Posted by jdemaris on April 03, 2009 at 06:04:22 from (72.171.0.138):
In Reply to: Trailer brakes??? posted by dave2 on April 03, 2009 at 03:25:22:
The best "mechanical" solution, in my opinion was the old, full mechanical brake controllers that you had to plumb into the brake lines. Kind of a pain to get hooked up, but I never had one go bad. I still have one on my 83 Blazer and it's always worked perfect.
Now, with these full-electric controllers, I've had many crap out. Seems I keep buying them, get a few years of use, then they die.
Surge-brakes, as you describe, have been around forever and have their plusses and minuses. In many places, they are not allowed over a certain weight-class. And I guess, to be technical, they also employ some electronics to over-ride the braking action when backing up (at least some do).
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