Unlock The Towing Potential of Your Fleet with Elecbrakes .
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What is Elecbrakes ? Elecbrakes is an innovative electric brake controller designed and manufactured in Australia that provides a safe and economical towing solution for fleet operators . Elecbrakes is different to other brake controllers on the market as it has achieved a significant advancement in technology . This innovation presents an amazing opportunity for vehicle fleets everywhere with plug & play capability , user defined braking programs and smooth proportional braking , whilst removing the need to modify the towing vehicle .
Elecbrakes is not installed inside the vehicle like traditional brake controllers , but instead mounts to the trailer itself . In addition , all the complexity of brake controller installation is removed with Elecbrakes . With plug & play capability , anyone can mount and install the unit in under 10 minutes .
This small difference can add up to massive savings . Let ’ s examine a hypothetical scenario .
You work for a business that has a budget for a 100-vehicle fleet and 15 trailers . The trailers comprise a small but significant part of your business operations and each of these trailers has electric brakes on them . Every three years the business rotates out its fleet of vehicles , replacing them with the latest model . [ Text Wrapping Break ]
You thus have a pain point . The ability to safely and legally tow these trailers is limited to those vehicles that have an electric brake controller installed within them . If you want a vehicle to tow , it needs a brake controller installed . Let ’ s say you can equip 15 vehicles with brake controllers and still sit comfortably within your fleet ’ s budget . It might just take some extra logistical planning
to ensure that those vehicles have ready access to those trailers .
Sounds manageable , right ? But let ’ s examine some facts and figures .
The life of a trailer within a fleet is typically going to last far longer than any vehicle . It may be well over 10 years from initial purchase before you think about getting new trailers . In that span of time , you would have rotated to new vehicles in your fleet multiple times .
Keep in mind that normal in-car brake controllers are required to be hard-wired inside a vehicle . So , every time you rotate out a vehicle with a brake controller , you lose that brake controller and have to buy a new one . Meaning that ’ s another 15 brake controllers every time you swap out your fleet . All that time and expense for a grand total of 15 % of your fleet being able to tow .
With Elecbrakes , our brake controller is mounted to the trailer which not only removes the expense and hassle of hard-wired installation – it also provides two key benefits :
1 . The braking capacity of the trailer is now mounted on the trailer . Meaning you no longer require a new brake controller when you acquire a new vehicle .
2 . Trailers can now be towed using Elecbrakes as long as the tow vehicle is capable of towing the trailer by weight .
With Elecbrakes , your fleet ’ s towing capability expands dramatically , allowing more vehicles in your fleet to tow no matter how many times you renew them .
If you ’ d like to learn more about Elecbrakes and how our brake controller can save your fleet time and money , visit our website
www . elecbrakes . com or call 1300 516 248 .
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