Stop Trailer Loss and Cargo Claims: A Practical Playbook Using Trailer GPS and a Dash Cam With GPS
Trailer theft and cargo claims are two problems that can drain time, money, and trust faster than most fleet owners expect. When a trailer disappears, the immediate loss is obvious. What often hurts just as much is the ripple effect. Missed deliveries, downtime while you source replacements, customer disputes, insurance delays, and internal confusion about who last had the unit. Cargo claims create a different kind of damage. Even when the freight is fine, disagreements about arrival times, route choices, harsh braking, or “we never received it” scenarios can turn into expensive back-and-forth. A practical way to reduce both risks is to treat visibility and proof as two separate needs that work best together. Visibility is knowing where assets are and when they move. Proof is having credible context when something goes wrong. That’s where a layered setup that combines trailer gps with a dash cam with gps can help. Many fleets also use gps trackers on powered vehicles so the who...