Since 1985, when I first started towing a vehicle on an A-frame behind my motorhome, I always had the same fear: if there was an emergency, would I be able to stop in time?
"I feel safe knowing that in an emergency situation I will be able to stop — and should my tow vehicle break away, it will stop and not run into approaching vehicles and endanger other motorists' lives."
When my broker told me that, in an accident while towing my car behind the motorhome, my insurer might find reasons not to pay out on the claim, that was the motivation I needed to actually look for a braking system.
No systems were available in South Africa. I started searching internationally — electric or pneumatic, portable or permanently installed.
After comparing different brake systems, I decided to purchase and import the RVibrake3 — a portable pneumatic breakaway system — from the manufacturers in Colorado, America.
The RVibrake3 is wireless, no cables, and comes complete with a command hub, a 7" tablet with checklist, a leveler, and a breakaway switch and cable.
American states have laws requiring all towed vehicles to be fitted with a brake and breakaway system.
Someone once pointed out we don't live in America. Fair — but we can always learn from the Americans.Installing the RVibrake3 takes 30 seconds. I've done several trips since, including five mountain passes, with no problems. Coming down mountain passes, I can manually brake my tow vehicle when necessary — no more overheated brakes on the motorhome.
After negotiations, Ralph Jackson, Johan Terblanche and I formed a partnership and acquired the sole dealership for RVibrake systems in South Africa. RVibrake systems are already sold in America, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand — and now they're available here too.
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