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jdrver
Feb 10, 2016Explorer
We picked up our new Coachman Chaparral Fifth Wheel on Saturday. Camper is 35' long and weighs 9249 empty. I set it up as the fourth trailer I have loaded in my integrated factory controller list. Set it to heavy electric and gain at 6.5. I test pulled in lot and brakes would stop truck and trailer at 10mph roll with slide bar no truck brakes applied. In route home I backed gain down to 6.0 as I felt trailer brakes were heavy in comparison to truck brakes. I always run my trailer brakes slightly more than tuck just so I feel them apply. This all being said my integrated controller is working fine and I still feel that this system works better than my prodigy I have used for years with my other trailers at home in my other truck. I really like setting up each trailer to its own setting and not having to fiddle with the controller everytime I hook something else up. Just select the trailer I am towing and go.
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