Best brake pads for a tow vehicle?

transamz9 wrote:
What throws me off is the OP said that the manual control on the trailer brake controller is what saved him. I am in conclusion that the brake controller is not working correctly or is not adjusted correctly. When I had an aftermarket brake controller I drove like I was riding a motorcycle. I would squeeze the manual brake controller by hand doing most of the braking and follow up with my foot brake to help.

I can't stand a timer based brake controller and the way it jerks and lunges. By operating by hand does a couple things. It eliminates the jerks and lunges and also allowed me to run the box at maximum setting so if needed I could apply full power to the trailer brakes.

Yes, I agree...I think part of my problem was that the brake controller wasn't set up right.....and/or it's a cheap one that doesn't work very well. I have a hard time getting it set so that it stops good, but not so good that it's trying to lock up the tires on the trailer....it seems like it's all or nothing.

I'm guessing that on the way down the hill, the truck brakes were doing most of the stopping.....but I'm sure that having 13yr old brake fluid in the system doesn't help either.

I'm going to flush the brake fluid, and then go from there. Not sure I'm going to hit that section of road any time soon.....that experience was enough to make me not want to try it again if I don't have too.