# Heavy Equipment GPS Tracking for Machines, Trailers, Trucks > Heavy equipment GPS tracking: a wired tracker for powered machines ($139), solar trackers for trailers (from $189), battery units for what sits (from $89). Canonical: https://gpsleaders.com/construction-tracking Construction & Heavy Equipment ## Know where the iron is. Before Monday morning. Pick the tracker by what powers the asset: wired for equipment with an engine, solar for trailers, battery for anything that sits, plug-in or hardwired for the trucks. The device is charged once; the service is monthly. Pick by what powers it [Talk to a GPS Expert](https://gpsleaders.com/talk) - Equipment · trailers · trucks · unpowered assets - Engine hours, tow alerts, jobsite arrival and departure - Devices from $69 Equipment tracker · 12 V and 24 V ![GPS Leaders heavy equipment tracker](https://gpsleaders.com/shop/heavy-equipment.png) Start here ### Pick by what powers it. It has an engine Skid steers, excavators, generators — anything with 12 V or 24 V power. Engine hours and a tow alert. The equipment tracker It’s a trailer that moves No power to tap, and on the road every week. The sun keeps it charged; it can watch the doors. The solar trackers It sits, with no power Containers, attachments, the trailer parked for the season. Years on one battery, and a recovery mode when it goes missing. The battery units It’s a truck or a van Pickups, service trucks, crew vans. Plug-in or hardwired: who took which truck to which site. The fleet units Powered equipment and trailers ### It runs, or it rolls. Track it live. One tracker wires to the machine and reads its hours. The other two ride on a trailer and charge from the sun. Powered equipment · 12 V and 24 V #### Ruggedized Asset & Equipment Tracker $139 the device, charged once + $14.99/mo service per unit, a separate line billed on the 1st Wired to the machine’s own power. It reports while the equipment runs, sleeps when it doesn’t, and tells you if it moves with the ignition off. - GPS updates every 10 minutes while running - Engine hours and mileage, with maintenance scheduled on either - Tow alert if it moves with the ignition off; power-disconnect and low-battery alerts - Jobsite arrival and departure tracking Qty Trailers · solar powered #### Solar-Powered Trailer Tracker $189 the device, charged once + $14.99/mo service per unit, a separate line billed on the 1st Mount it on the trailer and the sun keeps it charged. No connection to the trailer’s power. - 1-minute tracking while moving; an update every 4 hours parked - Up to 4 months on the backup battery without sunlight, at 12 reports a day - Motion activated: it wakes when the trailer moves - Jobsite and customer-location arrival and departure Qty Trailers · solar, with door monitoring #### Solar-Powered Trailer Tracker with Extended I/O $219 the device, charged once + $14.99/mo service per unit, a separate line billed on the 1st The same solar tracker with extended I/O: with the harness and the door switch, it reports when the trailer doors open or close. - Everything the solar tracker does - Door open and close monitoring with the I/O harness ($20) and the door switch ($35) Qty On the equipment tracker and the solar trackers ### What the service puts on the record. Engine hours, not guesses The equipment tracker logs engine hours and mileage, and schedules maintenance on either one. Tow and power alerts Moved with the ignition off, or external power pulled: you hear when it happens, not when the crew notices. Jobsite arrival and departure Equipment and trailers, on and off each site, with the times on the record. History, reports, users Six months of map history, two years of reports, unlimited users on the web platform, your own icons and photos. No power of its own ### It sits. It still answers. No wiring, no charging, no installer. A battery unit checks in on its own for years, and switches to a recovery mode when something goes missing. No power of its own · up to 3 years #### 3-Year Battery-Powered GPS Tracker $89 the device, charged once + $8/mo service per unit, a separate line billed on the 1st Ultra-compact and self-powered: no wiring, no charging. Mount it, or tuck it out of sight. - Up to 3 years of battery life; two locations a day, or 5-minute reporting while it moves - A recovery mode for a missing asset: every 5 minutes until you have it back - IP67: dust-tight, and rated for immersion to 1 m for 30 minutes - Multi-carrier coverage in the U.S., Canada and Mexico Qty No power of its own · 5+ years #### 5+ Year Extended-Life Battery-Powered GPS Tracker $99 the device, charged once + $8/mo service per unit, a separate line billed on the 1st For trailers, containers and equipment that sit unattended for long stretches. $10 more than the 3-year unit. - 5+ years of battery life, depending on configuration (9,000 mAh) - Four GPS locations a day; a recovery mode that reports every 5 minutes - IP67, ruggedized; remote device management - Multi-carrier LTE coverage in the U.S., Canada and Mexico Qty #### Important battery information These are long-life, disposable battery-powered GPS trackers. The internal battery is not rechargeable or replaceable. Once the battery reaches the end of its service life, the device should be properly disposed of or recycled, and a new tracking device will need to be purchased. That is the low-cost entry point: no wiring, charging, or battery replacement during the expected service life of the device. The trucks ### The pickups and the crew vans. Where they went, and when. The same two units as our fleet page, pointed at a jobsite. [The full fleet page](https://gpsleaders.com/fleet-tracking) Pickups and crew vans · plug-in #### Fleet Tracking — OBD2 Plug-In $69 the device, charged once + $15.98/mo service per vehicle, a separate line billed on the 1st Plugs into the OBD2 port under the dash: a one-minute install, no tools. - Reports every minute, plus every turn - Engine codes and check-engine alerts - Moves between trucks: unplug, replug Qty Service trucks · hardwired #### Fleet Tracking — Hardwire $69 the device, charged once + $15.98/mo service per vehicle, a separate line billed on the 1st Installed behind the dash on the vehicle’s power, antennas inside the case. For the trucks you’re keeping. - Reports every minute, plus every turn - Out of sight behind the dash - Stores 2,000 points outside coverage, forwards them on reconnect Qty Accessories ### The small parts, priced. A magnet bracket for each battery unit, and the two parts that turn the I/O solar tracker into a door monitor. | Part | Fits | Price | Buy | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mounting Bracket with Magnet — 3-Year Battery Units | The 3-year battery-powered tracker | $10 | | | Mounting Bracket with Magnet — 5-Year Battery Units | The 5+ year battery-powered tracker | $10 | | | I/O Harness for the Solar Trailer Tracker | The solar tracker with extended I/O | $20 | | | Trailer Door Switch | The solar tracker with extended I/O, with the I/O harness | $35 | | Questions before you order? Shipping $14.98, free on orders over $300 · most orders ship same day · US only · Tax at checkout. The monthly service is a separate line item; it is not charged in checkout. The equipment tracker, the solar trackers and the fleet units carry a 3-year device warranty. For the trucks that carry the crew ### AI dash cameras: video, GPS and driver safety in one device. Road-facing, or road and driver-facing, with GPS tracking and cellular built in — no separate tracker needed. [See the AI dash cameras](https://gpsleaders.com/ai-dash-cameras) Before you buy ### The questions contractors actually ask. Straight answers. Where the honest answer is "ask a GPS Expert," it says so. [Talk to a GPS Expert](https://gpsleaders.com/talk) ### Which tracker goes on what? Pick by what powers the asset: an engine, the equipment tracker; a trailer that moves, a solar tracker; something that sits with no power, a battery unit; a truck or a van, a plug-in or hardwired fleet unit. Most contractors end up with two or three kinds; a GPS Expert will sort a mixed yard with you in twenty minutes. ### How is the monthly service billed? The store charges the device only. The monthly service is a separate line item, stated on each card, in the cart, and again at checkout, before you pay. On the fleet units it is $15.98 a month per vehicle, billed on the 1st of each month, with no contract. ### What happens when a battery tracker’s battery runs out? The battery-powered units are long-life and disposable: the internal battery is not rechargeable or replaceable. At the end of its service life the unit is recycled and a new one is purchased. That is what keeps the device price low, with no wiring, charging or battery swaps along the way. ### 3-year or 5+ year? The 3-year unit is ultra-compact and reports two locations a day, with 5-minute reporting while it moves as an option. The 5+ year unit carries a 9,000 mAh battery, reports four locations a day, and adds remote device management, for $10 more. Battery life on both depends on configuration and on how often the unit reports; time in recovery mode shortens it. ### Is there a warranty? The equipment tracker, the solar trackers and the fleet units carry a three-year device warranty. On the battery-powered units the warranty covers a defective device: they are disposable, so a unit whose battery is spent — including one left in recovery mode until it dies — is replaced rather than claimed. ### These units are sold cheaper for buy-here-pay-here. Why? Same hardware, two different tracking platforms. The construction units are set up on the construction platform and carry the monthly service on this page; the buy-here-pay-here units are set up on a separate platform built for lenders, with prepaid service instead. You are welcome to buy both — it is two platforms, not one. ### Do you install? The battery units and the solar trackers mount without wiring, and the plug-in unit takes a minute. The hardwired fleet unit goes behind the dash on the vehicle’s power: any installer. The equipment tracker wires to the machine’s 12 V or 24 V power — three wires, power, ground and ignition, so any installer can do it; optional install and trip charges are quoted. ### Bring the equipment list. A GPS Expert brings the plan. Twenty minutes, no pressure. Bring what you own, what moves, what sits, and the thing that went missing last year. [Talk to a GPS Expert](https://gpsleaders.com/talk) [(855) 432-6423](tel:+18554326423)