07:37 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Trailer: 2012 E19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
With the water pump off ( or not ), open the trap and shine a flashlight down the hole.
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Which proves that the view at the campsite can vary considerably....
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05-06-2021, 09:54 PM
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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 riverplace
The black tanks on the older 17B are only 7.5 gallons. Allan had another black tank added and I am wondering where they placed it on his 17B.
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Ah, that makes sense! Thanks.
I don't think you want it under the floor unless you also add a macerator pump to empty it, since gravity-driven flow from a tank that low will not likely be enough for black waste.
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