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deltabravo

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Posted: 03/19/22 05:10am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator
I had a BrakeSmart brake controller. It was a similar system to the MaxBrake.
I kicked myself for not removing the pressure transducer from the truck when I sold the truck and upgraded to the truck I currently still have. That little transducer stopped being manufactured.

The BrakeSmart was also seamless in operation, just like and IBC/ITBC. There was no herky-jerky operation of the trailer brakes, no lag between application of truck brakes and trailer brakes. At the time, I had a heavy toy hauler. THe braking action was so much better with the BrakeSmart than the Prodigy brake controller I replaced.

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deltabravo wrote:

I had a BrakeSmart brake controller. It was a similar system to the MaxBrake.
I kicked myself for not removing the pressure transducer from the truck when I sold the truck and upgraded to the truck I currently still have. That little transducer stopped being manufactured.

The BrakeSmart was also seamless in operation, just like and IBC/ITBC. There was no herky-jerky operation of the trailer brakes, no lag between application of truck brakes and trailer brakes. At the time, I had a heavy toy hauler. THe braking action was so much better with the BrakeSmart than the Prodigy brake controller I replaced.


100% agree as I was not happy with the Prodigy. I need to do a hard reset on my MaxBrake as the last time I used it as soon as I connected to the trailer you could hear the electric over hydraulic pump running and it gave some sort of trailer issue on the controller. So I unplugged and re connected my OE.

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