Escapade Campers MT-10

[rkendall]

Installed a sink in the rear kitchen area of the MT-10 fed from a 5-gallon tank.
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You just run your gray water out somewhere on the ground? Looking at getting a escapade , wish they would have a water tank like Hiker. Thinking maybe 25 gal tank on roof? Any suggestions

 

[Hueychief]

You just run your gray water out somewhere on the ground? Looking at getting a escapade , wish they would have a water tank like Hiker. Thinking maybe 25 gal tank on roof? Any suggestions

I put a 5gallon pail under the trailer to catch the sink run off.
I also have 10gallons of water on the roof for the shower feed and can use that for whatever I need it for.

 

[hetrab]

Searched thru most threads and decided to start an Escapade Campers MT-10 thread. I've purchased 1 and have done a few mods for my personal tastes and will share as I go.
Escapade owners/buyers/lurkers feel free to join in. I am not associated with the company however I live in the town where they are manufactured and know the owners, Jeff & Briana are great people. Pictured is the day I brought it home.
https://escapadecampers.com/mt-10
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I love your camper! I'm looking at having an MT-10 built in January. I am wanting to do some of the upgrades you did eventually (water heater, sink, under trailer water tank perhaps). What do you think of the camper so far? Have you taken it on any articulating, more difficult terrain? How did it handle. Does it seem structurally strong enough to take on rough, flexy terrain? When running through bolts through the wall were you concerned about crushing the wall when tightening? Do they have a spec for how much the nutserts will hold? Are the tools only attached via nutserts? Have they stayed in place? Also, is the floor of the trailer the core material? Is there a reason you didn't buy the Truma heater that they install? Sorry for all the questions but your trailer is sweet and it looks like you know what you're doing. Thanks!

 

[Hueychief]

I love your camper! I'm looking at having an MT-10 built in January. I am wanting to do some of the upgrades you did eventually (water heater, sink, under trailer water tank perhaps). What do you think of the camper so far? Have you taken it on any articulating, more difficult terrain? How did it handle. Does it seem structurally strong enough to take on rough, flexy terrain? When running through bolts through the wall were you concerned about crushing the wall when tightening? Do they have a spec for how much the nutserts will hold? Are the tools only attached via nutserts? Have they stayed in place? Also, is the floor of the trailer the core material? Is there a reason you didn't buy the Truma heater that they install? Sorry for all the questions but your trailer is sweet and it looks like you know what you're doing. Thanks!

I am loving the MT-10 so far, went thru 2 other types before the MT-10 and am thoroughly impressed with this model. I did a 3 week out and back trip in it from Minnesota to California and back hitting Colorado, Utah, Nevada and it handled it like a champ. The frame and suspension system seems to be up to anything I've thrown at it within reason.
The MT-10 uses Intelli-Core structural composite sandwich panels and I tested them with a scrap piece from Escapade before thru bolting my Pelican case shower station to the outside. Properly inserted nutserts with the proper installation tool are solid and although you could crush the panels with a bolt and standard washer/nut combination, you would be seriously torquing them to do it, a large area washer eliminated that problem and I have 6 of them holding my shower station on along with 6 nutserts and bonding so between all 3 it is solid and you could probably lift the trailer. My tools are only attached using nutserts with no issues.
The floor and ceiling are thicker panels and also utilize the Intelli-Core material. You are able to walk around on the roof with no flexing.
The Truma was not available and I have a few buddies using the Propex's so I was comfortable utilizing the Propex. I don't think you could go wrong either way you choose.
Cheers

 

[boulderloon]

I am loving the MT-10 so far, went thru 2 other types before the MT-10 and am thoroughly impressed with this model. I did a 3 week out and back trip in it from Minnesota to California and back hitting Colorado, Utah, Nevada and it handled it like a champ. The frame and suspension system seems to be up to anything I've thrown at it within reason.
The MT-10 uses Intelli-Core structural composite sandwich panels and I tested them with a scrap piece from Escapade before thru bolting my Pelican case shower station to the outside. Properly inserted nutserts with the proper installation tool are solid and although you could crush the panels with a bolt and standard washer/nut combination, you would be seriously torquing them to do it, a large area washer eliminated that problem and I have 6 of them holding my shower station on along with 6 nutserts and bonding so between all 3 it is solid and you could probably lift the trailer. My tools are only attached using nutserts with no issues.
The floor and ceiling are thicker panels and also utilize the Intelli-Core material. You are able to walk around on the roof with no flexing.
The Truma was not available and I have a few buddies using the Propex's so I was comfortable utilizing the Propex. I don't think you could go wrong either way you choose.
Cheers

Any idea why Escapade stopped selling the MT-10? I suspect either they weren't selling or they couldn't get the materials (the latter is more likely).

Seems like they replaced it with the ECO, which is on the opposite end of the price spectrum.

 

[jd1zzle]

Any idea why Escapade stopped selling the MT-10? I suspect either they weren't selling or they couldn't get the materials (the latter is more likely).

Seems like they replaced it with the ECO, which is on the opposite end of the price spectrum.

Briana said it was material price and number of sales


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[Micmed]

Hi all, picked up my MT-10 Dec 1, 2021. Dragged it home to VA and have slowly been doing some work on it. The upgrades I had them add were the 200W solar, A/C unit, 270 awning and 60in toolbox. I added my Thule box to the roof and Proven Locks hitch security.

 

[Micmed]

Here are the Proven Locks installed.

 

[Micmed]

Added another battery to the tongue box for 210Ah available power, the plastic battery boxes needed a bit of modifying to mount, but fit very nicely. 200Watts from roof top solar panels feed the batteries along with shore power charging if/when available. 1000 inverter was added for ??????? because why not.

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I am following your nice build. Where did you get the other battery? Escapade said they could not sell me one.

 

[Hueychief]

Replacement Timbren spindles arrived and I will be replacing the +2" lift extended width axles with +4" lift standard width axles. This will give me +2" more lift and tuck the wheels in closer to the frame by 1.5". By utilizing the same wheels/tires as my tow vehicle the wheels didn't quite fit right on the trailer due to the rims different offset backspacing and this will bring them in closer with more lift to clear fenders. Photo shows the wheels a bit too wide in relation to the fender and not quite enough clearance between the fender and the tire for comfort.

 

[Hueychief]

Here is the new swing away rack mounted in the MT-10's rear 2" receiver to clear the galley door opening. Started with a RakAttach swing away from 1Up-USA and proceeded to cut it in half and weld in 7.5" more length. Stripped it and re powder coated it to look factory. Cut the MT-10's rear 2" receiver flush to the frame to keep the swing away as close as possible to the frame and drilled a new hitch pin hole up under the frame to lock it in place. ROCK SOLID when swinging a bike rack out of the way to open the rear galley door.

 

[Astrocamper]

Thanks for sharing your Escepade mods, I ordered my Backcountry X a couple of weeks ago... picking it up at the end of April & camping my way back home to TX via SD, WY, and CO.

These are some great additions and I can't wait to start decking out my camper, thanks for the great ideas. I hope to share some of my own.

 

[Micmed]

Here is the new swing away rack mounted in the MT-10's rear 2" receiver to clear the galley door opening. Started with a RakAttach swing away from 1Up-USA and proceeded to cut it in half and weld in 7.5" more length. Stripped it and re powder coated it to look factory. Cut the MT-10's rear 2" receiver flush to the frame to keep the swing away as close as possible to the frame and drilled a new hitch pin hole up under the frame to lock it in place. ROCK SOLID when swinging a bike rack out of the way to open the rear galley door.

Fantastic modification! I am using the same RakAttach swing away but with a drop hitch in order to get the door clearance. I like your version a lot better.

 

[Hueychief]

Thanks for sharing your Escepade mods, I ordered my Backcountry X a couple of weeks ago... picking it up at the end of April & camping my way back home to TX via SD, WY, and CO.

These are some great additions and I can't wait to start decking out my camper, thanks for the great ideas. I hope to share some of my own.

Astrocamper, By all means share everything you do and have a GREAT time making it yours.

 

[Hueychief]

Installed new Timbren spindles today to compensate for my non-standard wheels. The wheels are a match to my tow vehicle, Toyota 4Runner, and facilitates only having to carry 1 spare for the combination. The new spindles brought the wheel 1.5” closer to the frame and 2” more lift for fender clearance. Timbren engineers were great to work with for this project and the clearance between tire sidewall and main pivot was right on what we calculated. Left wheel needs a camber adjustment but both are perfect toe-in. The Max-Coupler hitch was dropped 2” also to keep a level towing attitude. My 4Runner will get airbags tomorrow to help with the rear sag while towing.

New stance with wheels tucked under fenders now.

Better fender clearance with new spindles.

Everything cleaned up, torque checked and lubed as long as I was there.

Sidewall to main pivot clearance with new spindles.