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05-10-2014, 06:24 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
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We looked at one and love it but dealer told us that we needed a brake controller
Do we really need it to even bring it home or can we get her home and then get it before we travel?
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05-10-2014, 06:33 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,330
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We looked at one and love it but dealer told us that we needed a brake contro...
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Originally Posted by ie2special
Do we really need it to even bring it home or can we get her home and then get it before we travel?
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Looked at one what? What is you're tow vehicle ? How far home from dealer? What kind of terrain ? Flat , hilly, interstate ,or back roads?
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05-10-2014, 06:34 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
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R-pod..4500 tow capability, lincoln MKT
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05-10-2014, 06:37 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Waynesville
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You don't need one if you hire a Transport Co. to (Haul It) to your home! Otherwise you need your (Brakes Hooked Up)!  Youroo!! 
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05-10-2014, 06:37 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Mount Juliet, TN
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If you have a vehicle with the 7 pin plug on the rear, adding a brake controller is a snap. Most manufactures make a plug in harness. You just hook the wires on the controller to the harness and plug it in under the dash. 10 - 15 minutes maximum.
If you do not have the factory 7-pin plug, it is a little trickier but not that hard to do.
For safety sake, get the controller.
In a panic situation you will be glad you did. I know you are just planning to travel from the dealer to home, but you never know what will pop-up along the way.
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05-10-2014, 06:37 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Feb 2013
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Oh heck, you should be fine! But the break control is a good thing to have,I am not sure , but you may also need to have a. 5 or 7 pin connector installed also.
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05-10-2014, 06:41 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Mount Juliet, TN
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I see you have an MKT, Ford is the best for the plug in harness. They use to put one in the glove box. Our MKT does not have the tow package, so I cannot tell you if there is one in the glove box or not. All our Ford trucks have had the harness in the glove box.
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05-10-2014, 06:53 AM
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Incheon, S. Korea
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Incheon, South Korea
Posts: 1,142
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An R-pod? You can pull that home without a brake controller. But I'd just get one before you go and pick it up.
Stupid question-does the R-Pod have brakes? Some trailers don't have them. Don't ask me why...
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2012 Coachmen Clipper 126 - Don't even have a TV anymore.
I don't know when we'll be able to go camping again... 
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05-10-2014, 06:55 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Eastern Ontario
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If the r-pod has electric brakes and is required by your state law because of weight, then brake controller would be required to tow it legally.
http://www.brakebuddy.com/Towing-Laws
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05-10-2014, 11:16 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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Originally Posted by fonzie
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EXACTLY!
because the Rpod has electric brakes, it's generally required by law to have a brake controller in order for them to operate.
same thing with having a battery hooked up on the trailer, so there's power to the emergency breakaway switch, in case the trailer separates for the TV.
 to your dealer for being honest and straightforward!
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05-10-2014, 02:23 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Four Corners, FL
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Worst case scenario- you only have a 4-pin connector and need the whole setup, it should run you $300 or so to have it installed by a trailer shop.
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05-10-2014, 09:43 PM
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Incheon, S. Korea
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Incheon, South Korea
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikendan
EXACTLY!
because the Rpod has electric brakes, it's generally required by law to have a brake controller in order for them to operate.
same thing with having a battery hooked up on the trailer, so there's power to the emergency breakaway switch, in case the trailer separates for the TV.
to your dealer for being honest and straightforward! |
It must be nice to live in a country where they actually enforce the law. Sigh... (sarcasm font!)
@ie2special - So when do we get to see a picture of your new R-Pod? 
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Me, Julie, Lil' Barry, Faith, and OSD Fang
2012 Coachmen Clipper 126 - Don't even have a TV anymore.
I don't know when we'll be able to go camping again...
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05-10-2014, 09:44 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 15
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We are still on the fence. I want a motorhome instead. We are weighing options.
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05-10-2014, 09:53 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2013
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Might be able to talk the dealer into throwing one in. We did. Sure it was the cheapest one they sell but if it comes down to a $90 brake controller to push a $25000 sale, they might do it.
Gotta be willing to walk if they don't though.
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06-14-2014, 08:29 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Longmont, CO
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All R-Pod models have a 12V electric brake on each wheel, plus a breakaway cable that sets them to full ON if the trailer comes loose.
Buy an electric brake controller (e.g., Prodigy II) from your 'Pod dealer and ask him to install it as part of the deal. He probably will. Mine did.
If you can afford a Lincoln and an R-Pod don't cheep out on a $200 brake controller.
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06-15-2014, 12:25 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PapaSmurf
If you have a vehicle with the 7 pin plug on the rear, adding a brake controller is a snap. Most manufactures make a plug in harness. You just hook the wires on the controller to the harness and plug it in under the dash. 10 - 15 minutes maximum.
If you do not have the factory 7-pin plug, it is a little trickier but not that hard to do.
For safety sake, get the controller.
In a panic situation you will be glad you did. I know you are just planning to travel from the dealer to home, but you never know what will pop-up along the way.
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Ditto on getting the brake controller.
My sister's Yukon didn't have the 7-pin plug so I took it to U-Haul to install it which didn't cost much at all. The dealer installed the brake controller which didn't take long.
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06-20-2014, 03:06 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Western KY
Posts: 139
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CO_PILOT
All R-Pod models have a 12V electric brake on each wheel, plus a breakaway cable that sets them to full ON if the trailer comes loose.
Buy an electric brake controller (e.g., Prodigy II) from your 'Pod dealer and ask him to install it as part of the deal. He probably will. Mine did.
If you can afford a Lincoln and an R-Pod don't cheep out on a $200 brake controller.
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Exactly....all the money you save not getting a brake controller will not start to cover what you could lose if you need to stop fast.
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