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By James Neely

Now that warmer weather is here in the upper states, the heavy equipment will soon be rolling out in order to complete major and minor infrastructure improvements and repairs. With the deployment of your equipment comes the added need to fight back against theft of this equipment. How many times has the loss of equipment thrown the targeted completion dates off by significant amounts? The answer is ‘too many times.’

This is why a GPS Tracking system is a ‘must.’ Data tells us that only 10% of stolen equipment is ever recovered of the more than 70 pieces that is taken every day. Constant monitoring by one of these systems is no longer a luxury, it is now mandatory and equipment tracking via GPS technology is the solution. With these systems you can track the location of your equipment with pinpoint accuracy.

And, unfortunately, with the amount of cases that are on the desks of most police agencies, stolen equipment often falls to the bottom of the stack. Unless there is a method of tracking the whereabouts of an item instantly, it might never be recovered. Now that 10% lack of recovery makes a huge dent on your project, does it not?

Keep Track Instantly. Being able to watch in real time the activities of your equipment is a valuable tool for any agency or business. Not only can you know the exact location, but you can also track usage by hours or miles to supplement your preventive maintenance program. These two benefits alone make these GPS Tracking systems worth the cost, but there is more.

Insurance Costs Drop. You will benefit from lower premiums since the insurance company’s potential losses are cut with the use of these devices. Having one of these devices on every piece of equipment in the world would make the insurance industry very happy. This would cause the black market on which this equipment is sold to vanish very quickly resulting in fewer losses overall. It is good for both the owners and insurance companies as well.

What is more important than being able to keep a close watch on your equipment which resides mainly out of doors? You will be able to maintain a carefree and smoothly running operation all season long. And, at the end of the construction season, your garages will be full of the equipment that you took out when it began. Smart decisions like a GPS Tracking system make this possible. Do it – you will be glad you did.