willald wrote:
..Probably 'bout the same as with a pickup, assuming the wiring is already there (which I believe it is in most cases, although locating the wires could be a challenge). If its not, it will be a bit more work than the pickup, 'cause you'd have to run the wires the whole length of the MH, from the dash to the back end.
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You may feel differently, but for us, after years of dealing with electric brakes when we towed a TT, I did not want to deal with electric brakes when we moved up to a MH. With surge brakes, its much more simple, don't have to deal with, maintain, worry about all that wiring and it possibly shorting out, etc. Not to mention the brake controller itself.
It looks like the MH is most likely to be a ~10-year-old DP. Does the engine in the rear simplify the wiring for adding a controller? Avoid having to run wires the length of the coach?
I'm comfortable with either type of brakes. Surge brakes do seem simpler. Surge brakes seem to cost more on the dolly side, but add purchase and install of the controller for electric brakes and the cost overall is probably about the same it seems.
Wayne
