Generators and specialty equipment

GPS Tracking for Generators & Specialty Equipment

Generators, light towers and compressors are towed to a site, left there for weeks and moved by whoever needs them next. Containers and roll-off dumpsters do not move under their own power at all. They are expensive, easy to hitch up and easy to lose track of. We install GPS trackers on this kind of equipment across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, on battery power or wired to the equipment's own battery.

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Fleet installs from $65 per vehicle. Testing a few vehicles first? We do pilot installs too.

Illustration of job site equipment fitted with a GPS tracker — Illustration, not a customer photo: job site equipment with a GPS tracker.

What equipment can get a GPS tracker?

Towable generators and standby generators on job sites.
Light towers used for night work and events.
Air compressors, welders and pumps, including trash and dewatering pumps.
Storage containers and job site offices.
Roll-off dumpsters, so the hauler knows which can is at which address.
Pressure washers, mixers and other trailer-mounted equipment.

Battery tracker or hardwired: which one?

It depends on whether the equipment has a battery, and how often you need to see it.

Hardwired to the equipment's battery. Generators, light towers, compressors and welders with an engine have a 12-volt battery. A tracker wired to it reports often, and can record run hours from the engine running. We meter and fuse the connection so the tracker does not drain the battery while the machine sits.
Battery-powered trackers. Containers, dumpsters and equipment with no battery get a self-powered tracker that checks in a few times a day and runs for years on its battery. More on these on our asset tracker installation page.

Where does the tracker go on a generator or dumpster?

Out of sight, out of the weather, and where it can still see the sky. On a generator or light tower that usually means inside the enclosure, away from the exhaust and the heat of the engine. On a container or dumpster it means a protected spot on the frame where the forks, chains and loading will not knock it off. A tracker bolted where a thief can see it is the first thing to come off.

What does equipment tracking show the owner?

Where every unit is, so nobody drives to three sites looking for one generator.
Movement alerts when equipment leaves a site it should be on, or moves after hours.
Run hours on engine-driven equipment, for service and for rental billing.
How long each unit sat at each site, which shows what is earning and what is idle.

For machines like skid steers and excavators, see heavy equipment GPS tracking.

Which GPS tracking brands do we install?

Every brand below makes trackers for generators and towable equipment. Need heavy duty trackers for trucks or heavy equipment? Every brand below makes them, so pick yours and we install it.

AzugaZonar Geotab Samsara Motive Verizon ConnectFleet CompleteLytxNetradynePlatform SciencePowerfleetZubieTeletrac NavmanLinxup& many others

Common questions

Questions We Get Asked

Can you put a GPS tracker on a generator?

Yes. Generators with a battery are hardwired, which can also record run hours. Units without one get a battery tracker.

Will a tracker drain the generator's battery?

Not when it is installed right. We fuse the connection and set the tracker up for equipment that sits for weeks.

Can you track roll-off dumpsters and containers?

Yes, with battery trackers that check in a few times a day and last years on their own battery.

Do you get theft alerts on job site equipment?

Yes. The platform alerts when equipment moves after hours or leaves the site it should be on.

Do you install in my state?

We install across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.

Ready to track your equipment?

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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