Need recommendation for a Brake Controller.
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From: Newport, WA
I have a Tekonsha Voyager in mine, no problems. Dad runs one in his "other brand" also. My old 92 had a Tekonsha of some sort too. From my experience with them, they are very reliable and do their job. When you go to wire it in, save yourself the hassle and buy the wiring harness for it, it's well worth whatever it costs.
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From: Silver Lake Dunes, MI
If this will be a one time deal I would just buy a cheap controller from Tekonsha or Hayes-lamerz (Sp?). If you will towing this often and with verying loads the Tekonsha Prodigy or the P3 are extremely nice units! I have the P3 and it is a sweet little unit. But it comes with a $130 price tag! Cheaper ones will work just fine just not as fancy and takes a bit more test and tune to set them up to each trailer you hook to.
Ditto on getting the harness to just plug into the truck. They will be sold pretty much anywhere that sells hitches or brake controllers. I know Napa has them.
Ditto on getting the harness to just plug into the truck. They will be sold pretty much anywhere that sells hitches or brake controllers. I know Napa has them.
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From: Marietta, OH/Weirton, WV
I use the Kelsey-Hayes Energizer, althoght im not sure if they still make them, you can usually find them on Ebay...very east to use works great...inertia activated(small, simple, reliable, cheap.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kelse...spagenameZWDVW
My dad just put the Tekonsha Prodigy in his dump truck and it will easily lock up the tri-axle lowboy. Kinda pricey. Works awesome.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TEKON...QQcmdZViewItem
------------Jeremy
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kelse...spagenameZWDVW
My dad just put the Tekonsha Prodigy in his dump truck and it will easily lock up the tri-axle lowboy. Kinda pricey. Works awesome.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TEKON...QQcmdZViewItem
------------Jeremy
Last edited by jboard; Dec 19, 2007 at 08:59 AM.
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From: Toulon,Il.
I disagree with any inertia activated,they are troublesome and unpredictable.Get one that is activated off brake light signal.Most are adjustable for intencidy and reaction and easy to adjust with varing loads and trailers.
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I have a reese and like it well. easy to install(like others said get the plug) easy to use and adjust and it hasnt given me a problem in 10 years.
http://www.reeseprod.com/
Mine is the Brakeman Compact
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Mine is the Brakeman Compact
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From: Marietta, OH/Weirton, WV
These look awesome, but I believe they are around 300 bucks.
http://www.brake-controller.com/
----------Jeremy
http://www.brake-controller.com/
----------Jeremy
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I have a prodigy and love it too.
I used to pull a 7-9k trailer across the country working on stained glass windows. Pulling a trailer for hours at night on two lane roads thru eastern PA... you need a controller that performs well. The time-ramp conts work but in an emerg they don't respond enough and then coming down the off-ramp it hits too hard.
But even the best cont demands the user set it correctly for it to work correctly.
And test them every time you use them.
I bought a ready made factory plug-to-controller harness that was crimped too tight at the brake wire connection and it severed the wire strands thereby never turning the controller on. What a ride...
I used to pull a 7-9k trailer across the country working on stained glass windows. Pulling a trailer for hours at night on two lane roads thru eastern PA... you need a controller that performs well. The time-ramp conts work but in an emerg they don't respond enough and then coming down the off-ramp it hits too hard.
But even the best cont demands the user set it correctly for it to work correctly.
And test them every time you use them.
I bought a ready made factory plug-to-controller harness that was crimped too tight at the brake wire connection and it severed the wire strands thereby never turning the controller on. What a ride...