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Originally Posted by Bnbl

Well about four years ago I was going thru the same questions about brakes for my Wrangler. Back then it seemed that many of the choices were inserting some module in the floor pan to push the brake pedal along with its "input controls to make it happen".
At the time those systems cost around $900-1500 dollars. Add a towbar and brake light solution to that and it became a real money pit.
Came across a product called Readybrake which is a surge brake system. I have had many boat trailers with that concept so I understood how they worked. At the time Readybrake was about half price or better of anything else on the market. The short story is it mechanically pulls your brake pedal as you brake. Before you choose any system browse thru their web site (google readybrake) and see if it makes sense to you.
(Towed about 30K miles including Alaska, Florida, Gulf Coast, Arizona, Utah basing out of Minnesota.)

Depending on toad, ready brake seems a good option. The folks who installed my base plate refused to install the ready brake on my Elantra for fear of fouling the steering. Worth checking, I think.