Maintenance for towing companies: keep every truck ready for the next call.

When a wrecker is down, the call goes to the next company on the list. Cargovate keeps the daily checks, the inspections and the repairs for every truck in one record, so a problem is caught in the yard, not on the shoulder.

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The problem

A truck down is a call you can't take

Towing runs on readiness. Winch cables, hooks, hydraulics and brakes wear on every job, and the paperwork usually lives on a clipboard in the cab and in somebody's head. When a defect isn't written down, it isn't fixed; when an inspection date slips, you find out at the roadside.

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What you get

Built around the way towing fleets work

Daily truck checks, on a phone or the yard tablet: Drivers do the pre-trip inspection (DVIR) on their own phone, even with no email address (a username and a PIN), or on a shared yard tablet with their badge: brakes, lights, tires, coupling devices and emergency equipment. A defect is reported with a photo and stays open until the repair is signed off.
Inspections and checks that come due on time: The annual inspection, the hydraulics and the winch cable come due by date; oil and brakes by miles or whichever comes first. You see what is due soon and what is overdue for every truck.
A repair record for every truck: Work orders with parts, labor and who did the work — your own mechanic or an outside garage — and the cost per truck and per mile. Every repair stays on the truck's record.
Your vehicles: Wreckers, rollbacks and flatbeds, service pickups and trailers. Type them as you call them — the import recognises the usual names.

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A starter workbook for towing & recovery

An Excel workbook with the services a towing fleet usually tracks already listed. Change the intervals to your manufacturers' schedules, add your vehicles, save each tab as CSV and import it — or import the spreadsheet you keep today.

Oil and filter change
Annual vehicle inspection (DOT, where it applies)
Boom, wheel-lift and hydraulics check
Winch cable, hooks and chains inspection
Brake inspection

Download the towing workbook (Excel)

Price

Fleet Lite or Fleet, by card, from the first day

Fleet Lite: $49 a month for up to 10 vehicles and equipment, any number of users — start today
Fleet: $249 a month for up to 50, adding tires, warranties, technician assignment, teams and Motive — order Fleet
Annual: Ten months' price for a year, paid up front. Full pricing

Questions

Towing & recovery: common questions

Can my drivers do the pre-trip check without a company email?

Yes. Add the driver with a username, set up their phone once with a QR code, and they sign in with a PIN — no email at all. Or use a shared yard tablet and badges. Either way the check is recorded under their name, and a check made with no signal is saved on the phone and sent when it has signal again.

Does it track the annual DOT inspection?

Yes, as a task that comes due every 365 days for each truck it applies to. The inspection itself is still done by a qualified inspector (49 CFR 396.17); Cargovate keeps the dates and the record.