Yes, you can…afford GPS Fleet Tracking, that is.
February 16, 2018 | Posted in Fleet Tracking
Does “misplaced” equipment chip away at your profits? Does your billing department have reports to ensure accurate billing? Do you get text or email alerts when your equipment moves? Notifications when maintenance is due?
No? If you could, would having those answers help increase your income?
Most GPS-based tracking systems cost between $20 and $40 per month per tracker. With some, you pay monthly cellular charges in addition, pay for installation. or are bound to a long-term contract.
SolarTrak offers GPS/telematics trackers specifically for construction and rental fleets for under $10 per month per tracker. Buy or rent. No contract. An amazing price. Here’s what you get:
TRACKING – GPS position, speed, stops and starts
GEOFENCES – create a fence around an area, then get entry and exit alerts
ENGINE-HOURS – Engine starts, stops and run time
BATTERY STATUS – get email or text when battery voltage is low
MAINTENANCE HISTORY – records maintenance and alerts you when it’s due
Catch one customer claiming equipment was broken, then using it for the weekend, and you’ve recouped the cost of the tracker. Find and retrieve one piece of equipment left at a previous customer, and you can rent it again for the cost of the tracker. Record not only when equipment is used, but for how long, and you can adjust its care to add years of use (and income), and you’ve paid for the system.
Yes, you can afford $10 per month per tracker.
Call us at 484-223-4994 to schedule a free, no-obligation demo.
Keep your Fleet Working Longer: Use Maintenance Alerts
January 15, 2018 | Posted in Asset Management
“The easiest problem to solve is one that never happens.”
– Gary Laudenslager, SolarTech Service Crew
The surest way to increase productivity is to take good care of both your men and machines. Rental industry studies show that when equipment is well maintained it lasts longer, is rented more often, and is treated with more respect by your customers.
We know – the daily stress of managing a fleet of construction equipment means that (sometimes) routine preventative maintenance is overlooked. SolarTrak Fleet Management has a clever way to keep it on track – our Maintenance Alerts.
Set up the ideal maintenance routine for your equipment, then SolarTrak will remind you when maintenance is due by text of email. You can use the Maintenance Schedule to plan your repair shop’s day, and use the GPS tracker to quickly locate the equipment.
SolarTrak GPS trackers can save you time, money and aggravation:
- Locate equipment by address/GPS co-ordinates
- Monitor your equipment’s battery, and get alerts when voltage drops
- Record exactly when equipment is operating for billing purposes
Learn how SolarTrak customers are monitoring, managing and tracking their fleets, keeping them operating and making money. See for yourself. Ask for a FREE demo by calling 484-223-4994.
Bad Customer, Stolen Equipment… read how it Ends!
December 19, 2017 | Posted in Fleet Tracking, True Customer Stories
One of our customers in Arkansas really made our day by retelling this tale:
A customer came in and rented a mini-excavator with a trailer for the day. At the end of the day, he called and asked to extend the rental for a week. The rental house said yes, just come in and sign the paperwork and pay for the extension.
No word from the customer. The rental house called, repeatedly, but the phone went unanswered. Luckily, the excavator had a SolarTrak tracker. For days they watched as it moved from site to site.
We’ll let the owner of the rental center continue:
“With the tracker, we were able to go pick it up. We were grateful for that tracker. It was found in a small rural community two hours from our center, in a part of the country I’ve never been to, parked in a lot off the highway.”
“As far as we know, the thief still doesn’t know we reclaimed it.”
Since they have reported the matter to the police and will be recouping the nearly 20 hours he used the equipment in the week it was missing, they’ve asked to remain anonymous. But we are having fun imagining the thief going to his remote hiding spot and discovering it gone.
Just shows that, thanks to SolarTrak, the good guys had the advantage. Not only was a $20,000 piece of equipment recovered, they will also be able to prove when it was used and get the rental fees back.
Discover other benefits to using SolarTrak. Call 484-223-4994 for the sales rep nearest you.