Thinking about buying or renting a trailer with surge brakes for towing it, and some off road tires, etc.
Thanks for your comments guys. E
Forget the surge brakes. Spend the money for an electric controller. Surge brakes are murder in the mountains. Coming down, the trailer is riding the brakes all the time. Maintenance on them is considerably more difficult, too, because of the hydraulics.
They're used extensively on boat trailers because of the water problems, but non-corrosive electric brakes are become more available.
DOT regulations say that the driver must be able to set the trailer brakes independently of the brake pedal so technically, they're illegal. However, the law is generally ignored as you can see from the millions of Uhaul and boat trailers on the road.
