Canadian Rental Company Embraces Fleet Tracking for 7,000 Trailers

Trailcon, one of the largest trailer and intermodal equipment rental and leasing companies in Canada, is going high tech to track its fleet.

The requirements are big, as the company has a fleet of more than 7,000 units consisting of dry vans, refrigerated and heated trailers, intermodal containers, chassis, and storage trailers. Trailcon offers short-term rentals and long-term leases of its equipment to a variety of industries.

To streamline operations, Trailcon is implementing Digi’s advanced, technology-supported solution to fulfill its main objective of providing top service to its customers, which includes many of Canada’s largest for-hire carriers, private fleets and major grocery and retail chains, with a high-performing, reliable fleet of equipment. The selection of SafeTemps allows Trailcon to offer benefits from improved maintenance procedures based on precise distance and usage tracking – features that also guarantee accurate invoicing and increased efficiency for customers.

Additionally, Trailcon customers can opt to access SafeTemps’ real-time, in-transit GPS and temperature tracking capabilities via separate arrangement with Digi. In addition to tracking the location of shipments, Digi SafeTemps measures air temperature in the trailer to give Trailcon customers interested in this service a view of their inventory’s status and, in the case of perishable goods, insight into the safety of their products.

According to Mike Krell, vice president of sales and marketing for Trailcon Leasing, “With Digi SafeTemps’ GPS and measurement capabilities we’re able to expand our abilities to conduct preventative maintenance to maximize the effectiveness of our fleet, improve invoicing accuracy, and assure customer inventory integrity.”

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