Brake Buddy or Blue Ox Patriot Brake System
Well I've bought the base plate, tow bar and wiring, now I need a brake system for towing our toad. Should I get the Brake Buddy or Blue Ox Patriot or are they both about the same? Thanks
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I'll just observe two things:
1) I've been a very satisfied ReadyBrake user for 6+ years and have driven through mountains, straight interstates, and curvy New England roads with zero problems from ReadyBrake, and
2) When I made my purchase decision, I searched these forums for all of the systems I was considering to learn about owner's experiences. Every single option had multiple stories like "the system locked up and I tore all the rubber off my toads rear wheels which cost me a mint to have fixed".... except, I did not find one gripe about ReadyBrake. Rather, people lauded it because it was so simple yet worked so well.
Also, you can hide the cable that comes out of the nose more easily than hiding the tow bar attachment connectors on your baseplate, the brackets for attaching your Protect-a-Tow rock shield, or the breakaway connector. I like the blue Ox baseplate because I can remove the towing connector
1) I've been a very satisfied ReadyBrake user for 6+ years and have driven through mountains, straight interstates, and curvy New England roads with zero problems from ReadyBrake, and
2) When I made my purchase decision, I searched these forums for all of the systems I was considering to learn about owner's experiences. Every single option had multiple stories like "the system locked up and I tore all the rubber off my toads rear wheels which cost me a mint to have fixed".... except, I did not find one gripe about ReadyBrake. Rather, people lauded it because it was so simple yet worked so well.
Also, you can hide the cable that comes out of the nose more easily than hiding the tow bar attachment connectors on your baseplate, the brackets for attaching your Protect-a-Tow rock shield, or the breakaway connector. I like the blue Ox baseplate because I can remove the towing connector
