[AT] Brake controllers revisited

[Mike M]

x2 on the Tekonsha, very easy to install and use. Here's where I got 
ours, YMMV

Mike M

http://tweetys.com/tekonsha-prodigy-p2-proportional-brake-control.aspx




On 6/3/2016 1:24 AM, Richard Walker 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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