How are DP w/Tag axle in inclement wather?

Snow and Ice BAD!......I don't care what you are driving! If you are not a professional driver who must get from one point to another you should not be on the road. Yes, I have gotten surprised and I made it safely on Interstate roads to a safe landing location but dang I wish I had not had to do it.
Rain, sleet, hail, wind (unless it's those crazy Santa Ana's), dark of night, no big deal.

I've been caught in snow thru the mountains more than once. Most of the time we are pulling a 18' trailer. Never had any troubles. Just be smooth and steady and the weight of the coach will keep you planted. I don't have a tag axle so can't comment on those.

Driven in snow and try no too but it handles well. Stopping is always a chore though and tag or no tag makes no difference. I have not noticed there is any difference in the rain. I have driven cross country on I 20 as a hurricane was hitting to get out of the path of the serious stuff but we had huge rain and winds. The tag helps a bunch on the wind and the weight of the coach and the tires having deeper treads mary hydroplaning risks less but if it is deep enough or if you are going too fast you can still do it.

Right there with Ivylog. :) Except we just pulled off for the night in Bassett, Nebraska with "light winds" of 30+ much higher gusts. Had to correct so much it was wearing a little on the outside tire edge!! Easier to stop and make a run early in the morning. No handling problems though.

ALWAYS check outlets before plugging in. Found a 30amp wired 220V :( left a note, and wrote on the box for other RVer's. Surge guards are great, but why check them?

I agree with Ivylog, however, I have driven in some snow and did not have any issues. However, as stated, if needed, I would just lift the tag for traction. Macktee

Thanks guys and Ivylog, good to hear from you again...

We've all been on the road in our cars when we'd be going 30 mph in a heavy rain and 18 wheelers fly by at 70. I guess it stands to reason a big 40/45' MH would do about the same.

Never driven mine in snow but if it was deep enough I'd raise the the tag for more traction on the drive axle BUT mine will lower automatically if you get out of first gear. Now I have driven in heavy Fla rain without slowing down very much as hydroplaning is a function of speed, tire pressure and tread depth. Had almost new tires on the front at 100 psi and felt sorry for some of the cars I passed because of the amount of water I was throwing. The reason I did not slow down much was the WX radar was showing a bow echo headed my direction so I was able to out run it before it crossed the Interstate.
OP,having now put 60K miles on a tag axle coach there is NO WAY I'd buy one without a tag on 10 airbags. High cross winds or passing trucks are more common than heavy rain or snow and a tag axle coach handles that better than the previous MHs I've own with 4 and 8 airbags.

When I worked for a bus company, In the winter time when we had buses going to the ski resorts we would send the Prevosts as they had air suspension and you could raise the tag axle like a truck.. This would put the full weight of the rear of the vehicle on the drive axle and allow it to go up the hills without problem... The Eagles and the MCIs had torsion arm tag axles and you could not do this.. However they would only raise them when they needed traction...

We have never been caught in snow but we have been caught in a heavy, heavy, rain. The coach handled just fine. At 40,000 lbs, not much hydroplaning. :)

We have ABS on all the wheels including the tags so no locked wheels.

MM.

Edited to correct spelling. :S

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