My friend and driver always bragged on how great Brechbill Trailer Sales was, how great the prices, personal customer service was. I run a fleet of Hotshot Trucks and Gooseneck Trailers, and I am the creator and admin of Hotshot-USA Resource network, www.Hotshot-USA.com. I manage a large network for our industry. Recently I was in a bind. I had converted my elec Drum Brakes to Elec over Hydraulic disk. After a couple years I needed rotors, pads, and they were manufactured by DeeMax components. My trailer guys were unable and back ordered on parts, my trailer repair couldn't find them. I called and looked furiously for them . When I did finally find them, they were $300 more than Brechbill. I remembered that my driver had mentioned that I give them a call. I did, talked to Justin and others there, Great service, They found, quoted and overnighted my parts straight to my shop. I was so impressed with them that I am adding them to my Hotshot Connections and told my friends in the business to contact them for all their parts. When I find a business like this that can help my trailers and my members, I get excited. I look forward to a long relationship with them. I honestly believe that you can not find a better source for all your trailer needs. Don't get jacked by high mark ups on parts. Just because we are in need, no need to take advantage of us, Buy with confidence. 100% REAL TALK!
Man, I found this nasty smudged fingerprint inside the display – seems to be a common complaint. I even had to sort out the messy insides of this thing while trying to clean that print off. Ended up fixing a few dodgy solder areas and picked out some plastic junk that reminded me of a kid’s toy. But you know what, apart from that (haha), it’s actually a pretty decent device and does its job well. I really dig the features, but they seriously need to get a team who actually cares about putting it together. It’s super obvious there’s a big, fat zero effort in quality checks and finishing touches!
So, we got this new tandem 6×12 trailer (Wells Cargo) and of course, we had to get a brake controller for our Dodge Dakota to tow it. I poked around in all the reviews just like you are now and settled on the Tekonsha P3 (90195). Putting it in was a breeze. It comes with two kinds of brackets; a plastic one that’s easy to take off if you need the controller for another vehicle, and the normal metal kind. I stuck with the metal one since I’m only towing with the Dakota, and the plastic one looked a bit iffy. It seemed like it might not be able to hold the controller securely if I knocked it or went over a bump. I bought a separate wire bundle cable to connect the Dakota to the Tekonsha 90195 P3, but you might be able to grab the controller and cable together and save a buck or two.
As a newbie to brake controllers, I didn’t know much about setting it up. The manual was okay, but I found some videos online that explained it better… not that it’s super complicated or anything. You can find these videos easily by doing a quick internet search (like “how to install Tekonsha 90195 P3 controller in 20XX Dodge Dakota”) or hop over to the Tekonsha website and punch in your model number. This little device is solidly built and it’s been doing great, even after about 250 miles. I’m really happy with it, definitely a great buy!
This product is awesome! It’s great quality and I’d definitely recommend it if you’re looking to control the brakes on a 24-foot enclosed trailer using a Mercedes GL. My buddy and I both drive GLs – one’s a 2013 GL350 and the other’s a 2016 GL450. They both came with the factory-installed 550 trailer package.
So, we got these Mercedes plugs for just 15 bucks each, which fit right into the existing factory harness that came with the 550 package. Then we hooked up the generic plug and wires that came with the Tekonsha kit to the green plug we got from Mercedes, using wiring diagrams from both companies to make sure we matched up all the wires correctly.
We installed the Tekonsha bracket that lets you easily take off the brake controller (kind of like a radar detector) right under the dashboard near where you pull the hood open. It needed some reinforcement, so we took off the panel and added a metal plate on the back. The hood latch was a bit tricky to detach, but we managed.
In the end, we’re both really happy with how it turned out and the money we saved compared to other options. We only spent 130 bucks compared to over 400!
I’ve yet to tow anything with this new setup, so I’ll share more about that when I do. Hooking it up was a breeze though. My ’08 Dodge Ram 1500 already had the wiring in, which made fitting it just a simple plug in and go. I put it on the left side of the steering wheel, and it doesn’t get in my way at all. So far, it’s looking good.