Older DP's with drum brakes

Lexx wrote:
As I search through rvtrader, I'm seeing some nice older units that are in seemingly pretty good condition. For example, I there's a mid-2000 Country Coach Intrique with a 400 hp Cummins and tag axle. It's got 110k mi and the price is below $100k.

Are these quality coaches? I know this is not the high line Country Coach.

Also these older units tend to have 4 drum brakes rather than drums rear and disc brakes in the front. How much of a compromise in braking ability is there with this kind of brake setup when towing a toad?

I remember my 1st car - a 1970 Buick Skylark with drum brakes all around. One day after driving in a big rainstorm, I had no brakes due to the drum brakes getting wet. I don't want to end up with that kind of situation again.

Ours has drums all around and stops a lot better than our old gas coach with disks. They're big and they're air brakes of course. As for water intrusion, they really got tested on one trip, with a panic stop in a rain storm and was waiting for the crash, which never came.
Just a good thing that I drive well below the speed limit and trail well behind the vehicle in front of me.