Does my 2006 Duramax need a brake controller?
I am going to pick up our new to us 2006 Coachmen Captive 26ex tomorrow. This will be my first travel trailer. Do I need a brake controller in my 2006 Crew cab long bed Duramax? My Duramax already ...
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oughtsix wrote:
I am going to pick up our new to us 2006 Coachmen Captive 26ex tomorrow. This will be my first travel trailer. Do I need a brake controller in my 2006 Crew cab long bed Duramax? My Duramax already has the round 7 contact plug on the back of it.
Are brake controllers an added convenience for controlling and adjusting the braking force applied by the trailer brakes? Or are brake controllers a necessity to make the trailer brakes actuate at all? If brake controllers are a necessity does my Duramax already have one built in? (I have towed a large equipment trailer with my Duramax before and the trailer brakes worked properly.)
My 2007 Chevy did not have a built in brake unit so unless someone put one on the truck I would say the equipment trailer had a surge brake not electric brakes.
