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12-15-2023, 12:34 PM
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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: 8,863
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Originally Posted by bborzell
“Leakproof fiberglass shell”. Well, if there is no A/C, no vents, no clearance or brake lights, no backup camera and literally nothing cut, drilled and caulked, then I agree.
Caulk dries and often shrinks so, if it is not maintained, the clam of a leakproof fiberglass shell doesn’t really hold water, so to speak.
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All trailers have those items. But stickies have many seams and possible points of water ingress that a one piece f.g. shell doesn't. I think that it's a reasonable statement.
Ron
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12-15-2023, 03:36 PM
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#82
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Colfax, California
Trailer: 2024 Escape 23 on order, 2022 RAM 1500 5.7L Laramie
Posts: 591
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron in BC
All trailers have those items. But stickies have many seams and possible points of water ingress that a one piece f.g. shell doesn't. I think that it's a reasonable statement.
Ron
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I was thinking of the several posts about leaks where new buyers were astounded that water got into their FG trailer. The blanket statement that it is leakproof (without caveats that are understood by experienced FG owners) likely contributes to the shock and dismay when water gets through at a vent or light.
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12-16-2023, 03:24 PM
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#83
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2023
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Trailer: N/A
Posts: 32
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That bear makes me want to take up hunting
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12-16-2023, 05:28 PM
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#84
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: Steveston B.C., British Columbia
Trailer: 2012- 17'B.... 2016 Tacoma SR5 TRD
Posts: 51
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IT'S not a real BEAR. But ......
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12-16-2023, 06:17 PM
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#85
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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: 8,277
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Ursa
Quote:
Originally Posted by claude6543
That bear makes me want to take up hunting
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The .270 spoke and spit lead and smoke and 17 inches of flame. Killed in the fall and for over ten years now, hanging on the wall. Ontario.
Iowa Dave and son Clay.
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12-17-2023, 03:28 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: St Augustine, Florida
Trailer: 5.0 TA Delivered 4/7/22
Posts: 927
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Quote:
Originally Posted by claude6543
That bear makes me want to take up hunting
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I love Beers!...oh wait, never mind....
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12-17-2023, 10:40 AM
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#87
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Member
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Trailer: 2022 escape 17B
Posts: 74
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Looking back at past long lived threads, I wonder what type of peanut butter the bear likes?
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12-17-2023, 11:55 AM
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#88
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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: 8,277
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Good Eats
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Originally Posted by mr.stang
Looking back at past long lived threads, I wonder what type of peanut butter the bear likes?
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They prefer strawberry preserves but otherwise creamy Jif or Skippy. Nothing fancy. Honey from my friend Red O’Hearn in SW Iowa. Cold pancakes with maple or corn syrup on them are good too. They can smell a meal from a very long distance. A half a mile is nothing to them.
Iowa Dave
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12-20-2023, 10:16 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Bowling Green, Kentucky
Trailer: 2005 Casita 17 Freedom Deluxe
Posts: 13
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LOL, it is a commercial with some cheesy, quirky humor. I liked it. If I didn’t already know about Escape Travel Trailers, I would watch the commercial, chuckle, then go to their website for some real information. It worked!
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12-20-2023, 12:33 PM
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#90
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Trailer: 2015 Escape 15A
Posts: 34
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OMG. Un-bear-able-couldn't finish watching.
Em-bear-assingly stupid. Lived, backpacked and trailer camped in bear country most of my 70 years. Truly embarassingly stupid of Escape to release something this bad.
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12-20-2023, 01:38 PM
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#91
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Trailer: 2020 5.0
Posts: 22
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Everyone should be cheering that the commercial brings in new customers whether you like the commercial or not. ETI needs some buyers to stay in business. If they have to shut down because of lack of business we all will suffer and the value of our trailers will probably take a hit.
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12-20-2023, 02:19 PM
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#92
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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: 8,863
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Don't know if the commercial will do all that you're hoping.
Seems to me the commercial is aimed at low class to no class folks.  Not sure that they're likely Escape buyers.
Ron
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12-20-2023, 02:47 PM
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#93
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Site Team
Join Date: Jul 2022
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Trailer: 2023 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 871
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Originally Posted by Ron in BC
Seems to me the commercial is aimed at low class to no class folks. |
Geeze Ron. Kinda harsh. I actually liked it. 
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12-20-2023, 02:58 PM
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#94
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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: 8,277
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The prices we saw in the past few years on 40 year old bolers, long since out of
production.are the kind of “Depreciation” one can only dream about. Discriminatory pricing for Americans did not lessen the demand and there’s still a waiting list after price increases, changes in repair and rework policy ( some since reversed) inflexibility with storage etc. that didn’t kill the marker either. The secret is target audience as I said before and with the baby boom buyers dying off every day the market in my opinion would be upwardly mobile folks with a sense of what’s really neat to camp in, economical to tow compared to the behemoth 5th wheels coming apart out of Elkhart, and family friendly for today’s shrinking average family size. If you have an Escape and have frequented public campgrounds, think about
The folks who walked up and asked to see you trailer. Did they seem like the kind of folks who would be sold a 50 or 60 thousand dollar camper by a gotch eyed bear?
Iowa Dave
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