Tow Vehicles

The Vehicle Configuration area allows you to add descriptions of vehicles owned and used at your property to your inventory. This includes Tow Vehicles, which are considered to be any vehicles that your property owns that may be used for towing (the load being anything that can be pulled) purposes such as trucks or tractors, for hauling or transporting equipment. This category works hand in hand with the Towed Vehicle category (which may be include any wheeled vehicle or transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a large by a truck or tractor).

Note: Tow vehicles is a separate category in Skyware to RV types, which allows you to enter any RV type vehicles which you may have for rental purposes.

 

 

Quick Menu

Quick Menu with Manager's Screen option selected

Select Manager's Screen to be taken to the Manager's Commands screen.

Manager's Commands Menu

Select Configuration to be taken to the Property and System Configuration menu screen.

Manager's Commands Menu with Configuration option selected

Alternately, you may also be able to select Configuration directly from the Quick Menu, if the menu has been set up to include the Configuration option.

This will take you to The Property System Configuration Menu.

Property and System Configuraion Menu

The list of property configuration options are divided into four sections, which are Required Configuration, Optional Configuration, Locales/Dates and Sub-Systems.

Select Vehicles => from the Sub-Systems section.

Sub-Systems section of the Property and System Configuration menu with Vehicles => command selected

This will take you to the Vehicle Configuration menu screen.

Vehicles Configuration Menu

Select Tow Vehicle from the Vehicles Menu 1 section of the Vehicle Configuration menu.

Vehicles Menu 1 section of Vehicle Configuration menu with Tow Vehicles command selected

 

The Tow Vehicle screen display is split into two frames, with the left side of the screen listing any already configured Tow Vehicles for the property and the right side containing the fields you need to complete in order to add or edit a Tow Vehicle for your property. Any changes made on the right, once saved, will be updated in the listings to the left.

Tow Vehicle Maintenance Screen example

The currently configured options can be displayed by:

Order: List order, a numeric ordering. If there is no list order number, the Tow Vehicles will be displayed alphabetically.

Code: The entered code for the Tow Vehicle.

Name: The description of the Tow Vehicle.

 

Selecting any Tow Vehicle on the left will display the details on the right.

Your options include the following:

Generate a new entry:

Click the New Generate New Entry button button from the toolbar to add a new Tow Vehicle.

Complete the fields described below.

OR:

Select an existing Tow Vehicle from the list on the left, and click the Replicate Replicate Current Entry button button from the toolbar. Then change the field information as described below.

Edit the current selection:

Change the field information described below.

Vehicle screen right side detail for editing purposes

Vehicle Code: Enter the code for the Tow Vehicle, to indicate how the vehicle record is stored within the system.

This field is required.

List Order: Enter the desired List Order for this Tow Vehicle. If there is no list order number, the Tow Vehicle will be displayed alphabetically.

This field is optional.

Vehicle Description: This is the description of the Tow Vehicle. You should enter the full description here.

This field is required.

 

When you are finished adding or editing any Tow Vehicles, click the Save Save button button to save the changes.

To view any changes made, click the Activity log Activity Log button button in the local tool bar.

 

Date Updated May 03, 2022