Vehicles & axle layouts

The Vehicles area is your fleet register. It stores registration or identifier details, axle layout, wheel configuration, and historical context that flows through into jobs, reports, and customer visibility.

Vehicle detail page

Opening a vehicle shows much more than the list row. The overview tab includes a live wheel map with current tread states, Re-Torque reminders, and tread-forecast alerts when positions are approaching minimum depth. You can review job history, edit axle layout and default tyre sizes, and maintain default wheel-nut torque specifications per axle where your workshop records them.

When enough odometer and tread data exists, the vehicle file also shows tyre cost-per-distance insights based on actual tyre lifecycles — the same kind of thinking that feeds fleet dashboards in the customer portal.

Why accurate vehicle setup matters

Vehicle setup is not just administrative. It directly affects how wheel maps render, how staff interpret position-specific findings, and how reports group information for the customer. If a vehicle’s layout is wrong, the rest of the tyre data becomes harder to trust.

• Creating a vehicle can use lookups or guided suggestions depending on your deployment and regional settings.
• Axle layout codes describe how many axles exist and how tyres are arranged, such as rigid truck layouts, dual-per-side setups, super-single trailers, or heavier multi-row configurations.
• The workshop can maintain reusable layout templates under Settings → Axle layouts so staff are not recreating common configurations from scratch.
• Wheel profiles, common sizes, and reminders help the desk plan ahead for stock, servicing patterns, and follow-up work.

Vehicle records and jobs

Wheel maps on jobs respect the vehicle’s stored layout, so dual wheels, super-single trailers, and heavy-haul row layouts can display correctly. That means the quality of job output depends heavily on getting the vehicle right before the inspection data is reviewed or sent to the customer.

If you discover a layout issue after jobs have already been created, correct the vehicle carefully and review any affected jobs or reports so future work stays consistent.