Best type of breakers, surge or electrical for a trailer
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Assuming you mean BRAKES...
Electric over Hydraulic (EoH) is the best for most boat trailers.
It's also more expensive and will require a brake controller in the truck.
Surge brakes are convenient if you tow the same trailer with many trucks, as if you may be a car/truck dealer.
However, they only work properly when the truck and boat are in a straight line, and the truck is decelerating, not sliding. If you have no truck brakes (failure), you have no trailer brakes.
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Electric over Hydraulic (EoH) is the best for most boat trailers.
It's also more expensive and will require a brake controller in the truck.
Surge brakes are convenient if you tow the same trailer with many trucks, as if you may be a car/truck dealer.
However, they only work properly when the truck and boat are in a straight line, and the truck is decelerating, not sliding. If you have no truck brakes (failure), you have no trailer brakes.
There are many posts on this topic that you can find with the search tool.
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Thank you again
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Assuming you mean BRAKES...
Electric over Hydraulic (EoH) is the best for most boat trailers.
It's also more expensive and will require a brake controller in the truck.
Surge brakes are convenient if you tow the same trailer with many trucks, as if you may be a car/truck dealer.
However, has they only work properly when the truck and boat are in a straight line, and the truck is decelerating, not sliding. If you have no truck brakes (failure), you have no trailer brakes.
There are many posts on this topic that you can find with the search tool.
Electric over Hydraulic (EoH) is the best for most boat trailers.
It's also more expensive and will require a brake controller in the truck.
Surge brakes are convenient if you tow the same trailer with many trucks, as if you may be a car/truck dealer.
However, has they only work properly when the truck and boat are in a straight line, and the truck is decelerating, not sliding. If you have no truck brakes (failure), you have no trailer brakes.
There are many posts on this topic that you can find with the search tool.
Thank you for your response it was similar to the site listed above
Jj
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