A GPS tracker shows where a truck is. PTO tracking shows what it is doing there: when the boom was up, the bed was raised, the plow was down or the pump was running. Below is every kind of truck and equipment we wire into fleet tracking systems across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, in groups. Tap a group's button for the full page.
Fleet installs from $65 per vehicle. Testing a few vehicles first? We do pilot installs too.
PTO stands for power take-off: the drive on a truck's transmission that runs a pump, a boom, a bed or a blower. When the operator switches it on, the equipment works. Equipment monitoring means wiring that signal, or a switch on the equipment itself, into the tracking device, so the platform records every time it runs, with the time and the location.
The same wiring idea covers signals that have nothing to do with a PTO: emergency lights, a stop arm, a door, a liftgate or a seat belt. Each one is a simple on or off wire into the tracker's inputs. On the pictures below, the red circle marks the part that gets monitored. These are illustrations, not photos of customer trucks.
Know when the boom or platform was in the air, not just where the truck was parked.
Lift time and outrigger use on every crane and loader truck.
Proof of every tow and recovery: when the equipment ran, where, and for how long.
Every container dropped, picked up or unloaded, with the address.
Proof of which roads were plowed and treated, and when.
Which streets were swept, striped or treated, and when.
Pump and vacuum hours for billing and service.
Every delivery, with the pump time and the address.
Chipper and loader hours on every job.
Pump and rig hours at each well or site.
Pump, patient and station data for fire and EMS.
Lights, siren and safety signals, on the same map as location.
Stop arm, warning lights and lift use on every route.
Doors, belts and liftgates, logged with every stop.
Every signal is tested with the equipment running before the truck goes back out. Wire colors for the truck side are in our Vehicle Wiring Database.
Every major tracking platform has inputs for PTO and equipment signals, and we wire them all. Need heavy duty trackers for trucks or heavy equipment? Every brand below makes them, so pick yours and we install it.
Common questions
PTO tracking records when a truck's power take-off is engaged, which is when its pump, boom, bed or other equipment is running. The tracking platform shows it with the time and location.
A PTO sensor is the signal that tells the tracker the PTO is on. It can be a wire from the PTO switch or indicator, or a pressure or position switch on the equipment.
Yes, on most platforms. Trackers have inputs for on or off signals, and we wire the equipment to them.
Bucket trucks, crane trucks, tow trucks, roll-offs, dump trucks, garbage trucks, concrete trucks, plows, sweepers, vacuum trucks, tankers, service trucks, fire trucks, buses and more. The groups on this page show them all.
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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