Ron
Moderator Emeritus
We use the Brake Buddy and it behaves as you discribed with your system. As far as after sales support thay are outstanding. I have talked other users that feeel the same way.
You got it in 1 Smoky. I'm not saying there's anything at all "wrong" with the BB, and it has the advantage of being readily portable between toads. But there's just no fuss with the M&G, and nothing to fiddle with if I need to move the toad in a hurry. It's down to personal preference, and there's not much difference in the net price.Smoky said:Am I correct in assuming that even though you tried and liked the Brake Buddy, your first choice would still be the M&G?
Tom said:John
You have Brakemaster and Brakepro mixed up. The BrakePro does not run off coach air - it has its own compressor in a box and plugs into a 12V outlet on the toad, similar to the BrakeBuddy.
Tom said:After re-looking at Roadmaster's web site, I have to agree with Caltex. Since you have to physically attach the Brakemaster air cylinder to to the toad's brake pedal every time you want to use it, I see no significant advantage over using a Brake Buddy.
Smoky said:Does this sound like a good way to go?
Smoky said:Bernie:
It is true that Spartan has a kit for their chassis to link up with the M&G brakes. In fact they insist on it in order to abide by warranty requirements. My Newmar dealer has been working on this and finally got back to me today with a person to call at Spartan. Don't know how much the kit is to cost me. They recommend that an M&G dealer install it and that is exactly what I am going to do.
Without the kit, Spartan says there have been problems of M&G brakes causing all the air in the system to be drained rendering both chassis and toad without brakes. I will know more about the particulars after I call them tomorrow.
Ned said:Tom, When we had a problem with our seat not coming forward, I put a 4x4 between the seat and our Apollo and it worked quite well. I think a piece of 1x4 or 1x6 would work just as well if the seat isn't compatible with the brake unit. Ours isn't a problem so when the seat was fixed, I stopped using the lumber.