Ford's TowCommand system is not designed to work with electric over hydraulic brake systems. The single best system available is BrakeSmart (which also taps into the brake system similar to the tow command) which works very well and works with electric over hydraulic systems.

The most user friendly, ready to go out of the box, most integrated, cleanest install system on the market today would have to be the Ford TowCommand system. The single best towing system available today would probably have to be a Dodge with the six speed manual, exhaust brake, and brakesmart.

just an opinion

 

I see they put the tow command system in the same place that the small storage hole is on the 04. Does anyone know if this sytem can be installed on the 04?

 

There's a thread in the Towing Forum about this; you can buy and install the controller but it won't be integrated with the ABS.

Steve

 

Picked up my 05 this morning and towed my Trailer an hour later 120 miles and I have never had a Brake controler work nearly as well as the Tow Command system!!

 

Tow Command is by far the best brake controller I have ever used. It is state of the art. Tow Command was designed for use with electric brake systems. It doesn't work with most electric over hydraulic applications from what I understand. To answer RVROADIE's question, I heard it may work for some of the elec-hyd. applications but in most instances it sends back false info causing error messages. I would definately find an alternative system for this type of braking system. That's my $.02

 

Just picked up my F350 SD SRW Larit with the tow command and 4 switches; didn't get a manual on it, does one exist??

 

There isn't a seperate manual for the brake control or the upfitter switches. I'm not sure what info your looking for but the brake contoler info is in the owners manual and here's a link to the pig tail location for the upfitter switches.

http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomfr...tml%2FQ117.pdf

Darin