Gated Truck Entrances: Securing Logistics Facilities & Cargo with Custom, Multi-Tech Security Pedestals

When two truckloads of more than 24,000 bottles – or over $1 million worth – of Guy Fieri’s and Sammy Hagar's Santo Tequila were stolen late last year, it made national headlines. The high-profile heist brought even more attention to a growing security challenge: truck cargo theft.

Trailer hijacking, carrier fraud, freight and cargo theft and other crimes targeting semi trucks and tractor trailers are on the rise. Unfortunately, thieves have gotten smarter. Fortunately, so have the solutions that protect against these crimes.

At distribution centers and warehouses – which are often prime targets for criminals – securing the gate and automating the truck entry process can make all the difference. Here, truck gate pedestals play a critical role in protecting assets and optimizing operations.

For architects and engineers, this means designing entrances with security in mind from the very beginning, considering truck-height pedestals and mounting solutions as part of the facility’s blueprint. And for integrators, it means choosing the right truck access pedestals that provide durability and flexibility to scale and evolve with the facility’s needs over time.

The Foundation of Gated Entrance Security: Pedestals

Effective gate security and truck entrance management starts with infrastructure designed to support it. Truck-specific pedestals are a key part of this equation, serving as the literal foundation for security technologies that scan, track and verify every vehicle, control access and streamline logistics at the entrance.

With multiple mounting surfaces at varying heights, dual-height truck pedestals allow for the integration of virtually any combination of devices and technologies, from RFID and OCR readers to built-in cameras and more. These technologies work together as part of automated systems for managing truck entry, ensuring seamless vehicle access control and improved operational efficiency at high-traffic gates.

Essentially, the truck gate pedestal becomes a security and logistics checkpoint – one that’s vital to protecting the cargo, vehicles and people on-site.

The Case for Customized and Standardized Pedestals

What’s typical at most sites today is an improvised solution for industrial gate automation, with basic fabrication and installation handled locally at each facility.

The result? A patchwork of inconsistent designs that vary from site to site, complicating maintenance and upgrades – not to mention posing logistics and security challenges down the road. This approach can lead to inefficiencies, higher costs and limitations in implementing newer technologies (which means less job security for integrators).

By contrast, we provide you with a proven portfolio of off-the-shelf truck pedestals (10 SKUs), which are growing in popularity and, in many cases, provide the perfect solution for your project. For more complex needs, we also design fully custom truck access pedestals that are durable and tailored to the unique needs of any facility – especially when multiple access control devices need to be mounted on a single post.

Each pedestal is built to spec, ensuring consistent quality and reliability, making them ideal for both single installations and multi-site rollouts. Plus, they’re built to last. Manufactured right here in the U.S. and engineered to withstand the toughest conditions, our truck gate pedestals are durable against vandalism, UV exposure and even Category 5 hurricane-force winds.

These mounting solutions for commercial vehicle entry make gate security and logistics robust and powerful yet seamless and efficient. But they’re not just for trucks; they can accommodate other vehicles with unique height and access requirements, including buses, SUVs and more. 

With purpose-built infrastructure at the gate, you can transform the facility entry into a dependable checkpoint and help ensure that goods get where they need to go…without interference from criminals.