Brake controller
I just bought a Roadmaster tow dolly with electric brakes! That means, I have to install a brake controller. Which would be the best bang for the buck controller for me? There seems to be million a...
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mowermech wrote:ScottG wrote:
Another vote for Prodigy.
I do not recommend the Tekonsha. Short life, weakly built and doesn't function in reverse.
Why would you care about reverse? I have never exceeded 5 MPH while backing a trailer of any kind. I can't imagine a scenario where anybody would need to go fast enough in reverse to need brakes on a trailer.
The Tekonsha Prodigy in my truck is several years old, and in the second or third vehicle, and still works just fine.
Oh, yes, according to the digital display, it certainly DOES work in reverse!
To clarify, the old Tekonsha doesn't work backwards. Prodigy does.
I never needed rev. brakes until I was forced through a detour going up a hill in a small town that was at least a 15% grade - conservatively. There ended up being cars parked in the way of us making a turn and I ended up stopped on that hill, pointing upwards and because I had the old Tekonsha and no trailer brakes in reverse, I had to stand on the trucks brakes HARD for 20 minutes to hold my position. Even the parking brake would not hold!
So while you don't use it every day, if one tows enough they will eventually find reverse braking useful.
