Wainiha do they salt the roads heavily in the winter where you live? They keep wanting to start salting the roads here, and I hope they don't. Right now they use calcium chloride here and it's just as bad as ice. Just got to make sure you hose off the undercarriage after the rains come back. That and the salt air doesn't help my rig any. That's why I don't go to Sandlake at all.
I've also heard alot about how thin and weak the Taco frames are too. I've seen many guys hit a water bar in the hills a little too hard, and bending the front clip and frame.