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Log trucks, trailers and the plant behind them

Long hauls on unsealed roads, machinery that rarely sees a highway, and a chain of responsibility that runs from the coupe to the mill.

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Tracked by
Distance or engine hours
Coverage
Past the mobile network
Support
Australian based
ETrack Oyster3 battery tracker

From the coupe to the mill, one chain of responsibility

Long hauls on unsealed roads, machinery that rarely sees a highway, and a duty that follows the load the whole way. Every party in the chain answers for it, and the record is what answers for you.

Explore Chain of Responsibility

The fleet

What goes on each asset

Four kinds of asset in a forestry operation, four different ways of reporting, one platform behind them.

  • Log trucks

    Hardwired Ehubo2 with driver login and fatigue reporting

    Driver Login

    Hardwired

  • Trailers and jinkers

    Battery tracker reporting location with no connection to the towing vehicle

    ETrack Oyster3

    Battery

  • Loaders and processors

    Engine hours and location on machinery that rarely uses a road

    ETrack G70

    Battery

  • Utes

    Business and private running separated automatically for fringe benefits tax

    Fringe benefits tax

    Hardwired

Battery units report on a schedule rather than continuously. Hardwired units need a power source.

Why it helps

Long hauls are the risk

Fatigue is a factor in 20% of fatal crashes in Australia, and being awake for 18 hours has the same effect on reaction time as a blood alcohol level of 0.05%.

Fatigue detection

Drowsiness and distraction detected in cab, with a warning the driver feels before an incident

Drive Buddy Fatigue

Footage both ways

Road facing and driver facing video, so an incident is answered rather than argued about

Clarity Edge Multicam

Coaching, not blame

Behaviour reported per driver, so a conversation starts from data rather than opinion

Driver coaching
Compliance

What you have to prove, and what records it

Five obligations an Australian forestry operation carries, and the record EROAD produces against each.

Australian forestry fleet obligations, what EROAD records against each, and where the record appears
Obligation What the duty asks What EROAD records Where you see it
Chain of Responsibility What the duty asksEvidence that safety duties were met across the transport chain What EROAD recordsSpeed, fatigue, maintenance and subcontractor activity Where you see it Chain of Responsibility MyEROAD reports and vehicle history
Fatigue management What the duty asksShow that shift and rest break rules were followed What EROAD recordsShift and break time per driver, with breaches flagged Where you see it Drive Buddy Fatigue Driver Safety Report
Fuel tax credits What the duty asksSubstantiate off-road running to claim the credit What EROAD recordsOff-road distance per vehicle, plus auxiliary equipment rates set once Where you see it Fuel tax credits FTC report, on an ATO Class Ruling
Vehicle inspections What the duty asksPre-start and periodic checks, recorded and retrievable What EROAD recordsCompleted checklists with photographs, against the asset Where you see it EROAD Inspect EROAD Inspect
Site attendance What the duty asksProve when a vehicle or machine was on a site What EROAD recordsArrival and departure against a geofenced site Where you see it Geo Alerts Geo Alerts and vehicle history
Capabilities

Machinery, hours and coverage

Plant tracked by engine hours rather than distance, and units that keep reporting where the cellular network stops.

Hours, not guesses

Engine hours per machine, so servicing follows real use

Fleet maintenance

Beyond the network

Satellite Communications keeps units reporting outside cellular coverage

Satellite Communications

Pre-start records

Standardised checks completed in cab with photographs, stored against the machine

EROAD Inspect
FAQ

What forestry managers actually ask

EROAD Locate works with most light vehicles and plant equipment using an OBD2 port, and a universal Y harness allows installation behind the dashboard while keeping the diagnostic port accessible. Assets without a port are covered instead by battery trackers such as ETrack Oyster3 and ETrack G70, which need no vehicle power at all.

Yes. EROAD Locate collects ECM and CAN data, so you get engine hours, battery health, faults and maintenance needs, which is what machinery is serviced on rather than distance travelled.

Subcontractor vehicles and plant can be added, bringing all assets onto one platform for visibility and tracking. That also feeds the subcontractor activity a Chain of Responsibility duty asks about.

An Ehubo2 picks up an ETrack Where Tag within 70 metres, and a Where Mini Tag within 25 metres. Metal objects and equipment emitting strong radio frequencies can interfere with the Bluetooth signal or block it entirely.

Driver login is a PIN on the in-cab unit, so time behind the wheel is attributed to a person rather than a registration. Fringe benefits tax reporting is delivered on the Ehubo2 with no additional app and no mobile device management.

Tell us what you run in the bush

Log trucks, trailers, loaders or utes. We will show you what the reporting looks like for that mix.

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