# Drivers find their truck or trailer by unit or plate number

Version 1.59.4, released 2026-11-07. Source: https://vektortms.com/releases/driver-equipment-search

> Drivers who assign their own equipment can now search the list of available trucks and trailers in the driver app. Self assign is turned on per driver type.

## What changed

Drivers who assign their own truck or trailer now find it by typing. In the driver app, the list of available trucks and trailers has a search by unit or plate number, so a driver in a big fleet does not scroll through hundreds of units.

## Turn it on

Self assign is set per driver type:
1. Open Settings and go to the driver types.
2. Open a driver type and go to Equipment.
3. Turn on Self Assign Truck, Self Assign Trailer, or both, and save.

![Settings > driver type > Equipment: Self Assign Truck and Self Assign Trailer.](https://storage.googleapis.com/vektor-public-storage/changelog/e9745ff1-2b1d-43db-9716-6ec067452526.png "Settings > driver type > Equipment: Self Assign Truck and Self Assign Trailer.")

When it is off, the driver can't assign a truck or trailer and doesn't see the list of available ones.

## What the driver does

![In the driver app: search by unit or plate number.](https://storage.googleapis.com/vektor-public-storage/changelog/94095fda-23e7-4d04-a082-e84835447e68.png "In the driver app: search by unit or plate number.")

1. On Home or Account, tap Assign equipment on the truck or trailer card.
2. Pick the Truck or Trailer tab and type the unit or plate number.
3. Tap the unit and confirm with Assign.

## Good to know

- Keep unit numbers and plate numbers filled in Fleet: that is what drivers search by.
- Drivers need the driver app on iPhone, version 1.11.6 or later.