Brake controllers

rback33 · Mar 9, 2007

Z-Michigan said:
We have the Prodigy controller on a Ram 2500 that we use to haul a 3-horse slant gooseneck trailer (4800lbs empty, 9-10,000 lbs fully loaded). It works great and really has no downside that I see. Highly recommended.

Wow. We are almost twins. I don't know the empty weight, but I could have typed all the rest. Wonder if I will end up with a Deere when I buy?

Slamfire · Mar 14, 2007

I tried orderin' one of the Ultimas, after waitnin' a week called back. The woman on the phone said he was makin' 'em as fast as he could. Canceled the order, bought a Prodigy, and haven't looked back.

RichNJKubota · Mar 14, 2007

wushaw said:
Do you have air brakes???
I have never seen hydraulic air assist brakes with only 1/4" movement.

The brakes are operated by hydraulic pressure. The car has a complete hydraulic system that operates steering, transmission, suspension and brakes. It's a Citroen. Some Mercedes and Jaguar have a similiar system.

RollTideRam · Mar 14, 2007

What do you tow with your Citroen?

RichNJKubota · Mar 14, 2007

RollTideRam said:
What do you tow with your Citroen?

I tow a 16' flatbed trailer to deliver small square bales of hay. The car handles it quite well but with 243k miles and the original clutch I'm sure I'll be doing a clutch job soon.
When I need to pull really heavy stuff I borrow the neighbor's 3/4 ton pickup.

GreatWhitehunter · Mar 15, 2007

I ened up going with the prodigy. It should arrive today. I should be super easy to istall. Thanks for all the pro's and con's of each model.

Matt T.

schmism · Mar 15, 2007

nother prodigy user hear

rtrent · Mar 15, 2007

Prodigy for sure. Go to Prodigy Controller

firemanpat2910 · Mar 20, 2007

on the subject of brake controllers, Dose anyone have any experience with the ford factory installed units? I just bought an 07 250 superduty with the built in controller. It looks like it should work fine but thought Id ask.

Bird · Mar 20, 2007

firemanpat2910 said:
on the subject of brake controllers, Dose anyone have any experience with the ford factory installed units? I just bought an 07 250 superduty with the built in controller. It looks like it should work fine but thought Id ask.

No personal experience at all, but I've heard good things and haven't heard any bad things so far. I think Ford really did have a better idea when they did that.