lkentn
May 22, 2013Explorer
Replacing with ReadyBrake
I tow a Jeep Liberty and my first braking system was the Blue Ox Auto Stop (somewhat like Ready Brake) and the cable eventually broke since I had used it for many years with my current motorhome as well as another coach and toad. It finally gave up. Three years ago I had a Brake Buddy System professionally installed. I have had nothing but trouble with it. First thing was brakes were on going down a steep hill smelled brakes, not good. The indicator light in coach broke because made of very poor thin plastic. It would run my Jeep battery down when I used the 12 volt connection in the Jeep. Had a shop add a 12 volt plugin directly from the battery which the Brake Buddy blew out. Had a shop install a direct connector from the battery which I could unplug. That worked for a while until the Brake Buddy finally burned up inside and is unusable. My Jeep smelled bad inside for a while; I should be happy my Jeep didn't catch fire. I will throw the Brake Buddy away soon. There were many more problems with the Brake Buddy than I could list here it probably only ever worked less than 50% of the time ever. I want to go to the more simple Ready Brake system and have it professionally installed. They may even be able to use the Auto Stop tubing in my Jeep for the cable. Any thoughts?
Moved to Dinghy Towing forum from Towing.