Commercial trailer tracking systems

There are many reasons why fleet managers should track their trailers. First, knowing the location of your trailers can help inform trip routing, ensuring the closest available trailers are being sent to jobs.

With ORBCOMM fleet trailer tracking, fleet managers can identify trailers left and forgotten in customer yards. Locating these underutilized assets through trailer tracking and getting them back into rotation can help improve asset utilization and paints a clearer picture of procurement needs by showing fleets their true trailer count.

With cargo theft being such an industry concern, an ORBCOMM GPS trailer tracking system can play a pivotal role in preventing—and potentially recovering—stolen assets and cargo. Trailer location data can also help fleet managers verify pickups and drop-offs and ensure unauthorized routes aren’t being taken. ORBCOMM trailer tracking can alert users based on motion detection so that trailers sitting in the yard can also be monitored around the clock. Lastly, through trailer tracking, fleet managers can get a glimpse into the time that trailers spend at a customer’s destination for pickup and drop-off.

When you install an ORBCOMM telematics device into a trailer, it collects location data and sends—or reports—the data to the cloud via the connectivity type of your choice—often cellular. From there, fleet managers can view that data to remotely track their trailers on the ORBCOMM platform using virtually any device.

Trailer trackers provide valuable location data that can help fleet managers pinpoint how much each trailer has been used over time. With this information, repair crews can better determine the needs of each individual asset and triage the work accordingly.

Using GPS for trailer tracking, fleets can identify which trailers they’re using the most and which they’re using the least. This is important for asset utilization, as it can uncover trailers that need to be added to the rotation more often.

Battery life typically depends on the device type, and standard batteries need to be manually replaced or recharged regularly. That’s why ORBCOMM’s GPS trailer tracking devices use solar power, so once they’re installed, you don’t need to touch them again.

Our solar-powered batteries, fully charged when shipped, hold their charge for six months, allowing for storage before installation. Once installed, the batteries recharge even in indirect light, and can deliver uninterrupted messages even on overcast days. Powered by solar panels equipped with the latest technology, the batteries are designed to never lose their charge and be used throughout the asset’s lifetime.