Bolt Systems, Hermitage, Tenn., has introduced a unique, low-cost, trailer-oriented fleet management system.

The company made its national debut at the recent Las Vegas gathering of the Truckload Carriers Assn.
Bolt offers a GPS device that attaches to the roof of a van trailer and provides location information over the Aeris Microburst network, the maximum ground-based coverage commercially available. It’s the same footprint as Qualcomm’s new T2 Untethered TrailerTRACS product.
The Bolt device can be equipped with sensors for trailer temperature or a gyroscopic instrument that records driver behavior in fine detail. But here’s where Bolt differs from most such systems. The Bolt device is totally self-contained; it has no connection to the tractor, thus works without any driver input.
Updates from the trailer-mounted device go through Aeris to Bolt where they are integrated with Bolt’s management software and made available to the customer over the Internet. Customers require only a PC or laptop and an Internet connection. According to the Bolt web site at www.boltsystems.com, Bolt’s letters stand for Best OnLine Tracking.
Bolt says their software provides a slew of management tools including operations tracking, driver compensation and fuel tax reporting. The company says their software integrates with most common trucking software and communications systems.
Bolt is run by Robertson Group LLC, a privately held company in the truckload business with 10 trucks in the lower 48. The company also serves as an internet services provider.
Jerry Robertson told Truckinginfo.com that his fleet has been road-testing and using the system for two years and went into actual product three months ago.
For more information, call 888-424-4638 extension 221.