Older DP's with drum brakes

'02 Journey with air brakes...and they look like drums to me. And they look like it would be difficult for water to get inside them. I've never driven in much rain with this RV so I don't if they are subject to rain fade or not.

We have drum brakes no issues. Would not be a deal maker or breaker for me.
Now a rear radiator that would be a deal breaker for me.

Lexx, don't be put off by drum brakes. They have a very large surface area and the ability with the air to pit a lot of pressure on them. On a motor home should easily give you 250k to 300k miles.Little trucker tip when driving thru heavy and prolong rain is too every once in a while is to drag brakes slightly with foot still on the throttle. With slight drag it will be obvious when they start to dry out. 43 years driving truck and over 3 million miles. Happy shopping, Don

IDK what the intrigue has for brakes
But a 1995 Safari DP has disc front and rear

I would be surprised if the 2000 intrigue was all drum brakes

Don't over the road trucks have drum brakes? Most of those are more than twice the weight of the MH you are looking at. I would think that it is the surface area, friction material on the brake and the pressure applied that would determine how the MH would stop. I am sure the designers take this all into consideration when designing brake systems on trucks as well as MH's.

I think that statement is wrong that disk brakes don't fade. Please provide a source.

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If the drum brakes have splash shields installed, it's not an issue (getting waterlogged from road spray). Easy to have a look-see. So long as you keep in mind that drums fade from hearing on long downhill braking, while discs don't, you should be fine.

The Intrigue is indeed a high line Country Coach. While it was in the middle of their product lines, the Intrigue is a fully featured rig.

We have owned a 2007 Allure (one level down from the Intrigue) and it has the 425 ISL, is 43' long and has drum brakes all around. The braking performance is excellent, especially with the added braking provided by the ISL's compression brake feature.

CC's were sturdily built rigs and the Dynomax chassis is outstanding. If the coach has been properly maintained and systems check out, I would not be concerned with the mileage.

There are some really nice CC's available at Premier RV in Junction City, Oregon. In your neck of the woods, there are generally a lot of nice used CC's available....CA, OR, WA.