How ABAX is changing trailer and towed equipment tracking

You probably already know about GPS tracking. You probably even already have it on your vehicles and other bits of kit, like your equipment and trailers. It’s a tried and tested system that brings real value and improvements to how a business works. There is nothing inherently wrong with it, but we are seeing more and more customers choose a different technology for their trailers and towed equipment. Bluetooth tracking.

Why choose Bluetooth for tracking?

Bluetooth trackers are small, completely wireless, boast incredibly long battery lives, and are much more cost-effective than GPS trackers. You can outfit a whole fleet of trailers for a fraction of the cost of traditional GPS setups.

How does Bluetooth trailer tracking work?

1. Create a network 
Bluetooth tags relay their information – a relay point can be a designated hub, a mobile application, or the GPS trackers already installed on your fleet, plant machinery, and existing equipment.

2. Fit the small tracking tags
Attach a tag anywhere on your trailer. Because they are battery-powered, there is no wiring required. It’s a true plug-and-play solution.

3. Each tag pings every 20 seconds
The tag constantly broadcasts its presence - and every time it is picked up by the network, its position is updated. This continuous feedback loop ensures you always have an accurate, real-time picture of your asset availability and utilisation.

4. Any hub can pick up any tag
Here is the clever part: if there’s a hub within 100 meters, it picks up the signal and securely shares the location data to your system. And it’s not just your vehicles and machinery doing the looking. Every hub from every ABAX customer is on the lookout for your tracking tags. The more hubs out there, the better the coverage. We call this the ABAX Global Network.

How does Bluetooth trailer tracking help me?

Bluetooth trailer tracking isn’t just for massive haulage operations. Whether you have a handful of flatbeds for your landscaping business or dozens of specialised trailers for plant hire, it works seamlessly. As long as your trailers are left within 100m of a tagged vehicle, machine, or warehouse, you're covered.

3 reasons Bluetooth trailer tracking can improve your operations:

1. You stop wasting time looking for things
Whether it’s a tipper, a box trailer, or a horsebox - you’ll know exactly where your gear is. No more calling the team to ask who towed it last, and no more driving back to yesterday’s job site just to check if it's still parked there. It’s just… there, exactly where the system says it is.

2. You stop losing things
Trailers are high-value, high-risk targets for theft, and they can easily be forgotten on busy, sprawling sites. When you can see where everything is, fewer assets go missing. And if the worst happens and a trailer is stolen? The ABAX Global Network acts as a massive, invisible search party. You get pinged the moment anyone's ABAX-equipped vehicle drives past your missing trailer.

3. You get more out of what you already own
Got a yard full of trailers but constantly feel like you’re short on the one you need? With visibility over your entire fleet, you’ll know exactly which trailers are out earning money, which are sitting idle on-site, and which are just collecting dust at the depot. Use what you’ve got better, and stop renting or buying extras you don't need.

The trailer tracking process

• Today: Say hi to the team 👉 Get in touch

• Tomorrow: Receive your hubs and Bluetooth trailer trackers

• This week: Attach them to your trailers (it takes seconds!)

• Next week: Enjoy total control and make smarter routing and dispatch decisions

Final thoughts

There are over 350,000 ABAX devices out there working as hubs, and a massive percentage of our daily location updates come directly via the ABAX Global Network. That means someone else’s van could literally be helping you keep tabs on your trailers right now. Cool, right?

Bluetooth tracking is like giving superpowers to your unpowered assets. It brings the kind of visibility we’re used to with vehicles and makes it scalable, wire-free, and affordable for your trailers. And when your vehicles and trailers are all managed in one single platform? Even better.

This isn’t really about the flashy tech. It’s about making life easier, saving time, and helping you get the job done without the headaches.

Come and join the network built for getting things done.