Everything You Need to Know for Safe Towing with Your Camper or Caravan
If your camper trailer or off-road caravan has an ATM (Aggregate Trailer Mass) over 750kg, Australian law requires an Electronic Brake Controller. This system ensures your caravan brakes when your vehicle does — improving safety, control, and stopping power.
🧰 A brake controller sends a signal from your vehicle to the caravan’s brakes — helping them work together when you slow down.
📌 Key Benefits:
Improved braking performance
Reduced wear on your vehicle brakes
Greater safety in emergency stops and steep terrain
🔧 Installed inside your vehicle’s dash
🔄 Permanently connected to your caravan plug
✅ Great for frequent towing
🧲 Mounted directly on the trailer
📱 Controlled via remote or smartphone app
🛠️ Quick DIY install, great for shared or fleet towing
📍 Hardwired, Dash-Mounted Control Dial
🇦🇺 Australian Made, Trusted Nationwide
✔️ Proportional & user-controlled modes
✔️ Clean, integrated dash look
✔️ Perfect for regular or heavy-duty towing
🔧 Professional install recommended – Installation Options available at some SCT Dealerships
🚚 Mounted on the Caravan’s Drawbar
📱 Controlled via App or Remote
✔️ Plug-and-play – no vehicle modification
✔️ Ideal for multiple tow vehicles or rentals
✔️ DIY install in minutes
✔️ Fully legal and compliant
SCT can delivery your new Camper or Caravan with the Elecbrake Pre-Installed and ready to go – contact your Sales Team Member to include this on your new build.
| Feature | REDARC Tow-Pro Elite | Elecbrakes |
|---|---|---|
| Install Type | Hardwired into vehicle | Mounted on trailer |
| Control | Dash-mounted dial | Smartphone / Remote |
| Ideal For | Frequent, long-distance towing | Casual or multi-vehicle use |
| Installation | Auto electrician required | DIY-friendly |
| Legal Compliance | ✅ | ✅ |
The Irdium camper has lived up to all our expectations, we have just completed our first 3 week sojourn doing some off grid and some on grid camping, I highly recommend this camper to whoever wants comfort and practicability, it has towed like a dream.
Very professional from start right the way through . Before and after service is brilliant. Love our Deluxe II camper extremely happy thanks to all staff at signature .
We brought a elite X camper trailer. Love the camper trailer has heaps of storage. Would highly recommend Signature Camper Trailers. As there service is A1.
Great variety of campers on display. Love the Hybrid caravan/camper. Staff really helpful and not pushy.
A big thanks to the boys in the workshop they were professional but more than that really nice guys they took their time and explains everything to me once again thank you.
Placed the order in May, expecting 12 month wait. Picked up 7 months later and its everything we hoped for. The hand over from Greg was great and gave me all the information I needed. Looking forward to hitting the road and giving it a good test. Thanks Signature.
Great showroom and very friendly and helpful service by Greg, Mark and team. I am much looking forward to taking our new Signature Elite Forward Fold to its virgin camping trip!
Great showroom, with all options on display. One can explore and ask questions. Definitely worth visiting if you’re in the market for a camper trailer. Friendly, knowledgeable staff. The Iridium 13 just won most affordable camper trailer of the year 2022.
My wife and I just picked up our 2023 signature elite x from the guys at thornleigh. The whole process was fantastic. Cooper and the rest of the team there are 2nd to none for their customer service! Very knowledgeable about all aspects of the camper. Would highly recommend! Best campers around!
We’ve built our trailers from experience both travelling and extensive R&D of our products. By only using named brand components and accessories, we are building our Camper Trailers to last and provide trouble free travelling.
Signature Camper Trailers has worked very closely with brands like Toughdog, Lovells and Dobinson to ensure our trailers suspension is up to the task of combating the Australian outback and New Zealand off-road tracks. We have tweaked many of the parts in the swing arms, shocks, grease points, and more.
We noticed that many camper trailers currently available are not built to last. We started Signature Camper Trailers to buck that trend. We decided to offer a locally assembled great quality camper trailer product built for Australian and New Zealand’s tough conditions.
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