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How to create a new vehicle
How to create a new vehicle
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Written by Brendan Shaw
Updated over 2 months ago

1. Navigate to https://app.allotrac.io/ and log in to your Allotrac.io site

2. Click the "Manage" tab from the side menu

3. Click the "Vehicles" button from the side menu

4. Click the "ADD VEHICLE" button

5. You will now be looking at the vehicle creation form. Type in this new vehicle's identifier

6. Assign the correct fleet to this new vehicle if you have any fleets in your site

7. Type in the licence plate for this new vehicle

8. Click the "Vehicle Class" field

9. Select the correct vehicle class to assign to this vehicle frpm the drop down

10. Make sure that the "Allow Shifts" toggle is set to "YES" if you wish to use this vehicle for allocation and job completion purposes. If this is set to "NO", this vehicle won't be able to be used in your site as every vehicle must have at least the default shift assigned

11. Click the "Shift Templates" field

12. If you have your customised shifts available, select the shifts that this vehicle will be used in. If not, ensure you select the default shift

13. Type in this new vehicle's "VIN/ Chassis Number"

14. Type in the vehicle's engine number

15. Type in the maximum capacity in Tonnes for the new vehicle

16. Type in the make for the new vehicle

17. Click the "Registration Expiry" field

18. This will prompt the calendar

19. Select the correct registration expiry date from the calendar

20. Type in the current odometer reading or mileage that this new vehicle currently has

The value that you submit here is the number that the driver must first submit when they log into this vehicle for the first time

21. Set the GPS frequency for this vehicle. The GPS frequency indicates how often the device connected to this vehicle sends location updates to the servers

22. Click the "Form" field and attach your prestart checklist form to this new vehicle

23. Type in the amount of axles this new vehicle has

24. Click the "Drag & drop or click to browse" button to upload any relevant documents to this new vehicle

25. Click the "SAVE" button to create this vehicle

You have now created this vehicle within your Allotrac.io site. You will now be able to allocate jobs to this vehicle and it is ready for driver usage

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