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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 12:32 PM
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My right boot and my transmission.
I really hope you don't haul much weight or are kidding. I don't have the brakes for me it's all the other idiots on the road that make then necessary.
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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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Yes kinda a joke. I don't tow, I once had to do a favor for a buddy and move a fork lift across town. That sucked bad. I never got out of 3rd gear, and had to use first for the first time in my life to take off. Wont ever do that again!
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Old Sep 29, 2012 | 11:25 PM
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good there are a lot of people that run without them and a first gens brakes are definitely not good enough for that.
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 05:52 PM
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I've got a basic tecomseh controller in one truck and a prodigy 2 in another. I definitely like the prodigy and for the price I think it works great!
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 04:36 PM
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useful thread

just ordered the Prodigy 2 for $105 from hitchanything.com

since my old controller is so ancient I also ordered the 20' brake mate kit adapter (with 20' of wire), which runs another $56

also bought a six-prong round female plug end that I'll wire by splicing off wires to my flat four-prong plug
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Old Dec 16, 2012 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TJE
maxbrake
Whereja get it? Which one? Is the T fitting the same on 1995 and 1st Gen?

I'm sick and tired of uncontrollable brakes (pendulum) on glare ice.
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Old Dec 17, 2012 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by j_martin
Whereja get it? Which one? Is the T fitting the same on 1995 and 1st Gen?

I'm sick and tired of uncontrollable brakes (pendulum) on glare ice.
I called maxbrake an told them the model of my truck (1991.5) and they sent me the proper fittings......this was about 2006 or 2007.

Good luck
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Old May 3, 2013 | 09:29 AM
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six-prong truck plug

is basically useless since the big trailers I've pulled all have the large blade-style RV plug

so I ordered the correct truck-end plug and it's back to the shop to get it wired up

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Old May 3, 2013 | 10:14 AM
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I think i have every plug on my truck. When i fixed the original plug i added the others. Was easier then keeping up with adapters and what not.
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Old May 3, 2013 | 11:38 AM
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Mine's wired 7 way RV, and I have adapters for everything else. Can pretty much hook up and go with anything.
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Old May 4, 2013 | 10:24 AM
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maxbrake is the only safe true controller made. it is a modern solid state version of the Hayes. the maxbrake makes the other controllers like the p3 look like junk toys that they are.
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Old May 4, 2013 | 11:27 AM
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Got a Prodigy. Find it to be smoother and more consistent than the pendulum style controllers, but find that if I set it to be aggressive enough at highway speeds, I have to turn it down when I get into the city. Seems to be a common complaint with these.
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Old May 4, 2013 | 01:30 PM
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What do you have the boost set at?
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Old May 5, 2013 | 12:31 AM
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This is a great thread. I have been needing to get a brake controller for the crewcab.
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Old May 5, 2013 | 08:26 AM
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the maxbrake has a sensor that measures the hydraulic brake pressure, it senses the number of axles you have and sends a instant and direct proportion braking signal to the trailer. it is the only safe and effective controller on the market. once you try one you will never use anything else.
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