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Message: [QUOTE="GCncsuHD, post: 614709, member: 10069"] As mentioned, they are surge brakes, you can bolt on electric brakes in place of the hydraulic brakes. I would prefer that method for simplicity, because you will know what you have and the condition. Electric over hydraulic will actually stop a little harder than electric only, but the setup is more expensive then buying new electric brakes, and you may wind up having to replace several of the hydraulic components to get it to work anyhow. I have one surge brake car hauler trailer (ex-uhaul trailer) while I do agree, it isn't as predictable or nice to pull as our electric brake trailers, but the versatility is nice. Not every one of our vehicles has a brake controller, so the ability to hook it to one of those, or lend it to a friend and still have braking is nice. Other than the annoying clunk, I have never had an issue with it, our surge brake system "free backs" meaning when you first reverse, it does lock down the brake, but they release once the wheel rolls backwards like they should. Also, I would check out your braking system closer, the fact that the hookup has been changed to a 7 way, and I'm not sure what the black box on the left is, but it looks sorta like a electric breakaway system, I wonder if it hasn't already been converted to electric? [/QUOTE]

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