BC Rockcrawler
Advanced Member
Although I joined the forum in April I have lurked for some time and have looked at ETI's webpage for the past couple of years. I never felt compelled to introduce myself because up until today I did not own an Escape trailer. The wife and I had planned to visit ETI this August to get a close look at the trailers for our future retirement. Plans changed quickly when a 2005 17B popped up for sale in Courtenay on Thursday. As they say, timing is everything and I ended up at the head of the queue. My wife and I drove up Friday after work, met the owners, looked at the trailer and made the deal. We paid the balance and picked it up today.
I want to thank the previous owner Gil for honoring our deal even when there was pressure placed on him to make alternative ones.
We are tent campers and this is a huge step up both in comfort and learning to use the trailer. I have been very happy reading the posts in the forum on supplying assistance and suggestions to fellow owners when the questions have been asked. I have also enjoyed reading the personal modifications that have been made to all the Escape models. I look forward to further interaction with fellow owners and forum members.
My nick name comes from my long involvement with 4 wheel drives. I have pretty much owned one since I was 16. I have raced them, rallied them, and camped deep in the woods with them. I still own a Dakota 4x4 but it's pretty tame compared to the 4x4s from my past (mostly Fords) and we don't drive down the trails we once did. We use it mostly to get to hard Geocaches. (Geocaching is a hobby that involves computers, GPS or smart phone and the American GPS satellites)
Rock crawling is a form of extreme 4 wheeling that I have done in the past. Think of a forest service road where water has run down it for some time taking most of the road bed with it leaving only boulders and rocks behind. Hard to even walk up let alone drive up. But if you build a 4x4 the right way, you can drive it without damaging the vehicle or the environment and I did just that for over 10 years. Ever since then I use BC Rockcrawler on many forums and user groups.
Rory
I want to thank the previous owner Gil for honoring our deal even when there was pressure placed on him to make alternative ones.
We are tent campers and this is a huge step up both in comfort and learning to use the trailer. I have been very happy reading the posts in the forum on supplying assistance and suggestions to fellow owners when the questions have been asked. I have also enjoyed reading the personal modifications that have been made to all the Escape models. I look forward to further interaction with fellow owners and forum members.
My nick name comes from my long involvement with 4 wheel drives. I have pretty much owned one since I was 16. I have raced them, rallied them, and camped deep in the woods with them. I still own a Dakota 4x4 but it's pretty tame compared to the 4x4s from my past (mostly Fords) and we don't drive down the trails we once did. We use it mostly to get to hard Geocaches. (Geocaching is a hobby that involves computers, GPS or smart phone and the American GPS satellites)
Rock crawling is a form of extreme 4 wheeling that I have done in the past. Think of a forest service road where water has run down it for some time taking most of the road bed with it leaving only boulders and rocks behind. Hard to even walk up let alone drive up. But if you build a 4x4 the right way, you can drive it without damaging the vehicle or the environment and I did just that for over 10 years. Ever since then I use BC Rockcrawler on many forums and user groups.
Rory
