Trailer tracking, explained

YardDog tracks the trailer locations and statuses your team records. It shows assigned yard spots and can store manually entered map locations. It does not automatically detect physical trailer movements.

Spots in your yard

A trailer’s recorded location can be a spot in a yard section, row or dock door. Authorized team members add trailers, move them between spots and update their status and notes as work happens.

When a trailer leaves its spot, moving it to Off Yard keeps its directory record available. The shared yard is only as current as the updates people enter.

Locations on a map

The trailer directory can include a manually recorded location. Search for an address or choose a point on a map to record where a trailer is reported to be. YardDog uses OpenStreetMap services for map views and address searches.

A saved map point is an entered record. It is not a live signal from a GPS device on the trailer, and YardDog does not continuously follow the trailer as it travels.

Shared updates, not GPS

Sharing a saved change with your team is different from detecting a physical movement. YardDog uses shared company records to keep people working from the same information; people still need to record the arrival, move, departure or status change.

If you need automatic location detection, telematics, sensor feeds or a connection to another transport or warehouse system, ask YardDog about your exact requirement before subscribing. Do not assume an integration is available because a location can be shown on a map.

Connection requirements

Use YardDog with a working network connection. The app does not provide an offline cache of yard records for continued editing. If an update does not appear, check the save message and connection, then reopen the spot to review the current record.

If another person changed the yard, review the latest information before repeating an edit. The Support page explains common move and access questions.

History and access

The activity view provides four months of recorded history. This display window does not mean every underlying record is automatically deleted at four months.

Each person signs in with their own account, and their role determines which company records and editing tools they can use. Guest driver check-in submits details to receiving yard staff; it does not grant the driver access to the company’s records.

See the Privacy Policy for data handling and How it works for the full workflow.