Driving class A in winter conditions
Just wondering how many class A owners drive in winter road conditions such as snow and ice. Do you all carry chains? Wife and I are penciling out our retirement which includes class A and up north ...
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This is our third motorhome and we have used all of them for winter camping as we would snowmobile in the winter. The motorhomes served as our cabin as well as towing the enclosed trailer to the mountains. The first motorhome was not insulated as well and we didn't run water in the domestic system but rather used jugs of water, PITA.
Our second coach was a 38' Beaver Contessa and although it was an older unit it was much better insulated and we were able to use the domestic water system. In the seven years we had the coach we only froze up once and the temperatures that night got down into the single digits.
This coach has never frozen up on us in the six years we have had it but we have not used it in the winter for the past three years as we sold our sleds and changed hobbies.
I have driven in the******towing the trailer but prefer not to mainly because the road grime, slush and******that gets all over the undercarriage is a pain to clean off. Generally when we have a storm within a day or so the roads are clear again and good to go.
We did get caught in one storm a few years back where it came in much earlier than predicted and we ended up having to drive home in it because the wife and I both had to be to work the next morning. It wasn't bad other than the coach getting filthy. Luckily you have weight in your favor and just make sure to keep good tires on it and take it easy and pay attention and you should be fine.
My son still remembers one trip coming home from the Las Vegas drag races in early spring and getting caught in a nasty storm. We pulled off into a rest area and waited it out for about six hours. Just fired up the generator and popped in a couple of movies and relaxed. Funny what kids remember, he doesn't remember the races, just the stop in the rest area.
Mike.
Our second coach was a 38' Beaver Contessa and although it was an older unit it was much better insulated and we were able to use the domestic water system. In the seven years we had the coach we only froze up once and the temperatures that night got down into the single digits.
This coach has never frozen up on us in the six years we have had it but we have not used it in the winter for the past three years as we sold our sleds and changed hobbies.
I have driven in the******towing the trailer but prefer not to mainly because the road grime, slush and******that gets all over the undercarriage is a pain to clean off. Generally when we have a storm within a day or so the roads are clear again and good to go.
We did get caught in one storm a few years back where it came in much earlier than predicted and we ended up having to drive home in it because the wife and I both had to be to work the next morning. It wasn't bad other than the coach getting filthy. Luckily you have weight in your favor and just make sure to keep good tires on it and take it easy and pay attention and you should be fine.
My son still remembers one trip coming home from the Las Vegas drag races in early spring and getting caught in a nasty storm. We pulled off into a rest area and waited it out for about six hours. Just fired up the generator and popped in a couple of movies and relaxed. Funny what kids remember, he doesn't remember the races, just the stop in the rest area.
Mike.
