Best type of breakers, surge or electrical for a trailer
 

What are the best type of breaks for a trailer? Surge or electrical

Thanks

Jj

http://www.boatingworld.com/traileri...-capabilities/.

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.

There are many posts on this topic that you can find with the search tool.

My opinion: others will vary :whistle:
Best overall: electric over hydraulic (that is if your unable to get air)

Fresh Water: electric
Salt water: surge

Thank you for the info, it was very informative

Thank you again

Jj

Yes I meant brakes. Sorry for the type o, I grammar check does it a lot to me

Thank you for your response it was similar to the site listed above

Jj

Surge brakes will be fine for a 24 Outlaw being towed with half ton truck.

brakes
 

When I called my marina and asked them to order me a new venture trailer. He ordered me one with surge brakes. I should of done a little investigating on my own before hand. I thought the marina would order me a trailer that fit my needs, money was not an issue. I don't trailer far. I live 2 miles from the lake and I keep the boat in my yard. I make 1 or 2 trips a year to my mechanic a hour a way to get winterized and any other work that may need to be done. But on a good year only one trip. Thank you for your insight. Pulling it with my 2013 f150, I don't even know the boat is back there. My truck is rated to pull 10500 pds, so I am well below that. Thank you for your opinion.

jj