Fleet tracking for equipment hire companies, protect assets and streamline delivery logistics

Equipment hire companies face a unique combination of fleet management and asset tracking challenges. Delivery vehicles carry high-value hire equipment to customer sites. The equipment itself then operates at the customer’s location, outside the hire company’s direct supervision. GPS tracking for delivery vehicles and geofencing for equipment locations provides both fleet security and asset visibility.

Delivery and collection verification

Equipment hire companies frequently deal with disputes about delivery times, collection windows, and whether equipment was available for collection at the agreed time. GPS trip history from LockCar LFM provides an objective record of when each delivery vehicle arrived at and departed from each customer site, resolving these disputes with factual data.

For hire companies charging daily rates, GPS arrival and collection data verifies the number of hire days used when customer accounts are in dispute. For companies operating collection-on-demand services, GPS confirmation of driver location enables accurate customer communication about arrival windows.

Equipment asset security

Hire equipment at customer sites is outside the direct control of the hire company. High-value equipment including generators, power washers, access platforms, and specialist tools faces theft risk at every customer location. Fitting GPS trackers to high-value movable equipment provides location visibility and movement alerts regardless of where the equipment is deployed.

LockCar GPS hardware adapted for asset tracking rather than vehicle installation provides the same real-time location and movement alert capabilities applied to individual pieces of hire equipment. Contact LockCar to discuss asset tracking configurations for specific equipment types.

Fleet vehicle security

Hire company delivery vehicles carry both the equipment being delivered and the replacement equipment on the return journey. Relay attack on keyless delivery vans follows the same pattern as any commercial vehicle theft. LockCar’s relay immobiliser and 4G GPS combination protects delivery vehicles from theft while tracking their location continuously throughout the delivery cycle.

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