CF ChatterFix
Line Equipment

Trailer Maintenance

Low-tech, long-lived, and easy to under-maintain because it has no engine to remind anyone it exists. Brakes, tyres, and lighting are where roadside violations come from.

Tracked Components 4
Scheduled PMs 5
Industries Fleet & Vehicle Maintenance

Components To Track

ChatterFix builds these as child assets under trailer, so failure history and PM completions attach to the component that actually failed — not just to the machine.

How Trailer Actually Fails

The failure modes worth designing a maintenance schedule around — in rough order of what they cost when they happen.

  • Brake wear and out-of-adjustment slack adjusters
  • Tyre failure, often unnoticed on inner duals until it destroys a fender
  • Lighting and wiring faults from corrosion at connectors
  • Landing gear damage and seized crank mechanisms
  • Air line chafing and leaks

What To Measure

Recording that a PM was "done" tells you nothing next quarter. These are the readings that let you see a failure coming — and the reason ChatterFix captures measurements against the asset rather than just completions.

  • Lining thickness and pushrod stroke at every wheel
  • Tyre pressure on inner duals — the position most often missed
  • Connector and ground corrosion, the usual cause of lighting faults
  • Air system leak-down rate

Spares Worth Stocking

The parts whose absence turns a short repair into a long outage.

Preventive Maintenance Schedule

The PMs ChatterFix schedules against this equipment, with intervals and time estimates.

Common Questions

What maintenance does trailer need?
ChatterFix schedules 5 routines against this asset: brake inspection & adjustment (quarterly), calibrator & vacuum system service (monthly), emergency lighting & exit sign test (monthly), gearbox oil sample & change (quarterly), quarterly drive & gearbox service (quarterly). The readings that matter most are lining thickness and pushrod stroke at every wheel.
How does trailer usually fail?
The most common modes are: brake wear and out-of-adjustment slack adjusters; tyre failure, often unnoticed on inner duals until it destroys a fender; lighting and wiring faults from corrosion at connectors; landing gear damage and seized crank mechanisms; air line chafing and leaks. Most of these degrade gradually rather than failing outright, which is what makes interval-based inspection worthwhile.
What spare parts should we stock?
Brake shoes and drums, Tyres, Lamps and pigtails, Air lines and glad hands, Landing gear parts. The test is lead time, not cost: stock the part whose absence turns a two-hour repair into a two-week outage, even if it is cheap.
Can I track this in ChatterFix?
Yes. Pick your industry at signup and trailer is created as an asset with its 4 tracked components, with its PM schedule already attached. Technicians then log readings and findings against it by voice rather than typing them in.

Where It Fits

Get Trailer Into A Real CMMS

ChatterFix builds this asset, its components, and its PM schedule automatically when you pick your industry — then your technicians update it by talking, not typing.