I just went through what you're working on. I have an 2006 Itasca Meridian 39k which I'd guess is pretty much the same as your Journey.
What made it a simple task was the fellow I found on ebay that made the pigtail that you'll need to connect the trailer plug behind the steering column of your mh to whatever brake controller you choose to install. Here is the ebay description that I ordered the pigtail:
Freightliner XCM RV brake harness Winnebago Newmar pigtail wiring, listed by a fellow
named ericselz. Eric was fantastic to work with, I told him what brake controller I was installing and he wired the pigtail so that the wire colors where the same as my controller so splicing was a piece of cake. I originally called Freightliner for the pigtail, they wanted around $250, Eric charged $38.50 and it worked first time.
I don't think I'd worry about which brake controller just go with whatever you feel comfortable, I had a ten year old one from an earlier truck and it works fine.
Heres the steps I took:
1. Get your brake controller
2. Get the pigtail from Eric
3. Splice the pigtail to the controller
4. Find the labeled "brake controller" plug behind the dash and plug in to pigtail
5. Mount the brake controller somewhere around the dash per the controller's directions
6. That's it. the Meridian already had the wiring to the electrical socket in the rear of the MH.
MH connector is connected to plug on pigtail, pigtail wires spliced to the controller wires.
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