Which do you guys prefer? Hydraulic or electric? Candidate is a tri axle steel trailer with brakes on 2 axles.

Electric over hydraulic is the way to go.

With something as light as a 32 Skater, even surge brakes work well and are less hassle. I'm not a fan of straight electric brakes for marine use.

The ONLY way to go.

+1 I would never have a trailer without them again. With 3 axles, and the right setup, they stop my dually as well as the trailer.

I've only towed a couple of (horse & equipment) trailers with electric brakes; never a boat trailer. Some say they work fine for such.
Comparing similar 10-12K loads of Electric to EoH trailer brakes, EoH stops better in my experience.

EoH is THE BEST money you will spend on your towing setup, hands down.

EoH is the preferred way to go, but 9 out of ten cheap bassturds agree- hydraulic surge brakes will get the job done.

Eoh is the best option, but I've run electrics on boat trailers no problem. I don't understand some of the hype around why they "won't" work. Electric brakes are nothing more than a magnet that is energized by 12V. Much less to go wrong than any hydraulic setup, and they are dirt cheap, especially if you already have surge drums.

My buddy has those surge brakes and it scares the living $hit out of me when he hits the brakes with the abruptness of engagement.
He told me you'll get used to it, LOL!!!
EoverH is the best by a long shot.

See ya,
Kelly

I'm with you on that. My Loadmaster trailer has electric brakes and they worked perfect while I owned that trailer. I purchased everything to convert to electric, but now I'm having second thoughts. Maybe I will spend the coin on EoH setup??????

If you have all the parts, it go ahead with the electrics. To go EOH I would go to disc brakes too to get he most benefit. IMO For the $$$ it's not worth it if you already have the parts.