How to add a trailer

How to add a trailer

Details required:    VIN, Current Registration

Please follow these steps to add a trailer to your Unavin account:
1. Select Trailers in the main menu on the left.

2. In the Trailers sub-menu select “Owned




3. Press “Add“ button in the top right corner of the screen.



4. Fill in all of the trailer details in the pop-up window and click Save button to save details.



5. Once you have entered VIN, Axle Count and Registration Charge Code (see Where to find Charge Codes), system will process these details and prefill Trailer Type. Please select Trailer Body Type and Axle Groups configuration to complete mandatory details. Click Save button to save details.

Note: Axle group configuration is required for a number of validations and compliance routines that Unavin performs, e.g. Mass Compliance. Options are available based on the Axle Count and Registration Charge Code.


6. Please enter Fleet Number for the trailer.



7. Fill more details in other tabs on Trailer profile page: Build, Axles and Wheels, and Masses.



Note: Road Friendly Suspension (RFS): A suspension system certified as a road friendly suspension systems by the Vehicle Safety Standards Branch of the Commonwealth Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development in accordance with VSB11.

 Load Sharing Suspension: an Axle Group suspension system that utilises hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical or other means to effect substantially equal sharing, by all the ground contact surfaces of the Axle Group, of the total load carried by the Axle Group and has effective damping characteristics on all Axles of the Axle Group.


8. Press Save button in the bottom right corner to save Trailer details, and the trailer will be added to your assets list.



9. On the next step system will ask you to put in Trailer registration details. System will prefill some of the fields from the Trailer Profile page.



10. Press Add button in the bottom right corner of the pop-up to complete this step.


11. Make sure to add Registration details, if that step has been skipped, and select Responsible Users.

12. Press “Add Registration“ button in the top right corner of the Registration tab.




13. Press “Edit Responsible Users“ button in the top right corner of the Responsible Users tab.



Once selected Responsible Users press “Save“ button.




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