which brake controller is most preffered
My truck dealership installed mine and it is a Towing Partner brand and can't seem to get adjusted properly. I followed directions by the book .
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I believe MaxBrake is out of business.
As to whether the OE IBC is better than a prodigy, that "could be", but I will say this, the integrated brake control on our Ford absolutely will not tolerate any flaky wiring in the trailer. We had one of the horse trailers that the brakes would only work intermittently when hooked to the F350, but would work fine when hooked to the Nissan, which has a Prodigy P2. Was discussing it with my local trailer repair shop, and he advised me that both the Ford and GM IBC's are pretty touchy about all the wiring being in tip-top shape. Sure enough, we had a ground in the trailer that was getting corroded.
So I guess you could view this as a good or a bad thing.
The IBC in the Ford works fine ( when it works ! ), but I will say I am also happy with the P2 in the Nissan. I do like the "boost" settings available on the prodigy, as I would like to think in my own mind anyway, that feature helps save the truck brakes a little ( probably not enough to matter though ? ....but hey, it makes me feel good :))
EDIT, PS, if I were buying one now, I would go ahead and spend the extra few bucks for the P3. When I bought my P2, they had not yet introduced the P2
As to whether the OE IBC is better than a prodigy, that "could be", but I will say this, the integrated brake control on our Ford absolutely will not tolerate any flaky wiring in the trailer. We had one of the horse trailers that the brakes would only work intermittently when hooked to the F350, but would work fine when hooked to the Nissan, which has a Prodigy P2. Was discussing it with my local trailer repair shop, and he advised me that both the Ford and GM IBC's are pretty touchy about all the wiring being in tip-top shape. Sure enough, we had a ground in the trailer that was getting corroded.
So I guess you could view this as a good or a bad thing.
The IBC in the Ford works fine ( when it works ! ), but I will say I am also happy with the P2 in the Nissan. I do like the "boost" settings available on the prodigy, as I would like to think in my own mind anyway, that feature helps save the truck brakes a little ( probably not enough to matter though ? ....but hey, it makes me feel good :))
EDIT, PS, if I were buying one now, I would go ahead and spend the extra few bucks for the P3. When I bought my P2, they had not yet introduced the P2
