No run starts without a completed pre-start (DVIR in the US, pre-start in AU), signed and photographed, plus service, tyres, registration and insurance tracked with expiry alerts.
A pre-start (called a DVIR in the US, a pre-start in Australia) is the check a driver does before a run. On paper it gets skipped.
Freighthouse blocks the run from starting until the check is done, signed and photographed, and keeps every record so when an insurer or regulator asks, it is already there. Brakes, tyres, lights, fluids, coupling, the lot, worked through on a phone in the yard, with a signature and photos locked to the vehicle, the driver, the time and the place.
It also tracks the whole fleet: service, tyres, registration and insurance, with alerts before they expire. One place to see what every vehicle needs, and proof that the daily check was done, every day.
The driver works through the pre-start on their phone and the run stays locked until the check is complete.
Every inspection is signed on glass and backed with photos, locked to the vehicle, the driver, the time and the place.
A fault found in the check goes straight to the office and stays tracked until it is fixed, so nothing slips through.
Track service intervals and tyres across every vehicle, so maintenance is planned instead of chased after a breakdown.
Registration and insurance dates are held for every vehicle, with alerts before they expire, so nothing lapses unnoticed.
Every check, defect and expiry sits in one searchable record, so when an insurer or regulator asks, the proof is already there.
The pre-start lands on the driver's phone as a simple list to work through in the yard.
The driver signs the check and adds photos, locked to the vehicle, the time and the place.
Any fault is sent straight to the office and tracked, and a serious defect can stop the run.
Once the check passes, the run begins and the signed, timed record is stored for good.
Proper fleet compliance and maintenance software has always meant a big system and a six-figure build that a small carrier or operator could never justify. Freighthouse ends that. It is month to month, cancel anytime, and most operators are live within a day.
You turn on only what you run: the pre-start on its own, or the whole operation from warehouse picking to delivery. Your data stays yours, on your own private system that no one else, including us, ever sees.
A pre-start is the safety check a driver does before a run: brakes, tyres, lights, fluids, coupling and the rest of the vehicle. In the US it is called a DVIR (Driver Vehicle Inspection Report). In Australia it is usually called a pre-start. Freighthouse turns that check into a digital record captured on a phone, signed and photographed, and stored so it is there when you need it.
In the US, the FMCSA requires drivers to complete a daily driver vehicle inspection report . Requirements vary by country and by vehicle type, so check the rules that apply in your region. Freighthouse gives you a signed, time-stamped, photographed record either way, so you can show the check was done.
When a driver flags a defect during the check, it is sent straight to the office and tracked until it is fixed. Serious defects can stop the run from starting, so an unsafe vehicle does not roll out and nothing gets lost between the yard and the workshop.
Yes. Freighthouse tracks the whole fleet: service intervals, tyres, registration and insurance, with alerts before anything expires. Defects from the daily check feed into the same record, so you can see what each vehicle needs and what it is costing you.
No. You can turn on the pre-start on its own, or add fleet maintenance, or run the whole operation from warehouse picking to delivery. It is month to month, cancel anytime, and most operators are live within a day. Your data stays yours.
A 20-minute demo on real data. If it fits how you work, you're live the same week, for the price of a phone plan, not a software project.