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brake controller recommendations

i recently ordered

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a 7x18 haulmark kodiak
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with hydraulic brakes. i prefered the hydraulic to electric because electric leaves a lot to human error....not enough adjustment and you put premature wear on your truck brakes....to much brake and you put premature wear on your trailer brakes. based on the gvwr of the trailer (10,400 pounds) i had several friends insist that i drop the hydraulic surge brakes (in favor of electric brakes) and i was able to make the change before the trailer was built. now that im going with electric brakes i need to shop around for an electric brake controller. id like to find one that is "intelligent"....something that will automatically adjust the amount of braking on demand (if such a creature exists at a reasonable cost). since my wife knows nothing about trailer brakes i need something that can do the thinking for her, so that she can just hook up and drive. im seeking recommendations for a controller, and the reasons why your recommendations are better than the other guys recommendations.thanks!

Reply to
Nathan W. Collier
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I usually just recommend the Tekonsha Prodigy (what I use), which is a very good inertia-based controller - easy to install, easy to use. However, there is some manual adjustment to it (you dial in the base amount of brake, and can then select additional brake 'boosting' to compensate for a loaded vs. empty trailer).

For this application, the BrakeSmart controller

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may be a better choice. Once you initially set it up, that's it - you're done. It works by measuring actual hydraulic pressure in the vehicle's braking system, and applying a proportional amount of braking to your trailer... essentially giving you the same type of response as a full hydraulic braking system running to your trailer. You never have to worry about changing the adjustments because you changed trailers or added/subtracted weight.

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Tom Lawrence

that system looks promising...thanks! however, the website is saying there are production delays. any idea how long these delays might be?

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Nathan W. Collier

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