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12-27-2018, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Enjoy the warmth, you two and we will see you on the road sometime next year! Have a safe trip....
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Jim
Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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12-27-2018, 09:24 AM
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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
Posts: 8,256
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"pull"
Hi Alf
Hope you get off with a bang and that its not a flat tire, I know it's a BLANKET statement from us all that you stay warm and dry and don't tarry too long at the Cracker Barrel each morning but keep on trucking with that big Ram and a supply of Yeungling in case she overheats in the Smokies. Summer is just around about a boxful of corners. See you in Niagara if not before,
Iowa Dave
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12-30-2018, 11:36 PM
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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 rubicon327
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Here is a picture of the new handles installed. Nice quality aluminum. No longer worried about them breaking.
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12-31-2018, 10:21 AM
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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
No gifts for me, I was not a good boy this year I guess.  |
Well I thought you were a pretty good boy Jim
I got Beth a stainless steel french press. Our old glass one has broken years ago and we were using a pour over method. But I hope we can now grind coffee just enough at the time we press it just like you Jim. Now just need a hand grinder but for now if boondocking can plug the electric grinder into the truck. Also gave her three LED lights for inside cupboards.
Happy New Year all.
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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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12-31-2018, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,544
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Well, thanks Adrian!
Sounds like Beth and you have a few nice goodies for camping, see you on the road.
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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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01-03-2019, 06:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
Trailer: 2016 21. '15 Ford Explorer V-6
Posts: 1,560
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For Christmas, we got our 21 a:
Hopkins 08200 Endurance Leveling System With Wheel Chocks.
Hopkins Towing Solutions Hopkins 08200 Endurance RV Leveling System with Wheel Chock https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M9993M9..._OrQlCbSFVNSTQ
In September we spent almost four weeks touring Yellowstone, Glacier, and Grand Tetons NPs. Several of our campsites were way unlevel and required 3-4 levels of LEGO Blocks under one side. When assembled, the LEGO Blocks do not line up correctly with dual axles, and require considerable jockeying back and forth to get to the proper height.
When we got home, I looked for an alternative and found these. The parts do not include the lumber. In the case of a dual axle 21 the 2X8” boards are 60”, 54”, and 48” inches long. I used finished fir and the total weight of the three boards is 30 lbs. If one used cedar or redwood, the weight would be considerably less.
I used them today to do my annual fresh water system sanitation and hot water heater flush. The Hopkins worked great. They are simple to use and easily fit in the back of our Explorer.
When only 1 1/2” of lift is needed, use just one layer:
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Steve and Debbie
2016 - 21'
“Get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down” -Indigo Girls
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01-03-2019, 06:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
Trailer: 2016 21. '15 Ford Explorer V-6
Posts: 1,560
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When 3” if lift is needed, use a second layer:
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Steve and Debbie
2016 - 21'
“Get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down” -Indigo Girls
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01-03-2019, 06:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
Trailer: 2016 21. '15 Ford Explorer V-6
Posts: 1,560
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When 4 1/2” of lift is needed, use a third layer:
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Steve and Debbie
2016 - 21'
“Get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down” -Indigo Girls
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01-03-2019, 06:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
Trailer: 2016 21. '15 Ford Explorer V-6
Posts: 1,560
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Layer #1 always goes directly under the tires. Layer #2 goes directly under layer #1, and layer #3 goes under layer #2. They nest together for a tight package. Here is a picture from behind 4 1/2” of lift:
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Steve and Debbie
2016 - 21'
“Get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down” -Indigo Girls
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01-03-2019, 06:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
Trailer: 2016 21. '15 Ford Explorer V-6
Posts: 1,560
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Here is another from a different angle:
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Steve and Debbie
2016 - 21'
“Get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down” -Indigo Girls
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01-04-2019, 01:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Chilliwack, British Columbia
Trailer: 2008 17B Escape
Posts: 766
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I guess it's a New Years present for our Escape---getting the spray foam installed under our trailer...
Will it make it float better in all our rain??
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01-04-2019, 07:56 AM
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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 amirie
I guess it's a New Years present for our Escape---getting the spray foam installed under our trailer...
Will it make it float better in all our rain??
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Hi: amirie... No!!! I bet it'll float better down the highway though. LoL  Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie 
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Quote Bugs Bunny..."Don't take life too seriously, none of us get out of it ALIVE"!!!
'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
St.Thomas (Not the Virgin Islands) Ontario
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01-04-2019, 03:16 PM
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#33
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Elyria, Ohio
Trailer: 2018 Escape 19
Posts: 10
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The tpms looks good and reasonably priced, does it say what the transmitter range for trailers?
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01-04-2019, 06:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Ridgway, Colorado
Trailer: 2018,5.0 TA
Posts: 325
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Our Escape 5.0 TA was our Christmas present! Delivered December 5th. Named Rocinante after John Steinbeck's camper in "Travels With Charlie". We just got it registered and paid the taxes yesterday. We are excited to be done paying and start playing!
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01-04-2019, 09:15 PM
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#35
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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 DanandDaphne
Our Escape 5.0 TA was our Christmas present! Delivered December 5th. Named Rocinante after John Steinbeck's camper in "Travels With Charlie". We just got it registered and paid the taxes yesterday. We are excited to be done paying and start playing! |
Hi: DanandDaphne... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. In the words of the song..."Don't fence me in"!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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Quote Bugs Bunny..."Don't take life too seriously, none of us get out of it ALIVE"!!!
'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
St.Thomas (Not the Virgin Islands) Ontario
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01-05-2019, 11:37 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Ridgway, Colorado
Trailer: 2018,5.0 TA
Posts: 325
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Thanks escape artist, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
And it's actually outside the fence 
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01-05-2019, 12:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Placerville, California
Trailer: 2018 Escape 17A double dinette
Posts: 1,520
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Also the name of Don Quixote's horse in the book. That's a cool name.
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01-05-2019, 01:49 PM
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#38
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Ridgway, Colorado
Trailer: 2018,5.0 TA
Posts: 325
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Quote:
Originally Posted by h2owmn
Also the name of Don Quixote's horse in the book. That's a cool name.
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Thanks, it's been years since I read Travels with Charlie but I knew that he named his truck camper after Don Quixote's horse Rocinante. Which makes us like it even more! My folks lived in Salinas for a number of years and I have been to the Steinbeck museum where his truck camper is on display. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S...lieVehicle.jpg
Cool old GMC The man who saved John Steinbeck's van - The Camper Book
I need to reread Don Quixote and Travels with Charlie now.
Dan
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01-05-2019, 02:16 PM
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#39
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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 DanandDaphne
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Hi: DanandDaphne... Trailering should provide you the time to do it!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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Quote Bugs Bunny..."Don't take life too seriously, none of us get out of it ALIVE"!!!
'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
St.Thomas (Not the Virgin Islands) Ontario
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01-05-2019, 02:26 PM
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#40
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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 DanandDaphne
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Traveling through Salinas a few years ago went to , one of my favorite writers , museum . Very well done museum and was pleasantly surprised , there was his truck and camper . "Travels with Charlie" one of my favorites books John Steinbeck wrote , and to see the camper . I was thrilled ! Pat
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