Trailer Tracking
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Following each trailer's location, the truck head pulling it and its load, with a full history of head changes.
What is trailer tracking in fleet management?
A trailer is an asset separate from the tractor unit: it changes heads several times a week and may sit for days in a customer's yard. Trailer tracking answers where it is, which head pulls it and what it carries.
In Safee, a trailer is linked to a head manually, through the API, or by automatic trailer identification on coupling and uncoupling, including from the ID its weight sensor sends, so each trailer keeps a history of the heads that pulled it, its path and its load weight.
How it works
- 1Trailer defined in the platform
- 2Coupling logged manually or automatically
- 3Trailer shown with its head in reports
Why does trailer tracking matter in fleet management?
A trailer lost in a distant yard means an empty truck and a late contract. Knowing which head pulled which trailer is essential for charging costs and violations correctly and for keeping weight readings right when heads change.
What you gain
- Every trailer found at a glance
- Costs charged to the right head
- Correct weights after head changes
How does Safee help with trailer tracking?
Safee's Trailer Explorer shows each trailer with the head coupled to it now, or the last one that pulled it, plus its recent path and load weight. Nobody loses a day hunting for a trailer left at a customer, and costs and violations land on the right head and driver.
A field example
A cold-chain haulier in Jeddah with 60 trailers and 35 heads was losing a full day a week searching for trailers left at customers. It switched to automatic trailer identification, so supervisors could see every trailer and its last head. Search time dropped to minutes, and weekly trips per trailer rose from 3 to 4.
Frequently asked questions
Does a trailer need its own tracker?
Not always. It can be linked to the head's device through coupling events or the weight sensor, but a separate tracker is needed to locate it while uncoupled.
How is trailer tracking different from truck tracking?
Truck tracking follows the tractor unit; trailer tracking follows an asset that is coupled to different heads, keeping its coupling and load history.
Want to put this to work in your fleet?
Talk to a Safee fleet expert about your vehicles and how you operate, and we will suggest what fits.
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