Backhoe loaders are the do-everything machine for utility contractors, municipal public works and water departments, and small excavating companies. They dig, load and drive themselves down the road between jobs. We install GPS trackers and telematics gateways on backhoes of every brand across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, on site where they work.
Backhoes have long been one of the most stolen machines in construction. National Equipment Register theft reports have ranked them near the top for years, and one theft report from a tracking company pointed out that backhoes look much alike and many share a common key. That makes a stolen backhoe easy to take and hard to identify once it is gone, which is why a hidden tracker with after-hours alerts matters on this machine more than most.
Backhoes also travel. Unlike most heavy equipment, they are often driven on public roads between nearby jobs. A tracker shows where each machine went, how fast it was driven and how long it took, along with engine hours for service and billing.
Utility contractors and water and sewer departments use backhoes for line repairs, often on emergency calls where knowing which machine is closest saves time. Municipal public works departments keep them for streets, drainage and cemetery work. Excavating and landscaping companies use them as their main digging machine.
For municipalities and utilities, tracked hours and locations also back up work orders and show exactly when and where each machine worked.
A backhoe has a loader on the front, a digging arm on the back and an operator seat that swivels between the two. Most of the electrical system and the battery sit near the cab or engine, and the cab is the protected place to work.
We hide the tracker behind a cab panel or under a cover with a view of the sky, away from engine heat, hydraulic lines and the swing of the seat and controls. On cabs with steel roofs we use an external antenna. Hidden mounting matters on a machine thieves target: if the tracker is easy to find, it is easy to remove.
Wire colors and pinouts are in our Vehicle Wiring Database.
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We install trackers on every kind of machine on a job site. See heavy equipment GPS tracking for the full list, or go straight to a machine: skid steers · dozers · excavators · wheel loaders · cranes.
Pinouts, port locations and wire colors are in our Vehicle Wiring Database.
Need heavy duty trackers for your equipment? Every brand below makes them, so pick yours and we install it on your machines.
Common questions
Yes. We install on city, county and utility fleets, working around their schedules so machines stay available for calls.
Yes. GPS trackers report speed whenever the machine is moving, so owners can see how backhoes are driven between jobs.
Yes, across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
Only if its constant power is connected before the disconnect switch. We talk that through with the owner, because it decides whether overnight theft alerts work.
Every major brand, including Geotab, Samsara, Motive, Verizon Connect, Azuga and Zonar. Pick the platform your fleet uses and we install it on your machines.
We install across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, on site where the machines work. Call or text 803-513-1009.
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