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08-26-2019, 05:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: WALNUT, California
Trailer: 2019 5.0 TA The Glass Inn
Posts: 231
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Production Schedule
I was looking at the ETI website and went to check the available dates to see how long the wait currently is. To my surprise no dates listed for any trailers, they all say call for availability. Another corporate change?
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08-26-2019, 05:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Austin, Texas
Trailer: 2019 5.0TA "Junior", 2019 Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi
Posts: 1,600
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They stopped posting production dates several months ago. On the ETI Facebook page they recently posted this:
Escape Trailer Industries Molded Fiberglass Trailers
August 24 at 1:45 PM ·
Last 12 Product Slots are now available for December.
Limited availability, and it's your last opportunity to secure 2019 pricing on the 17A, 17B, 19, 21 trailers and the 5.0 Fifth Wheel. Offer is open until Saturday, September 7th at 2:00pm, or while slots last.
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David, Mary, and the cats
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08-26-2019, 06:01 PM
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Escape Trailer Industries
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Chilliwack, British Columbia
Trailer: All of them
Posts: 70
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We recently modified our production takt time i.e., the beat rate for production, and as a result we had to completely reorganize the production slots. It was challenging to keep posting a couple of dates per trailer, so I stopped doing it a couple of months ago and waited for the backlash. There was no backlash. Customers call us anyway and I'd rather it that way. We pride ourselves on great customer interactions. Now, when customers call looking for a date, we can give them a choice that suits them better.
Karl
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08-27-2019, 09:48 AM
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Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Trailer: 2019 Escape 19
Posts: 92
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I think this change is an improvement for potential customers. When I placed my order I found having to pick a production date kind of weird. I knew the window when I wanted to take delivery, but I didn't really care whether ETI completed the unit the day before that window or three months before.
Given the turbulence in the global supply chain, I can see why a company might not want to let customers lock in a price more than 3 months or maybe six months out, and given the need to manage raw materials inventories, production processes, blah, blah, blah, I can imagine there are some constraints on making delivery commitments. But the old way of doing it--pick your production date for the type of unit you want really harked back to a little custom shop with a guy and a few helpers cranking out a few trailers a month.
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08-27-2019, 11:04 AM
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#5
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: WALNUT, California
Trailer: 2019 5.0 TA The Glass Inn
Posts: 231
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Thanks for the reply Karl. It is great to get first hand info. Hope it works out well for ETI.
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08-27-2019, 11:30 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Trailer: 21' Escape in production 12/05/19
Posts: 132
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rmitch
I was looking at the ETI website and went to check the available dates to see how long the wait currently is. To my surprise no dates listed for any trailers, they all say call for availability. Another corporate change?
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We called and were given a choice of two dates at the beginning of December. We picked the one that was numerologically more advantageous, of course!
Gori
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08-28-2019, 07:36 AM
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#7
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Williamson County, Tennessee
Trailer: 2019 Escape-21C toad by 2017 Titan XD Crew Cab V8 4x4
Posts: 450
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Dates?
Yup, we ordered our E-21 about a month ago and received a C.D. of October 29th or so. We decided to have them store it til Spring and the weather moderates a bit. I have heard that ETI might even open a subsidiary "branch office" in AZ soon, so we are hoping we might catch a break, and have her delivered in AZ..but that might be too much to expect. With our luck the "branch office" will open the very DAY we leave Canada
BTW we asked Linda if they could keep a big tub of Damp-Rid inside the closed-up 21 over the winter and they said it could be done..at a cost of course. WE had good luck w Damp-Rid in our Casita over-wintering, here in the 'Seatttle of the South' (Nashville) where we have more dreary, wet, crappy winter days/yr than up in WA state. ;-) WE call it the "Big Gray"
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08-28-2019, 07:57 AM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Austin, Texas
Trailer: 2019 5.0TA "Junior", 2019 Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi
Posts: 1,600
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hollybee
BTW we asked Linda if they could keep a big tub of Damp-Rid inside the closed-up 21 over the winter and they said it could be done..at a cost of course. WE had good luck w Damp-Rid in our Casita over-wintering, here in the 'Seatttle of the South' (Nashville) where we have more dreary, wet, crappy winter days/yr than up in WA state. ;-) WE call it the "Big Gray"
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Our 5.0TA was completed last December, stored at ETI until we picked it up in mid-April. No problems with dampness / moisture inside.
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David, Mary, and the cats
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08-28-2019, 08:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Trailer: 21' Escape in production 12/05/19
Posts: 132
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davidmurphy02
Our 5.0TA was completed last December, stored at ETI until we picked it up in mid-April. No problems with dampness / moisture inside.
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I'm viewing December in Chilliwack as an excellent "water test" for our new trailer. : )
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08-28-2019, 11:34 AM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Hollybee,
I too was concerned with storage and ended up moving my completion date, but after being in Chilliwack several visits as well as Osoyoos, it is not that humid that we experience here on the east coast. Also I believe the Arizona location has taken their first Escape down there.
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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09-01-2019, 12:01 AM
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#11
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Williamson County, Tennessee
Trailer: 2019 Escape-21C toad by 2017 Titan XD Crew Cab V8 4x4
Posts: 450
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AZ location???
Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
Hollybee,
I too was concerned with storage and ended up moving my completion date, but after being in Chilliwack several visits as well as Osoyoos, it is not that humid that we experience here on the east coast. Also I believe the Arizona location has taken their first Escape down there.
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Anyone have an update on the AZ "location" or branch or whatever it will be ??
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09-01-2019, 12:13 AM
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#12
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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 Hollybee
Anyone have an update on the AZ "location" or branch or whatever it will be ??
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I wouldn't hold my breath. ETI has many things on their plate ( say I with absolutely no insight ).
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09-01-2019, 12:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17A
Posts: 2,347
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hollybee
Anyone have an update on the AZ "location" or branch or whatever it will be ??
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Randy posted on facebook:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...91139180907472
Red Dog RV
911 Lake Havasu Ave #305, Lake Havasu, AZ 86403
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09-01-2019, 09:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Fraser Valley, British Columbia
Trailer: 2012 Escape "Classic" 5.0 SA
Posts: 554
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
Hollybee,
........................ but after being in Chilliwack several visits as well as Osoyoos, it is not that humid that we experience here on the east coast. ............
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I'm confused here, how do you "visit" Chilliwack if it's your location? And, Chilliwack can get humid but it's not on the "east coast".
Barry
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2012 Escape "Classic" 5.0 SA / 2017 F150, 2.7 EcoBoost 4X4 Supercab
Former trailers: 2005 Escape 17B / 1972 Boler 13'
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09-01-2019, 11:23 AM
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#15
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Quimper Peninsula, Washington
Trailer: TBD
Posts: 369
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Quote:
Originally Posted by barry
I'm confused here...
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I suspect he is in the witness protection program and his actual location is a secret.
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~Farther
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09-01-2019, 11:35 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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Thanks for the explanation, Karl. Now a suggestion: fix the web page, so it doesn't promise a schedule which you have no intention of providing. That just causes confusion and gives the false impression that the company is incapable of managing a schedule.
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09-01-2019, 11:55 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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For those confused by the reference to an Arizona location, see this thread:
http://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f3...-az-15930.html
I had missed this information until today, because I had assumed from the thread title that it was about a rally.
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09-01-2019, 02:50 PM
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#18
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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 barry
I'm confused here, how do you "visit" Chilliwack if it's your location? And, Chilliwack can get humid but it's not on the "east coast".
Barry
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Hi: barry... He's been to the left coast picking up new trailers at a rate akin to second home!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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09-01-2019, 04:20 PM
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#19
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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: 8,260
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You want humidity , Charleston South Carolina in August. It’s like a wool blanket, you get tangled up in it and you cannot Escape it.
Iowa Dave
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09-01-2019, 06:03 PM
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#20
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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 barry
I'm confused here, how do you "visit" Chilliwack if it's your location? And, Chilliwack can get humid but it's not on the "east coast".
Barry
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Hey Barry, didn't know you were neighbours with Jim Norman in Pennsylvania. Thought you lived in the Fraser Valley. Did Jim fool around with your profile?
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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.
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