Many of the brake controllers in the marketplace today are not very good. Many use a timed function to ramp up the stopping voltage, i.e. the longer your foot is pushing the brake pedal, the more agressive the trailer brakes get. In my towing experience, this is a totally bogus cheap design (and darn dangerous too). The better or best electric trailer brake controllers use aa accelerometer to sense the amount of braking the truck is doing and instantly give similar power to the trailer brakes. The brand I am familiar with that has this technology is the Tekonsha Prodigy model, and now the even better P-3 model.
My 2002 F350 diesel came with a Drawtite controller purchased by the P.O. I hate the thing, and will soon throw it in the dumpster. Just as soon as we buy the trailer we have been dreaming of, that Drawtite controller will be junked.
Is this your problem?? I don't really know, but with the timed brake function controllers, and a kind of quick stop with full load is a very hair raising experience. My older tow vehicles have had the Tekonsha controllers for the last 15 years, and I have gotten used to controlled and predictable stops. I had given no thought to the different brand in my new-to-me F350 until I pulled a farm tractor from Detroit to Minneapolis on a bobcat type trailer. There is a significant difference in controllers. I will be buying the P-3 model for that truck soon.
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