Trailer fleet management: simplify asset monitoring

Fleet management focuses almost exclusively on powered vehicles: trucks, vans and company cars. Yet construction, logistics and landscaping businesses can lose substantial amounts through poor management of their trailer fleet and other non-powered assets.

The challenge of the missing trailer on site

Searches for Webfleet trailer location and tracking reflect real frustration. A trailer may be detached at a site, lent to another team or temporarily left at a remote warehouse. Without an engine or constant power supply, it is hard to know where it is when needed.

Traditional fleet management systems often offer an unsuitable answer:

• Expensive standalone trackers: battery-powered GPS devices are costly to buy and need regular battery replacement.
• Punitive pricing: a full monthly subscription for a simple trailer, often at the same price as a truck used every day, makes little financial sense for an asset that may sit idle for three months.

How can trailer fleet management be improved?

Optimising and tracking trailers requires a different approach from managing vans. Start by centralising the inventory and maintenance schedules, including tyres, axles and lights. Rather than adding complex tools, rigorous monitoring means making drivers accountable through simple, immediate assignment processes that show at a glance who is responsible for each asset.

Reported software tracking: a practical alternative

To protect cash flow, the most effective approach for SMEs is to treat trailers as full assets within a straightforward software environment.

The Tuloss Fleet driver web interface lets drivers view missions and submit mileage readings, receipts or incidents. An internet connection is required to send data. Offline mode and local synchronisation are not available.

Specialised tracking of trailers, their locations and couplings remains a possible future development; it is not an available Tuloss Fleet feature.

Pricing that reflects asset value

Tuloss Fleet offers monthly or annual subscriptions according to the selected plan and currency. Modules and quotas depend on the displayed plan. Credit- or token-based billing is not available.

The cost depends on the subscribed plan, including when vehicles are inactive. Review the displayed prices and quotas before subscribing.