[AT] Brake controllers revisited

[Spencer Yost]

I had a Reese controller, and it was very difficult to get set correctly for the load or the trailer. I finally threw it away, and got it Tekonsha  controller - "prodigy" I think was the model. I like it much better.  

Spencer Yost

> On Jun 3, 2016, at 1:24 AM, Richard Walker <richardwalker at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> A year or two ago there was an informative thread about electronic brake 
> controllers.  Not sure how to search for it.
> 
> Am moving from California to Oregon soon, hauling a lot of stuff, and 
> need to fit my F-250 with a controller for my twin-axle trailer having 
> existing electric brakes on one of its two axles. My last experience 
> with a controller was thirty years ago with the mechanical kind that 
> plumbed into the brake lines.  So I'm kind of clueless about today's 
> electronic controllers.
> 
> Any recommendations for brands and models?
> 
> Also would it be advisable to add electric brakes to the axle without?  
> So I'd have two axles with brakes?  Cost seems to be around $100 for two 
> new backing plate kits, so I'm thinking that might be cheap insurance.  
> There are some steep grades between Southern CA and Northern OR.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
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