- Trillium ('78?)
- took it from Ontario to British Columbia and Nova Scotia
- Kamparoo tent trailer
- towed it with a VW Passat to Alaska and Nova Scotia
- our son has it now
- Volkswagen Camper Van
- drove it to California several times
- Escape 5.0
- it's been to Calfornia several times, Florida, and Newfoundland/Labrador
70's-80's Tents - wife stayed home
1992 Van Camper - wife started camping but was not a happy camper
1999-8', 2002-10', 2004-12' Coleman/Fleetwood popup campers - wife started enjoying camping
2006 24' Aerolite - biggest and most costly mistake we made in campers, bigger is not better (6 months)
2006 Casita 17' FD - wife really enjoyed camping
2013 Escape 19' #1 - wife loves camping
2017 Escape 19' #2 - made all the changes we thought about for 4 years. Happy wife, Happy life.
Tom, you and myself maybe the only repeat 19' owners here?
Nope, Jenny and Ian Eddy too.
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2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
Yelp, they started the "Vermont Virus" in this part of the country that was very contagious.
LOL. They picked up their first 19 a day before I did.
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“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
LOL. They picked up their first 19 a day before I did.
We heard that story somewhere in our travels. I forget the details but something about someones was not ready yet or something. The early days of ETI when things were a lot different.
We heard that story somewhere in our travels. I forget the details but something about someones was not ready yet or something. The early days of ETI when things were a lot different.
Yeah, they were quite surprised that I made it to the rally the night of the pick up, as when they got theirs the day before there was a lot to do yet. Tammy had phoned that day and asked us to hold off a while before we came to pick it up, as they still had work to do on it. I guess there were two employees going hard with Reace pitching in. We ran around to pick up stuff we needed, and when I got there helped them with the final touches. All was good.
We shared our pull through campsite with Ian and Jenny, and had a great time with them. It was great to see them again at the rally a couple years ago when they picked up their second one.
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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
This tread has brought back so many wonderful memories. Thank you for starting it. Last night we pulled out the old photos and had a great time looking at them.
- a very old Bonair, second hand, tent trailer that weighed a million pounds and pretty sure took our 2 transmissions in our old Plymouth Voyageur
- a brand new Palomino tent trailer which we used until the kids were near grown or wanting their own tents
- 2008 Escape 17'
- 2011 Escape 5.0
Looking forward to the rally to check out the new models. Possibly a 2018 is in order.
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
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Yup. Those tent trailers were not a light as most people thought. I towed mine with a Subaru wagon for a few years. Endured a lot of expensive brake work.
Got stuck on a gravel hill once. Had to back down and take a run at it.
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Yup. Those tent trailers were not a light as most people thought. I towed mine with a Subaru wagon for a few years. Endured a lot of expensive brake work.
Got stuck on a gravel hill once. Had to back down and take a run at it.
Ha ha - yeah. I remember when you could 'take a run at it' and there was no traffic to get in the way. Remember brakes smokin' after coming down a huge hill - like the one coming into Princeton - that one is a real doozie. Had to stop and cool everything down before carrying on.
I imagine in BC you had the same problem every morning that we faced when we wanted to head out early in the morning - using multiple towels to dry off the canvas well enough to drop it onto the beds! I always thought popups were designed by someone living in the dry Southwest.
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I imagine in BC you had the same problem every morning that we faced when we wanted to head out early in the morning - using multiple towels to dry off the canvas well enough to drop it onto the beds! I always thought popups were designed by someone living in the dry Southwest.
Absolutely, you always hope for a dry 'take down' day. Luckily, our weather is conducive to that most of the time (or is that just selective memory). Probably why I am not keen on pop-outs on trailers even today.
I imagine in BC you had the same problem every morning that we faced when we wanted to head out early in the morning - using multiple towels to dry off the canvas well enough to drop it onto the beds! I always thought popups were designed by someone living in the dry Southwest.
Oh laughing at "that hill into Princeton"--we had our 1975 Boler towed by our 1991 Pontiac Sunbird (yeah--the trailer is light we are legal ) three teenage girls in the backseat---the emergency brake cable melted, thankfully in off position...Too much weight in the car and the trailer.. Thankfully we had trailer brakes added to the trailer and were fine going down..
Then got a Malibu---bigger car yeah it'll be fine---got it weighed at Bandon rally--OMG. With all our mods trailer fully loaded weighed 1700 lbs...
Sold the Boler and got our used 2008 17B (which we still have and will continue to have) and a Ford Escape---yup, this time we were really legal...
Now have a vehicle with 5,000 towing capacity---OK we got smarter as we got older!!!
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Started with the usual, a tent. Moved on to a Bonair tent trailer with leaky top and canvas sides which was almost impossible to dry completely. It did serve us well, but a bit heavy.
Next was a 13 foot Bonair sticky. Other than heavy and a bit leaky, it had a really good layout, similar to the Escape 13.
Then upgraded to a 2006 Escape 17 and then a 2015 Escape TA 5.0
) three teenage girls in the backseat---the emergency brake cable melted, thankfully in off position...Too much weight in the car and the trailer.. Thankfully we had trailer brakes added to the trailer and were fine going down..
With all our mods trailer fully loaded weighed 1700 lbs...
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