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    Posted: 24 May 2013 at 8:05pm
Originally posted by CharlieM

Yes and your RPOD has electric brakes. The harnesses I've seen included with trucks do not have plugs on both ends.They end in separate wires intended for splicing into existing cables. Too much hassle. You can buy (about $10) a short cable made especially for the controller and your truck.




With modern trucks.. the adapter you get has a plug on one end that plugs into the truck (provided connector under dash).. the splicing is to match up to the controllers wires to the trucks plug.
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Posts: 267 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 May 2013 at 8:23pm
Amazon, PPL, Adventure RV, and Camping World are good online sites to order from. PPL and Adventure often have good sale prices, but watch for their shipping charges. Amazon is usually about as good pricewise and with most items over $25 will not charge you for shipping. Also, if you don't live in Amazon's home region states (unlike me) you may for now dodge taxes, too. Camping World is usually only competitive pricewise during their sales.
 
P/S Your Titan should do a fantastic job towing your Pod, but welcome as a new member of the poor mileage club.
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Your dealer should be able to help you with the brake controller. It is not hard to put in but if you are not comfortable with that they whould be able to help out. When I purchased mine the dealer offered to throw one in to sweeten the deal but I already had one. I guess thats to late for you now. 
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Posts: 75 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2013 at 5:33am
Well after the sweet deal I got on our unit I am sure the dealer would not have thrown one in. The dealer has a shipment of new 2014's coming in and for our 2013 P-177 we paid only $14,700. After looking at other dealers in VA and five other states the cheapest I could find the same unit was $20,000. I did find one for $16,500 but WI was a bit to far for us right now to drive to get it.
Thank you all for the info. HA HA HA, member of the poor mileage club that's funny, but not so much when one starts to think about it.
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 May 2013 at 11:21pm
The dirty secret of the RV market is usually dealers can knock off about 1/3 the price of the "sticker" - and still make money. 
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I always knew there is a mark up on vehicles but this sort of mark up on the RV's seems a bit high. But still, we feel it was a pretty good deal considering what I found out there.
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Hi

I'm a real newbie. Just bought a 2009
172. Heading north to Maine from Fla.
What extra things do I need?
I'm doing the electric brakes.
I have a 2004 Hyundai Santa-Fe.
What more do I need?
Would greatly appreciate your input.
Thanks so much
Chaser
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Outbound,
What kind/brand of friction sway bar did you install?...Where did you purchase it?  We are going to get one in the next week or two.
Thanks!
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Hi folks -

Sorry, but I can't really help you.
I don't know the brand.
I got it at a trailer hitch place in Ocala, Fl.
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Sorry....that wasn't meant for you. Was addressing "Outbound" who mentioned his sway bat. Thx
David & Carol
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