Here's the brake controller ($70.00 Tekosha Primus 90160). It's just set up on a mounting panel, facing forward as it would be in the truck & hard-wired into the trailer's 12 volt system. It works well like this, there have been no issues. If you tow with more than one vehicle, this is a simple...
You won't have any problem with a 2500# trailer stopping, until you have to slam on the brakes & stop short, or stop on a curve at speed in the wet. Once you get in that situation, there is no control of the load or trailer, you're just a passenger along for the ride as things go wrong.
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I mounted the brake controller inside the tongue box of our teardrop trailer. Set the bias, checked it on a gravel road & that's how it runs. This is a normal 7 pin harness, but uses the trailer's onboard 12v system for the electric brake circuit. Group 27 AGM battery with a solar panel, so we...
I've ordered a 2019 XL with the 4X4, tow & 101A packages, but will have to wait for 8-12 weeks for delivery from Ford. I was towing with an '07 Nissan Frontier 4 cylinder (see picture), but coming home from Bonneville I ended up going over Monarch Pass in Colorado to get home... That was a 2nd...