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09-20-2016, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2016 19 / Toyota 4Runner 2019
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Vent hood flap
So if you drive home with 70 km/hr crosswinds and forget to do up the little dogs on the vent hood flap, it will not be there when you get home.
And the nice people at Escape will send you a new one for $15.
Don't ask how I know these things.
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09-20-2016, 09:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Olathe, Kansas
Trailer: 2015 21ft Escape "Spirit of the Plains", 2014 GMC Sierra with max tow package
Posts: 1,100
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hughharden
So if you drive home with 70 km/hr crosswinds and forget to do up the little dogs on the vent hood flap, it will not be there when you get home.
And the nice people at Escape will send you a new one for $15.
Don't ask how I know these things.
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And then there are those of us who discover that the flap is secured down after we have cooked a couple of times. Loren
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09-20-2016, 11:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ponoka, Alberta
Trailer: 2016 19 classic "outta sight", jeep rubicon unlimited
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Go camp together!!!!! Problem solved!
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09-20-2016, 11:51 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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I remembered to open the vent flap for the first time, last trip. And then, I forgot to fasten it before moving to the next campsite.
Imagine my surprise when I remembered the flap and found that the the tabs to hold it closed hadn't fallen out somewhere on the road.
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09-21-2016, 04:25 AM
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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
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Could be why we still pin ours open with a bright clothes pin as a reminder when packing up to close and lock it. We used to do that when the fan didn't have enough moxie to push the flap open. After I modified it it can open the flap but we still use the clothes pin as a reminder to lock it.
Ron
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09-21-2016, 07:19 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
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The one on our temp trailer has one of the wee plastic hinges broken off. I can still latch it closed, but need to hold it open to use it.
It would be nice if they all used an inside control for opening the vent, like the FOP SAM-1 range hood upgrade kit does.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
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09-21-2016, 08:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Fremont, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marry
Go camp together!!!!! Problem solved!
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Reminds me of a Jack Spratt ditty 
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09-21-2016, 08:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Houston, Texas
Trailer: '87 Bigfoot 20DLX 5er (sold) - 2017 Escape 5.0 TA: Sep-17
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Do you think ETI would be willing to install this upgrade when they build a trailer?
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09-21-2016, 10:26 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ReagentGrade
Do you think ETI would be willing to install this upgrade when they build a trailer?
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Short answer is no. The Sam-1 is a retrofit of the existing hood involving cutting out the stock fan and adding a squirrel cage high cfm fan and integrated led light strip. The exhaust vent change out is completely optional. I have the kit but haven't had the time to do the conversion yet.
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09-21-2016, 10:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
I have the kit but haven't had the time to do the conversion yet.
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Yet you have time for this incessant rambling. 
Oh wait, maybe that's me. 
I am still seriously considering customizing this unit into my cabinetry. Everything about it (other than the cost) seems so much better than those stock hood fans.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
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09-21-2016, 01:38 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Rossland, British Columbia
Trailer: 2016 Escape 19 classic "Escapade", Tow: 2020 Honda Ridgeline
Posts: 95
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
Yet you have time for this incessant rambling.
Oh wait, maybe that's me.
I am still seriously considering customizing this unit into my cabinetry. Everything about it (other than the cost) seems so much better than those stock hood fans. |
IMHO: Both of you are rambling. I think you are just trying to get your post count up. (he says shamelessly following.) 
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09-21-2016, 02:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Middle, Tennessee
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19' #2
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marry
Go camp together!!!!! Problem solved!
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LOL 
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09-21-2016, 02:06 PM
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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
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Our fan works ok as we do not do much heavy cooking in the trailer but do like to clear out the crock pot odors etc. we lost the little tabs that keep the flapper close
so we're rocking a couple little patches of painters tape on the outside. Works.
Dave
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09-21-2016, 02:19 PM
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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
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iowa Dave
Our fan works ok as we do not do much heavy cooking in the trailer but do like to clear out the crock pot odors etc. we lost the little tabs that keep the flapper close
so we're rocking a couple little patches of painters tape on the outside. Works.
Dave
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Hi: Iowa Dave... Duct tape would work better!!! Red Green said so. Eh Watch - Red Green Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie 
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09-21-2016, 02:37 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John David
IMHO: Both of you are rambling. I think you are just trying to get your post count up. (he says shamelessly following.) |
My name is Jim, and I am a post whore.
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09-21-2016, 02:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
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Hi: Jim Bennett... My name is Alf... and I'm a post lure!!!
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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09-21-2016, 03:56 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
Yet you have time for this incessant rambling. |
Of course. When I'm in NC, NY, OR, CA, KY, AZ, FL, etc -- and my trailer is lonely in San Antonio, "rambling" is all I've got! [emoji23]
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09-22-2016, 04:51 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Van., British Columbia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
Of course. When I'm in NC, NY, OR, CA, KY, AZ, FL, etc -- and my trailer is lonely in San Antonio, "rambling" is all I've got! [emoji23]
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Yah, me too, I'm in the middle of the Atlantic and doing mods is but a distant dream. 
Ron
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09-22-2016, 08:21 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
Of course. When I'm in NC, NY, OR, CA, KY, AZ, FL, etc -- and my trailer is lonely in San Antonio, "rambling" is all I've got! [emoji23]
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron in BC
Yah, me too, I'm in the middle of the Atlantic and doing mods is but a distant dream.
Ron |
What about poor, little ol' me? All I can do for the last year is dream, while I wait patiently for the 2017 5.0 TA to be produced. I have enough thoughts stored up to remodel my yet to own trailer a few times over.
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