Brake towing system
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Brake towing system
Hey everyone, my name is Veronica and I'm on here because I have a couple of questions about towing and my ford excursion. My X is an 00 with about 120,000 miles on it, it's a v10 gas. It's on a 6 inch lift we are heading out to Glamis this weekend and we are pulling a Weekend Warrior 25ft. For thanksgiving we went to Gordon's Well and it pulled fine but we had problems braking. My husband does not know crap about cars. When I married him I already owned my truck and used it just to pull a regular single axle trailer and two quads and a dirt bike
1. Do I need to purchase a brake system
2. If I do need one what is the best model
1. Do I need to purchase a brake system
2. If I do need one what is the best model
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Hey everyone, my name is Veronica and I'm on here because I have a couple of questions about towing and my ford excursion. My X is an 00 with about 120,000 miles on it, it's a v10 gas. It's on a 6 inch lift we are heading out to Glamis this weekend and we are pulling a Weekend Warrior 25ft. For thanksgiving we went to Gordon's Well and it pulled fine but we had problems braking. My husband does not know crap about cars. When I married him I already owned my truck and used it just to pull a regular single axle trailer and two quads and a dirt bike
1. Do I need to purchase a brake system
2. If I do need one what is the best model
1. Do I need to purchase a brake system
2. If I do need one what is the best model
2. Tekonsha Prodigy 3
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What he said. 
We had a Prodigy 2 in our Expedition and decided to upgrade to a Prodigy 3 for the Excursion.
Differences between P2 and P3:
https://www.etrailer.com/question-13246.html
More about brake controllers:
https://www.etrailer.com/faq-brakecontroller.aspx
We had a Prodigy 2 in our Expedition and decided to upgrade to a Prodigy 3 for the Excursion.
Differences between P2 and P3:
https://www.etrailer.com/question-13246.html
More about brake controllers:
https://www.etrailer.com/faq-brakecontroller.aspx
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What he said.
We had a Prodigy 2 in our Expedition and decided to upgrade to a Prodigy 3 for the Excursion.
Differences between P2 and P3:
https://www.etrailer.com/question-13246.html
More about brake controllers:
https://www.etrailer.com/faq-brakecontroller.aspx
We had a Prodigy 2 in our Expedition and decided to upgrade to a Prodigy 3 for the Excursion.
Differences between P2 and P3:
https://www.etrailer.com/question-13246.html
More about brake controllers:
https://www.etrailer.com/faq-brakecontroller.aspx
The p2 doesn't have a toggle to switch between modes it has a button.
other then a different control panel layout it has a few added features like a no brakes warning light just in case you failed to notice you do not have any brakes.
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I have a Tekonsha Voyager from the previous owner. I have no idea how it works or how to use it. LOL!
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I use and recommend the Tekonsha P3 and the Ford pigtail that connects it to your EX's factory plug up under the dash board, easy plug and play installation and great trailer brake performance.
With your EX's 6" lift what size tires do you run? Do you know what gear ratio your Ex has? All of the Weekend Warrior trailers that I've seen and read about seem to run fairly heavy for their size, do you know what your loaded for a trip WW scales at?
Pictures please, we love EXs here and an EX dragging a toyhauler is always pretty cool to see.
With your EX's 6" lift what size tires do you run? Do you know what gear ratio your Ex has? All of the Weekend Warrior trailers that I've seen and read about seem to run fairly heavy for their size, do you know what your loaded for a trip WW scales at?
Pictures please, we love EXs here and an EX dragging a toyhauler is always pretty cool to see.
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I use an old Tekonsha Voyager like Rhino has. It has been in at least 3 different trucks of mine and I just kept moving it to the next one until I got the Ex. Gotta love the plug in Harness. I even used it in a rental truck once and stuck it in a dash pocket.... It can be touchy to get dialed in when you start with a new trailer, but I understand what it does and how to set it up, and it just works. If I had to buy one today, it would be the Prodigy P3 just because of the different stored trailer settings and its ability to switch between them easily. That and the P2 isn't much cheaper.
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