2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - Trailer Brake Controller Choices- Video

Hey everyone, Ryan here at etrailer. Today, we're gonna be taking a look at some of our best trailer brake controller options for your 2016 Chevy Silverado 1500. When it comes to picking out a trailer brake controller, there's just so many different options out there on the market. You know, things can kind of get confusing or overwhelming, and so, our main goal today was to simplify that decision making process, right And so I have a handful of trailer brake controllers laid out that we've personally had really good experience with and really positive feedback from a lot of other people and ones that are just generally a good fit for a vehicle like the Silverado. So hopefully, you know, this can be a good starting point at the very least to help you figure out a good setup for your truck. So with that said, I have three categories I guess you could say, if you will. more

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4/29/2024 11:53:16 AM

Curt Echo In-Line Wireless Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

What's up, everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. We're gonna be checking out the CURT Echo. We're be installing it on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. What's nice about this is it plugs in line with your existing seven pole, so it's out of sight, out of mind. Let's check it out. The CURT Echo's controlled by this app on your phone, so the box underneath has bluetooth, so that's what connects to your phone and you can make the adjustments in the app. more

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11/21/2022 1:25:15 PM

Redarc Tow-Pro Liberty Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Hey, guys. Kevin here at etrailer. And today, I'm gonna be showing you how to install the REDARC Tow-Pro Liberty brake controller here on our 2016 Chevy Silverado 1500. So if you recently bought a dump trailer, utility trailer, or maybe you got a new camper and then you found out that your trailer and camper had brakes on it, you're gonna need to be able to actuate that with your tow vehicle. If your tow vehicle did not come with a factory brake controller and you're looking to install one but you just don't wanna deal with a big, bulky machine that most brake controllers are, then the REDARC Liberty is going to be the one for you. As you can see right here, we have it already installed. more

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7/18/2022 11:28:36 AM

Redarc Tow-Pro Elite Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Ryan: Hey everybody, Ryan here at etrailer. Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're going to be taking a look and showing you how to install the Redarc Tow-Pro Elite trailer brake controller. We're going to be installing this in conjunction with the Redarc Plug-and-Play wiring adapter harness. So right off the bat, I will say, I am a really big fan of the Redarc Tow-Pro Elite, and that's really due to the size of it. And it's very small, and with this model, compared to some of the older versions, they made it even smaller. So it's really going to give us a ton of options on where and how we want to mount this up. more

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1/8/2021 10:57:12 AM

Tekonsha PowerTrac Electronic Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 we're going to be installing Tekonsha's PowerTrac Electronic Brake Controller. And with this we'll be using Tekonsha's plug in wiring adapter. This is an entry level time delay trailer brake controller. It's going to provide a trailer brake signal, back to the trailer brakes on your trailer to allow them to stop. There is an adjustment knob here that will you to allow you to adjust how harsh the brakes apply and you can see that here on the LED display if you push over the manual slider. You'll see with the manual slider all the way over if I have it fully down, it's red which is the most apply and if I back it off, we go from orange to green, which is minimal to no apply.The manual slider can also be used for a few scenarios. more

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3/7/2019 10:37:54 AM

Draw-Tite Activator Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're going to be installing Draw-Tite's Activator Trailer Brake Controller and we'll be using the plug-in wiring adaptor along with it. This time delayed brake controller is going to be great if you need an entry level brake controller for your trailer. It has a manual slider that allows you to manually apply the brakes. This can be useful if you're sitting on a hill and you want to keep your trailer stalled, for testing purposes, and also to help bring your trailer back straight if it starts to sway going down the road.There's an output slider located here on top that varies the output intensity of your brake controller. You can also tell that based on the LED's illumination, it gets brighter with more output. On the left side towards the back, there's a sync slider. more

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3/7/2019 10:37:34 AM

Tekonsha Prodigy P2 Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today in our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're going to be installing Tekonsha Prodigy P2 Trailer Brake Controller.With Tekonsha's plug-wiring adaptor.This is a proportional trailer brake controller that works up to four axles. What's really nice about it being proportional is that the harder you brake here in the vehicle, the inertia sensor inside the brake controller's gonna detect that and appropriately apply the brakes on your trailer behind you to insure that it's stopping the same as your vehicle.The output for the trailer brakes can be adjusted here. So if you need to fine-tune it for your specific trailer, you can do that.There's a boost button located on the top on the right. And this is for the various boost settings that are available. There's off, one, two, and three.Boost setting one is for when you have a trailer that's slightly less than the weight of your vehicle.Boost two is for when you have a trailer that's weighs roughly the same as your vehicle.And boost three is for when you have a trailer weighs more than your vehicle.That will help adjust that inertia sensor readout to help apply the brakes appropriate for that trailer weight.We begin our installation by plugging in our wiring adapter. You'll need to access the fuse panel and the lower left kick panel on the driver's side. more

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3/7/2019 10:37:15 AM

Tekonsha Prodigy P3 Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're going to be installing the conscious prodigy P3 trailer brake controller. With this we'll be using to conscious plugin wiring adapter. This is a premium trailer brake controller. It's going to allow you to proportionally apply the brakes on your trailer depending on how quickly you're stopping here in the vehicle. It uses an inertia sensor inside so the harder you stop inside the inner sensor detects it and applies the brakes appropriately to match that on your trailer. Your output can be adjusted here on the left and you can select through various boost settings with the button on the top right. more

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3/7/2019 10:32:46 AM

Draw-Tite I-Command Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're going to be installing Draw-Tite's I-Command Trailer Brake Controller, and with this, we'll be using the Plug-In Wiring Adapter.This is an entry-level proportional trailer brake controller, and what that means is that there's an inertia sensor inside. So when you hit your brakes in the vehicle, that inertia sensor's going to detect the vehicle stopping and proportionally apply the brakes on your trailer to help mimic that stopping motion. There are adjustments on top. The left is your gain, which adjusts the maximum output to your brakes. The higher the voltage here, the harder your brakes are going to be applied.The boost setting here on the right has four settings from off to boost 1, 2, and 3. Boost 1 is for when you have a trailer that is slightly less than the weight of your vehicle. more

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3/6/2019 4:02:46 PM

Tekonsha Voyager Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're gonna be installing Tekonsha's Voyager trailer brake controller and with this, we'll be using Tekonsha's plug in wiring adapter. This trailer brake controller is gonna be good for up to four axles and offers proportional braking. What this means is that there's an inertia sensor inside that will detect how quickly you're stopping in your tow vehicle to properly apply the brakes on your trailer behind it to match your tow vehicle. The sensor inside must be leveled. There's a level adjustment knob located here on the left and that adjusts your sensor so that way the inertia sensor is applying the brakes appropriately. The knob on the other side here is our power output. more

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3/6/2019 3:57:44 PM

Draw-Tite Activator IV Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're going to be installing Draw-Tite's Activator IV trailer brake controller. With this we'll be using the plug-in, wiring adaptor. This trailer brake controller is a time delay brake controller. It's going to provide braking at your trailer based on the settings that you've preset here on our controller. You've to two different settings that you can adjust. You have your gain and your sync. more

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3/6/2019 3:57:35 PM

Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500- Video

Today on our 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're going to take a look at, and also show you how to install, the Tekonsha Primus IQ Proportional Trailer Brake Controller. This is going to work for 1, up to 3, axles. Its part number is TK90160. We're also going to using the Tekonsha Plug-In Wiring Adapter for the Electric Brake Controllers, part number 3016. The button on top is going to allow us to change what's called the boost mode. This is going to be the quickness and aggressiveness in which our brakes are applied. When we have a smaller trailer in relation to our truck, we'll probably have our boost mode here where it's no boost at all. more

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11/18/2016 11:10:30 AM

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