What Brake Control would you get?

chucko · Dec 22, 2004

for a 28" travel trailer? I had a time delay type on my Dodge and it seemed to jerk a lot and it seemed when you get it set right for the open road it was not right for when you had to jump off to the city

RobS · Dec 22, 2004

For me it's a question of what WILL I get... to replace the Reese electronic (time delay) unit I have now. It's miserable. I'll probably get a Tekonsha Prodigy. I've heard very good things about them /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

JDGREEN4ME · Dec 22, 2004

I have a Tekonsha Prodigy and I have never had a problem with it. I pull a 20' tandem axle car hauler with my JD TLB set up. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

chucko · Dec 22, 2004

thanks guys,
Prodigy was the way I was leaning but I did not want to say it to see what was said here first.

MossRoad · Dec 22, 2004

I also recently installed a Tekonsha Prodigy in our van for our car hauler trailer. Installation was very easy. The van doesn't have the factory wiring plugs like pickup trucks so I had to tap into wires under the dash and behind the walls and under the capet and all that in the conversion van. Even with all that, it was very easy.

ScottAR · Dec 22, 2004

Master Brake seems to be a good one. I recently bought the brakesmart controller. I havn't used it yet as I havn't bought a trailer, but it comes highly recommended on the RV forums and thedieselstop.com. It measures the brake pressure only so it doesn't act up on hills. My second choice based on the available info I had would be the prodigy.

Phils · Dec 22, 2004

Jordan is another good brand. More info than you'll ever want about controllers is available at the forums for rv.net. Here's a recent thread that discusses the best ones:

RV net thread on controllers

If you rv and don't go to that forum it'd be like having a tractor and not coming to TBN.

Phil

Soundguy · Dec 22, 2004

Not on a travel trailer.. but used on my 16' car hauler and horse trailer, it is a draw-tite activator II.

Has selectable tension, as well as speed of braking, whether to engage fast or slow. Also has a 'dead mans switch'.

I have it on my dodge and yukon, and had it on my ranger before I traded it.

Soundguy

ronjhall · Dec 23, 2004

I will add my support for the Tekonsha Prodigy. Just don't know how well it will work on a <font color="blue"> 28" trailer </font>. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Here is a site that has a good deal on the controller. www.brakecontroller.com
It's where I purchased mine from.

chucko · Dec 23, 2004

would any of the Inertia Activated Brake Controllers be about the same? There seem to be some out that that don't cost nearly as much even some made by Tekonsha