Re: [VAL] Tekonsha Brake Controllers...

["Rick Kunath" <k9ao@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Along those same lines, is that switch really very
>
>practical? My controller(and the one on my previous
>truck) is placed low enough that if I needed to slide
>the switch I would have to disconnect my seat belt.
>The last thing I would choose to do if my trailer went
>squirrely on me. Should I move it?
>  
>
Yep.

Time may come when the full application of the trailer brakes and a 
gentle acceleration by the tow vehicle may be the only thing standing 
between you and a jackknife or rollover.

You have to decide if the chance is worth taking, or the situation is 
likely to ever occur.

(I can reach mine. And it has, on ice.)

I sure wish the brake controller makers would offer optional remotely 
mountable panic switches. BrakeSmart was considering it once upon a 
time, but I never heard any more about it. Theirs was supposed to be a 
proportional button, but I never saw one in production.

Rick Kunath
WBCCI #3060