A service truck air compressor runs tools, fills tires and powers equipment on job sites, and it is serviced by its own hours, not the truck's miles. We wire the compressor into the GPS tracker so every hour of use is counted and every job site is on record, for service, utility and tire fleets across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
Truck mounted air compressors come in a few types. Some are driven by a PTO from the truck transmission, either directly or through a hydraulic pump and motor. Some run from the truck's hydraulic system shared with a crane. Others have their own small gas or diesel engine and run independently of the truck. Rotary screw compressors are common on larger service trucks, and reciprocating compressors on lighter ones.
The signal we monitor depends on the type: the PTO engaged signal, the hydraulic system, or the compressor engine's run circuit.
Truck side wire colors are in our Vehicle Wiring Database.
Compressors need oil, filter and separator service on an hour schedule, and those hours pile up while the truck sits still on a job. Fleets that service by truck miles fall behind. Tracked compressor hours put every truck on the right schedule from one screen.
It also cleans up idle reports. Service trucks often run the engine to drive the compressor, and a plain tracker calls all of that idle time. With the compressor signal wired in, real work and real waste are separated, and drivers are not blamed for running the equipment they were sent to use.
Mechanic and field service fleets, tire service trucks, utility and telecom crews, construction contractors and rental companies. Other service body equipment, like generators and welders, is covered on our service truck tracking page.
This is one of the work truck and equipment applications we wire into GPS trackers. See all of them on our PTO and equipment monitoring page, and find wire colors for your truck in our Vehicle Wiring Database.
We wire PTO monitoring into trackers from all of these brands. Need heavy duty trackers for trucks or heavy equipment? Every brand below makes them, so pick yours and we install it.
Common questions
Yes. With the PTO, hydraulic or compressor engine run signal wired in, the platform counts compressor hours separately from truck hours.
Yes. Many platforms can alert when the PTO is engaged above a set speed.
Yes. We take the run signal from the compressor engine instead of the truck.
We install across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
We install across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, at your yard, on your schedule. Call or text 803-513-1009.
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