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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
Still thinking about this...  You gotta get the boat my friend!!
I'm thinking your best option would be to convert the surge trailer to electric over hydraulic. It's a little pricey and you'd have to purchase an actuator/reservoir and mount it on the trailer frame, but this would be the safest option. This allows you to have a brake actuator in the vehicle, and when you push the brakes, the system is then activated for the trailer.
Going straight surge leaves the problem of going downhill...there will always be pressure on the brakes, which on a long descent will heat the brakes up and could be catastrophic if the shoes/pads fail completely.
Converting to electric brakes would be a decent plan as well...the only issue being is you'd be using drum brakes rather than disc/rotor which is not as efficient. Not a bad option unless you are looking to dump your boat in salt water... Then...not so good on things...
Steve
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