2023 KZEscape E18 HATCH

KZ lists the 2023 Escape E18 HATCH at 3,490 lb dry, a GVWR of 4,220 lb, a net carrying capacity of 730 lb and a tongue weight of 560 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 2 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 E18 HATCH differs from the other nine Escape floorplans. Most distinctive first. How these ranks are worked out.

• Dry weight, 3,490 lb: second-lightest of ten, between the Escape E17 HATCH (3,320 lb) and the E181RB (3,500 lb).
• GVWR, 4,220 lb: third-lowest of ten, between the E181RB and Escape E17 HATCH (4,000 lb) and the E191BHK (4,245 lb).
• Cargo capacity as a share of GVWR, 17.3%: third-largest of ten, between the Escape E17 HATCH (17%) and the Escape E20 HATCH (19.1%).
• Cargo capacity, 730 lb: fourth-largest of ten, between the E201TB (700 lb) and the E231BH (830 lb).
• Tongue weight, 560 lb: heaviest of ten, level with the E181RB; next is the Escape E17 HATCH (550 lb).
• Length, 22 ft: shortest of ten, level with the Escape E17 HATCH; next are the E181MK, E181RB and E191BHK (22 ft 1 in).
• Tongue weight as a share of dry weight, 16%: shared with the E181RB; of ten, seven smaller and one larger, nearest the Escape E20 HATCH (15.2%) and the Escape E17 HATCH (16.6%).
• 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 E17 HATCH, the nearest lighter floorplan by dry weight, the Escape E18 HATCH is 170 lb heavier by dry weight, has a GVWR 220 lb higher, has 50 lb more cargo capacity and has a tongue weight 10 lb heavier; the two publish the same length, exterior height, interior height, fresh tank, grey tank, black tank and sleeping capacity.

Next to the E181RB, the nearest heavier floorplan by dry weight, the Escape E18 HATCH is 10 lb lighter by dry weight, has a GVWR 220 lb higher, has 230 lb more cargo capacity, is 1 in shorter, has a grey tank 2 gal larger, has a black tank 4 gal larger and sleeps one more; the two publish the same tongue weight, exterior height, interior height and fresh tank.

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), 23% of the Escape E18 HATCH’s 730 lb cargo capacity, leaving 564 lb (141 lb per rated berth). Across 10 Escape floorplans the water share runs 17% to 33%, and 6 give up more than this one. Nearest on that share: Escape E231BH at 20% and Escape E201TB at 24%. 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 E18 HATCH from 2023. The maker’s own documents for earlier model years also list the E18 HATCH, and that year is printed here: 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.