Vehicles can be used to track company and/or driver vehicles or to group drivers together. A vehicle can be associated with multiple drivers, however, a driver can only be associated with only one vehicle at a time.
Quick Tip: If you do not need to keep track of the vehicle type of your drivers you can use Vehicles as a generic class or type for drivers.
Go to Maintenance > Vehicles.
Field | Description |
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ID | Unique numerical ID. |
Vehicle Description | Description or name of the vehicle |
Vehicle Class | Classification of the vehicle. |
How to Add a New Vehicle
Go to Maintenance > Vehicles.
Click the New button in the toolbar.
Alternate steps:
Click the arrow next to the New button, or press the N key.
Click Vehicle.
How to Edit a Vehicle
Go to Maintenance > Vehicles.
Double-click the parcel you would like to edit.
How to Delete a Vehicle
Go to Maintenance > Vehicle.
Double-click the vehicle you would like to delete.
Click the Delete button at the bottom of the form.
Vehicle Form
Field Name | Description |
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Vehicle | |
ID | Unique numerical ID. Once the ID is set when creating a new depot, it cannot be edited. |
Class | The classification of the vehicle. The associated icon used for the vehicle on the Dispatch Board.
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Description | The description of the vehicle that will be displayed on the driver record and Dispatch Board. |
VIN | The Vehicle Identification Number of the vehicle. |
Min Weight | The minimum weight that the vehicle should be assigned to carry. This field is for reference only. |
Max Weight | The maximum weight that the vehicle should be assigned to carry. This field is for reference only. |
Length | Length used to calculate the dimensional weight of the vehicle. Entered and edited in the Dimensional Weight Calculator by clicking . |
Width | Width used to calculate the dimensional weight of the vehicle. Entered and edited in the Dimensional Weight Calculator by clicking . |
Height | Height used to calculate the dimensional weight of the vehicle. Entered and edited in the Dimensional Weight Calculator by clicking . |
Max Dim Wgt | Auto populated by clicking .Updating the Length, Width, Height values here will also update the values in the vehicle record. The Denominator must be manually entered and varies based on in your dimensions are in inches or centimeters and shipping methods. The standard divisor for inches and pounds is 166 for domestic and 139 for international. The standard divisor for centimeters and kilograms it is 6000 for domestic and 5000 for international. Dimensional Weight cannot be more than 32,767.
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Capacity | The passenger capacity of the vehicle. This field is for reference only. |
Parking | The parking information for the vehicle. This field is for reference only. |
Relative Speed | The relative speed of the vehicle. This can be useful if the driver is not sending back GPS Updates which report the current speed of the vehicle and is used when calculating the driver ranking. See Driver Ranking Configuration. |
Vehicle Owner | Who owns the vehicle:
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License | |
State | License and registration information for the vehicle. The Expires date will be used with the Enforce Critical Dates in the Dispatch tab of Global Options. |
Plate # | |
Registration | |
Expires | |
Insurance | |
Company | Insurance information for the vehicle. The Expires date will be used with the Enforce Critical Dates in the Dispatch tab of Global Options. |
Agent | |
Phone | |
Policy | |
Expires | |
User Data | |
User Data 1 | Reference fields you can use to store any additional data on the vehicle. The User Data fields can be customized in the Dispatch tab of Global Options. See How to Set Up User Data Fields for Vehicle Records. |
User Data 2 | |
User Data 3 | |
User Data 4 |