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06-23-2017, 07:18 PM
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#321
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Southern Alberta, Alberta
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Donna D.
Here, I created Poutine using the Ford Script. Everyone happy now?
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Nope, can you create it using GMC block letters 🤣🤣🤣
Cheers
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06-23-2017, 07:21 PM
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#322
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,562
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PGDriver
Nope, can you create it using GMC block letters 🤣🤣🤣
Cheers
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For all those GMC block heads.
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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
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06-23-2017, 07:23 PM
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#323
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Southern Alberta, Alberta
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 1,734
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
For all those GMC block heads.
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Worst case of truck envy I've seen lately [emoji41]
Cheers
Doug
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06-24-2017, 06:39 AM
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#324
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Naples, Florida
Trailer: New 21 Escape (not classic)10/16 Sold Lil Snoozy 7/16
Posts: 484
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Trucks
OK Whats the best truck to tow the 21 Escape
1-Best fuel economy
2-best torque
3-driveability
4-comfort
5- Best buy $
I figure we can really go off the rails now While I wait for Reace to call me and meet me this weekend jim
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06-24-2017, 07:51 AM
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#325
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Naugatuck, Connecticut
Trailer: 2017 50 TA, 2016 F150, 2.7 Ecoboost
Posts: 1,056
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NW Cat Owner
I'm not saying I "own" this thread. I did start it for a reason and it's gone way off track. Other threads have been shut down when requested to do so. Quite a few others probably should be shut down to further way off comments as well.
If folks want to keep track of Reace, start a different thread for that. If they want to know about the awning tab, start a different thread for that. If you want to talk about living in different parts of our countries, start a different thread on that. The last two topics have absolutely nothing to do with the busted water hose.
The issue of my busted water hose has been covered and problem has been solved. That was the only reason for my thread. To find out what was wrong and hopefully get it solved. It is. End of thread. Heck, it was deemed by a moderator to shut down the thread I started on the braking issue I was having. That problem was solved, so end of discussion.
PS, I'd probably request it of other threads if I read all of 'em, but I usually stop after they go way off track and never bother reading 'em again. I'm sure I'm not the only one that does that.
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Hmm, maybe just stop reading this thread......
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06-24-2017, 07:58 AM
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#326
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: North of Danbury, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2018 Escape 21C
Posts: 3,033
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jennykatz
OK Whats the best truck to tow the 21 Escape
1-Best fuel economy
2-best torque
3-driveability
4-comfort
5- Best buy $
I figure we can really go off the rails now While I wait for Reace to call me and meet me this weekend jim
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I don't know,what the answer IS but I do know what the answer ISN'T !
The answer ISN'T Chevy , nissan ,toyota , or Ram.!
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06-24-2017, 08:31 AM
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#327
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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 jennykatz
OK Whats the best truck to tow the 21 Escape
1-Best fuel economy
2-best torque
3-driveability
4-comfort
5- Best buy $
I figure we can really go off the rails now While I wait for Reace to call me and meet me this weekend jim
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Hi: jenny katz... I just looked at a white F 150XLT 4X4 Sport supercab 2.7L tow haul 6 spd. auto w/ 20" alum. rims. Too tall to pull a 5.0TA @ 56" at the rear axle. It'd pull a 21 just fine. Would have been a GOODBYE deal as it is a left over 2016 marked down approx 25%.
Just hafta keep tuggin' with my Nissan Frontier!!!
Oh look there goes another F 150!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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06-24-2017, 08:49 AM
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#328
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,072
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So many times "best" is very subjective. Best fuel economy has a lot to do with how fast you drive/pull, the terrain you travel in, type of fuel, etc., etc.
Best comfort? Oh my. I really dislike leather seats.. others love them. What's best is what's best for each of us.
Oh look... a Ford F-150... white... and it's MINE
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06-24-2017, 08:56 AM
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#329
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,562
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PGDriver
Worst case of truck envy I've seen lately [emoji41]
Cheers
Doug
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I am used to the best always getting challenged.
Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: jenny katz... I just looked at a white F 150XLT 4X4 Sport supercab 2.7L tow haul 6 spd. auto w/ 20" alum. rims. Too tall to pull a 5.0TA @ 56" at the rear axle. It'd pull a 21 just fine. Would have been a GOODBYE deal as it is a left over 2016 marked down approx 25%.
Just hafta keep tuggin' with my Nissan Frontier!!!
Oh look there goes another F 150!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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Just raise the trailer up 5" and install an elevator to get in.
What is it that makes it so tall, the Sport package? I have 20" tires on mine, but the overall diameter is the same for all tire sizes.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
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06-24-2017, 09:17 AM
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#330
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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 Jim Bennett
I am used to the best always getting challenged.
Just raise the trailer up 5" and install an elevator to get in.
What is it that makes it so tall, the Sport package? I have 20" tires on mine, but the overall diameter is the same for all tire sizes.
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Hi: Jim Bennett... Maybe it's the HD Shocks? Maybe the Hankook AT's I duh know!!!
The Nissan measures 48" and the F 150 56". I'd have to flip the axles and put a two step spring board at the door. Mod a lot and it'll fit where it touches!!! Besides the interior is very dark... almost black. My reasoning's and I'm sticking with 'em. 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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06-24-2017, 10:20 AM
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#331
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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
Posts: 10,222
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Oh look, ANOTHER F150...
Those things are thick as flies.
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06-24-2017, 10:23 AM
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#332
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Southern Alberta, Alberta
Trailer: 2015 Escape 5.0TA
Posts: 1,734
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
Oh look, ANOTHER F150...
Those things are thick as flies.
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Cheers
Doug
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06-24-2017, 02:10 PM
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#333
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17A
Posts: 2,348
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PGDriver
Cheers
Doug
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That little twist in the steps is clearly made by a GM owner. Must have had to walk all that way out of the alley to get his friend with the F150 to come help.
Edit: I'm surprised that Pat hasn't chimed in here, being an owner of a twenty-something year old F-series that pulls a Escape 19!
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06-24-2017, 03:17 PM
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#334
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
Trailer: 2010 EggCamper (#083); 2017 Escape 21 (#053); 2016 F-150 5.0L FX4
Posts: 1,765
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Reace visit....
First of all, it was our first time to meet Reace, and he's great! Tammy "done good" when she married that guy! Reace weathered through a deluge of rain from Tropical Storm Cindy driving through Louisiana and Mississippi, but he arrived here (East Central Alabama) this morning. In fairly short order, he: 1) replaced both water lines to the shower, 2) replaced the guide ramps for the awning and made sure all the screws and bolts were secure, 3) re-caulked where the drain pan under the refrigerator meets the side wall and 4) tweaked the lower seal on the refrigerator door. We had a relaxed lunch at a local "meat and three veggie" buffet diner, then he was back on the road. Next stop - central Florida. We would love to have Reace and his family as neighbors if they ever decide to move South.
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06-24-2017, 03:30 PM
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#335
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
Trailer: 2010 EggCamper (#083); 2017 Escape 21 (#053); 2016 F-150 5.0L FX4
Posts: 1,765
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By the numbers....
For those who might be interested, I believe Reace said that to date, they have build 67 of the 2017 model 21's. Of those, 38 are owned here in the U.S. Ours was right about in the middle of those to be fixed on his trip - I think he said ours was the 20th one he's fixed with 18 more to go. He knows of only two trailers that have actually experienced a ruptured water line (I assume he was referring to Tom and Laura, but I didn't ask). Don't hold me to those numbers, but I think that summarizes what he said during various parts of our conversations while he was here today.
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06-24-2017, 03:33 PM
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#336
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Area 51, New Mexico
Trailer: pondering.....
Posts: 728
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great pictures...glad to see Reace safely weathered Tropical Storm Cindy..guessing they don't have something like that in BC
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06-24-2017, 03:47 PM
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#337
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
Trailer: 2010 EggCamper (#083); 2017 Escape 21 (#053); 2016 F-150 5.0L FX4
Posts: 1,765
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freespirit
great pictures...glad to see Reace safely weathered Tropical Storm Cindy..guessing they don't have something like that in BC
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Reace said he had never seen heat like they have in Arizona, mountain passes like they have in Colorado (he came over Monarch Pass, for those familiar), or rain like they have in Louisiana and Mississippi! He could write a book from his experiences on this trip! But still having a great time!
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06-24-2017, 04:15 PM
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#338
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17A
Posts: 2,348
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Quote:
Originally Posted by War Eagle
Reace said he had never seen heat like they have in Arizona, mountain passes like they have in Colorado (he came over Monarch Pass, for those familiar), or rain like they have in Louisiana and Mississippi! He could write a book from his experiences on this trip! But still having a great time!
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Holy cow! Monarch Pass is US-50, which is a beautiful route, but takes you over 11,000 ft. just south of a bunch of Colorado 14's (mts. over 14,000 ft.). He'll long remember that! He does have an F-150 with a turbo, doesn't he?
Edit: (The time I did it, it was early morning and cool, and I took the air cleaner off the carb. to get as much air as I could. Still went very slowly.)
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06-24-2017, 04:26 PM
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#339
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
Trailer: 2010 EggCamper (#083); 2017 Escape 21 (#053); 2016 F-150 5.0L FX4
Posts: 1,765
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dfandrews
Holy cow! Monarch Pass is US-50, which is a beautiful route, but takes you over 11,000 ft. just south of a bunch of Colorado 14's (mts. over 14,000 ft.). He'll long remember that! He does have an F-150 with a turbo, doesn't he?
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Reace is driving a 2015 F-150 with the 3.5L EcoBoost. We compared trucks and engines (we have a 2016 with the 5.0L V8 natural aspiration). He loves his, especially the way it continues to deliver high torque at relatively low RPM while going up in thinner air at higher altitudes. He hopes to drive over Wolf Creek Pass next time he's in Colorado - another beautiful drive, but a little more "white knuckle" inducing.
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06-24-2017, 04:33 PM
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#340
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: jenny katz... I just looked at a white F 150XLT 4X4 Sport supercab 2.7L tow haul 6 spd. auto w/ 20" alum. rims. Too tall to pull a 5.0TA @ 56" at the rear axle. It'd pull a 21 just fine. Would have been a GOODBYE deal as it is a left over 2016 marked down approx 25%.
Just hafta keep tuggin' with my Nissan Frontier!!!
Oh look there goes another F 150!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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My 2012 XLT 4x4 measures 55" at the axle, it's a might high for the normal height of the trailer but it works. Suspect raising the trailer would be in order for 56".
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