Youtube is going to put people out of business...

[K9CCH]

Seriously.

I called the local guy today to see how much a trailer brake controller with installation was, and he said it was $150.

After doing a search online, I found this video which shows me how to install a $140 superior brake controller with two clicks and a screwdriver.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMLd8L7Rcnk

[AE5CP]

It really is pretty simple, especially if you have one of the vehicles that have the harness wired for it already.

Good deal, make sure the one you purchase is a proportional or motion based controller, not a time based controller. Time based controllers do nothing to sense actual deceleration, they just gradually apply power up to the maximum set by the knob on them. Proportional controllers actually sense how your are braking and adjust the power output to the trailer brakes to match.

[NQ6U]

Fuck all that controller stuff. REAL men equip their trucks with air brakes.

[KG4CGC]

Real men drive with the left arm out the window ... holding the trailer.

Bushtit.

[K7SGJ]

Real men ARE trailers.

[W7XF]

Fuck all that controller stuff. REAL men equip their trucks with air brakes.

Carlo.....I don't think Chris has a CDL.....

[K9CCH]

It really is pretty simple, especially if you have one of the vehicles that have the harness wired for it already.

Good deal, make sure the one you purchase is a proportional or motion based controller, not a time based controller. Time based controllers do nothing to sense actual deceleration, they just gradually apply power up to the maximum set by the knob on them. Proportional controllers actually sense how your are braking and adjust the power output to the trailer brakes to match.

I'm going with the Tekonsha P3.

[K9CCH]

Fuck all that controller stuff. REAL men equip their trucks with air brakes.


Well, I'd have to have a real truck first.

[K9CCH]

Carlo.....I don't think Chris has a CDL.....


I've possessed a class B before, with tanker and passenger endorsements. Used to haul 5000 gallons of jet fuel to helicopter bases in Louisiana when I worked for Air Logistics (Bristow).

[K9CCH]

Hello.

[WØTKX]

^^^ :lol:

[W7XF]

IIRC, Bell 47s use gasoline...not Jet A.

But Cowthief uses Arco regular unleaded.

[KK4AMI]

You sure that wasn't two Hicks and a screw driver? I looked all over my tool box, I gotta screw driver, but not a single click.