Brake controller advice, what do i need?
I searched brake controller in the forms and did not come up with much. Do most new TT come with electric brakes? If so any advice on a good controller (not a cheap one)? I like the sound of the propo...
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There is only one remaining higher end controller with MaxBrake out of production. It is http://www.brakecontroller.com/direclink.htm.
If you can find a used MaxBrake and work with Dutch and Di to get the brake line fitting for your vehicle, you will have the best controller available in recent years.
Hundreds of thousand's of people tow with Prodigy's and think they are fine. I never liked mine, having to play with Boost settings, and city vs highway was always a compromise.
With the MaxBrake the truck and trailer always just stop like a single unit, as it measures brake fluid pressure with a load cell in the brake line.
Controllers like the Prodigy require the tow vehicle to slow down first. So they add boost settings that start applying part of the braking current to the trailer to minute you touch the brake pedal.
So I would set this for highway use and in the city we would get the trailer jerking on the truck. Turn down Boost for city drive and forget to turn it back up for highway driving and you can come up short when you really need your brakes.
Chris
If you can find a used MaxBrake and work with Dutch and Di to get the brake line fitting for your vehicle, you will have the best controller available in recent years.
Hundreds of thousand's of people tow with Prodigy's and think they are fine. I never liked mine, having to play with Boost settings, and city vs highway was always a compromise.
With the MaxBrake the truck and trailer always just stop like a single unit, as it measures brake fluid pressure with a load cell in the brake line.
Controllers like the Prodigy require the tow vehicle to slow down first. So they add boost settings that start applying part of the braking current to the trailer to minute you touch the brake pedal.
So I would set this for highway use and in the city we would get the trailer jerking on the truck. Turn down Boost for city drive and forget to turn it back up for highway driving and you can come up short when you really need your brakes.
Chris
