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[RC] Which brake controller? - Kristi SchaafAfter hauling our 3 horse 10 ft LQ 50,000 miles with not enough use of the trailer brakes, we cracked and had to replace the rear brakes on our F250. Lesson learned. The brake controller we were using had two extremes - it didn't engage the brakes enough, or it caused them to be very jerky (it was a Tekonsha Voyager), so we buried our heads in the sand and didn't engage them enough for those 50,000 miles, I'm ashamed to admit. After lots of dollars for new truck brakes, I bought a Tekonsha Prodigy (supposed to be their top of the line?) and took it to the local hitch/tow shop and asked them to install it. They guy there told me (after he installed the Prodigy) that he didn't like that brand much. Gee, thanks....anyway, what do those of you who haul a lot of weight use for your brake controller? And how do you KNOW that your trailer brakes are pulling, er, slowing, their share of the load? The guy at the shop didn't seem to know the answer to this question; he told me that I won't even feel the trailer brakes engaging with the Prodigy. What? Shouldn't we feel the trailer brakes kinda 'tug' the trailer back at the beginning of deceleration, like the trailer is starting to slow down a split second before the truck? Kristi ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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