Escape Trailer Industries Escape 5.0 5.0TA

Still in production. A used 2023 would run roughly $43,300.

dry weight 3,810 lb + fresh water (28 gal, full) 234 lb + propane + battery 200 lb + gear for 2 600 lb. Brochure dry weight omits water, propane, batteries and your gear; this estimate doesn't.

Judged the way the app judges: estimated loaded weight against each vehicle's rating less a 10% margin, per model year, because the 5.0TA's published weights changed mid-run. Fifth wheels also need a pickup bed and are held to the fifth-wheel rating where published.

These verdicts assume 2 people aboard with typical gear. See the margin for your truck and your crew →

A missing row means the maker never published that figure: unknown, not zero.

• 1× Raised front queen(Permanent)—
• 1× Four-person rear dinette converts to a two-person bed(Convertible)—

Escape Trailer Industries (Better tier): Escape Trailer Industries

• 2007Introduced as the single-axle Escape 5.0
• 2014Single axle discontinued in April; tandem-axle 5.0TA launched in May
• 2017Classic body retired in the fall; squared-off redesign takes over

Patient search: weeks of watching, and probably some travel. Why: Escape Trailer Industries builds a few hundred a year at most; 13-year production run; still in production. Estimated from build volume and production span, not a count of live listings.

The only half-ton-friendly molded-fiberglass fifth wheel on the market: 21 ft, 3,810 lb dry, 630 lb pin. One layout — raised front bed, wet bath, rear dinette. Exterior height reaches 9'11.5" with the optional 3 in factory frame lift, and rooftop A/C is an option that adds to it.

Live listings for the 5.0TA on the big marketplaces. Each search opens pre-filled with this exact floorplan:

Inventory varies by site and day. Slim pickings? search the whole Escape 5.0 line ↗