escapod TOPO2 trailer Walk-Around Tour - Overland Expo West

[Music] hey there i'm jen hudak co-founder of escapod trailers we are out here at overland expo west in flagstaff arizona and are so excited to finally have a top 02 here for in-person viewing with a finished interior in the cabin as well as the galley we're gonna go ahead and give you a little walk through of this trailer today one of the main key features of this trailer and certainly something that distinguishes itself from the original topo is the single piece fiberglass shell we were able to reduce the weight of our trailer while increasing the overall size we could bring the body over the wheel well about six inches increasing the interior cabin by about a foot making a really spacious interior cabin you can also see a two and a half foot by five foot star gazer window that we have in there that also allowed us to increase the interior width without increasing the overall width of the trailer so space between the outside of one wheel to the other is the same as our original toppo at seven feet nice compact still fits behind the vehicle nicely and in your garage we'll take a look at the cabin and then circle back around we also have designed our own doors here and one of the things we are most excited about silly little detail is what we're calling the mud room so on either side here we have about a five inch space where you can store your shoes as you're getting into the trailer you can hang a bulky jacket if you're wet from the rain it's all going to be nested inside of hdpe so this is really weather and weather and element resistant inside the cabin we still have really great cabinet storage space in here as well as that middle nesting cabinet face so this drops down you can put a computer here wait out a storm we also have a lot of our controllers so the solar controller master power switch the thermostat for the truma combi unit that provides forced air heat into the cabin as well as on-demand hot water over here we have your switches for interior lights powering on the inverter your exterior porch lights as well as your rock rail light so under mount lights that will just give you a little ground lighting the cymerine is our systems monitor so this is going to give you a readout on battery life water levels all of that a few other details in here we have wireless charging on the nightstand as well as usb ports and headboard storage so there's quite a lot of headboard storage in there so behind me is a look at our integrated tongue box in here we do have our 11-pound propane tank that is routed internally through the frame all the way back to the stove that's in the rear there is a removable waterproof rubber liner in here we have l-track on the back so you can mount different things shovels hatchets that you're bringing with you we also have a generator in here for the ac that we are testing up top it runs off the 12-volt system but drains your battery pretty quick so if you want an ac option we will recommend a generator with that few details on the side this is going to be your shore power plug so you can plug in to charge the lithium batteries on board standard is a 100 amp hour lithium battery we do have an option to increase to double that to 200 amp hours we have our convertible side table here this turns into the cabinet face for the rear galley which we can take a look at momentarily this just drops out of the mount there to collapse down as the cabinet face pops back in like so what you're looking at here is just the vent for the truma combi now what you can't see here is probably one of the most exciting parts about the topo 2 is our utilities closet and that is a dedicated space that exists between the galley and the cabin for all of the mechanical systems we've got your heater in there uh if you opt for an inverter it will be in there your batteries your water tank and all of the plumbing um are inside of the insulated cabin so what that allows is extended use of your trailer so even if it's dropping down below freezing overnight as long as you're keeping the cabin temperature above freezing you don't have to worry about pipes freezing or damage to your system it'll also allow your your batteries to run run longer and really just increase the durability and longevity of your trailer over time all right so the galley of the topo two this is pretty exciting stuff we were able to put a sink in this trailer once we moved away from having any structural wood components and we could figure out a way to optimize the design in the galley to fit both the stove and a sink we decided we had to go for it the tabo two will come standard with a sink it also has hookups for a shower there will be a shower included that'll mount onto the exterior over here the stove is in a pull out drawer and then beneath the stove is actually another pull out for silverware and utensils and such this fits a yeti 75 a tundra 75 liter cooler it will also fit an arb 63 quart fridge freezer everything will be wired and powered for a fridge freezer if you want one so you can start out with the yeti and change your mind down the road you'll also see some clever knife storage that we have back here behind the sink these are all on magnets so you can prep all your food and then as i mentioned the table on the side will turn back into the cabinet face and store here when you're in transit and this cutting board comes in here to cover this up when you're on the road this is a modular system here so these panels can slide out you can buy as many of these as you would like so you can move this around change the space depending on what you have that you want to bring out on the road with you one thing i mentioned earlier was that utilities closet the galley is where you will access anything if you ever need to change a fuse or service your batteries and check on the inverter you can get to that through an access panel behind here the truma combi is back here behind the access panel here and then the water heater access panel is behind the yeti cooler one of the beautiful things about this again not only from a functionality standpoint but an aesthetics it's a much cleaner look of a trailer you don't have to bolt anything onto the outside everything is protected and tucked away inside of the trailer so a few final details about this trailer it will come standard with the crossbars that you see up top as well as a six and a half foot by eight foot roam awning you can upgrade that to a 180 degree awning if you want we also have the freeride suspension system it's our proprietary in-house design trailing arm with shock and spring so it controls both compression and rebound and provides five inches of independent travel per wheel so it's an extremely smooth and capable ride there's 23 inches of ground clearance on this trailer as is if you add the undermount spare tire that comes down to 19 inches but it's still extremely capable hope you like what you're seeing uh head over to our site at eskapod.us for more information about this and thanks to go treads for having us [Music] you