by eamarquardt » Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:45 am
I think any money spent on brakes is well spent and cheap compared to a lot of things we spend money on.
I bought one of these:
http://www.hayesbc.com/?page_id=1045Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... controllerNo little lever to set, easy to set for various max percentages of braking power (voltage) and four settings for trailers of differing weights compared to your tow vehicle.
It comes connectorized but the length and connector didn't fit my Traverse so I cut the factory connector off and spliced on a pigtail with a connector that matched the Traverse. It mounts to your vehicle with double sticky tape. I wanted it easily removable w/o any adhesive residue so I mounted a small aluminum plate to the underside of my dash with a couple of screws and then stuck the controller's bracket to the aluminum plate. If, for some reason, I want to remove the controller's bracket I'll just have two small holes rather than some adhesive residue that will be difficult to impossible to remove. It is easy to take the controller out of the bracket and extra brackets are available if you want to use the controller in more than one vehicle.
A nice feature is that when you are braking you can see the percentage of full voltage being applied to the trailer brakes. Lets you know what's going on.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Gus
The opinions in this post are my own. My comments are directed to those that might like an alternative approach to those already espoused.There is the right way,the wrong way,the USMC way, your way, my way, and the highway.
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