2023 KZEscape E17 HATCH

KZ lists the 2023 Escape E17 HATCH at 3,320 lb dry, a GVWR of 4,000 lb, a net carrying capacity of 680 lb and a tongue weight of 550 lb. Its dry weight plus its carrying capacity comes to exactly its GVWR.

It is 22' long and 112" high. KZ prints its tanks as 20 gal fresh, 30 gal grey, 30 gal black.

Among the 10 Escape floorplans KZ’s 2023 Escape brochure lists with a published dry weight, it is number 1 from the lightest, in a range from 3,320 lb (Escape E17 HATCH) to 4,170 lb (Escape E231BH). Every figure in that comparison is KZ’s, for the same model year.

Every number on this page was read on 5 Nov 2026 from KZ’s 2023 Escape brochure, the maker’s own dated document for model year 2023.

How the Escape E17 HATCH differs from the other nine Escape floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 3,320 lb: lightest of ten; next is the Escape E18 HATCH (3,490 lb).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 16.6%: largest of ten; next are the E181RB and Escape E18 HATCH (16%).
• Tongue weight, 550 lb: third-heaviest of ten, between the Escape E20 HATCH (540 lb) and the E181RB and Escape E18 HATCH (560 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 17%: fourth-largest of ten, between the E231BH (16.6%) and the Escape E18 HATCH (17.3%).
• GVWR, 4,000 lb: lowest of ten, level with the E181RB; next is the Escape E18 HATCH (4,220 lb).
• Cargo capacity, 680 lb: fifth-smallest of ten, between the E181MK (670 lb) and the E201TB (700 lb).
• Length, 22 ft: shortest of ten, level with the Escape E18 HATCH; next are the E181MK, E181RB and E191BHK (22 ft 1 in).
• Sleeping capacity, 4: shared with the E181MK, E211RB and two others; of ten, two smaller and three larger, nearest the E181RB and E201TB (3) and the E191BHK and E201BH (5).

Next to the Escape E18 HATCH, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the Escape E17 HATCH is 170 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 220 lb lower, has 50 lb less cargo capacity and has a tongue weight 10 lb lighter; the two publish the same length, exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank, black tank and sleeping capacity.

KZ’s 2023 Escape brochure lists 10 Escape floorplans; every one with a printed weight has a page here.

A full 20-gallon fresh tank is about 166 lb of water (water counts as cargo: 49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.2), 24% of the Escape E17 HATCH’s 680 lb cargo capacity, leaving 514 lb (128 lb per rated berth). Across 10 Escape floorplans the water share runs 17% to 33%, and 4 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Escape E201TB at 24% and Escape E181MK at 25%. Your own unit’s figure is on the label inside its entry door (49 CFR 571.110 S9.3.3).

The maker’s own owner’s manual for each model year on this page, linked where the maker publishes it. Each link goes to the maker’s file, labelled as the maker labels it; a year with no manual of its own is not filled from another year.

The record at the top of this page is the E17 HATCH from 2023. The maker’s own documents for earlier model years also list the E17 HATCH, and those 2 years are, each from its own brochure printed here: 2021 to 2022. The figures change from year to year, so check the year on the trailer’s own label. A field a year’s brochure does not print reads “Not published” and is never filled from another year.