Retaining wall contractors have a heavy load to carry many days. Whether you are moving earth, moving rocks, or simply carrying equipment from one jobsite to the next, you might find that GPS fleet tracking can help you take a financial load off your business’s expenses. These are just a few ways retaining wall contractors, such as yourself, can benefit from GPS fleet tracking.

Identify Most Efficient Driving Routes

Believe it or not, the shortest route is not always the most efficient. It could involve an excessive number of traffic lights, frequent traffic jams and accidents, dangerous intersections, or even hills that will force your vehicles to work harder.

In cases such as these, the longer route may actually be more fuel efficient and cost-effective for your business. GPS fleet tracking systems can help you determine which is the best according to your business needs.

Improve Retaining Wall Equipment Tracking

Some retaining wall equipment, such as skid loaders and earth movers are costly, but frequently necessary, to replace. It may be that retaining wall equipment  gets left behind on job sites, ends up on the wrong vehicles – headed to job sites in opposite direction, goes home on belt loops, or in employee vehicles inadvertently, or is stolen.

Regardless, the costs of constantly replacing certain pieces of equipment can add up quickly. GPS tracking on your tools and equipment, like concrete saws with diamond blades, transit/site levels, plate compactors, and powered assets can save your business a great deal over the course of a year.

Increase Employee Accountability

The other benefit of GPS tracking is that it holds your employees accountable for their actions on the clock. This includes things like their driving behavior in company vehicles. Things like speeding, swerving, hard braking, and other aggressive driving acts are recorded and can be printed out in monthly reports. Even better, you can set up alerts that notify you of behaviors just like that – along with deviations from assigned routes, excessive idling, and spending more than the projected time on a job site.

This encourages drivers to stay on task and on target throughout the day, keeps your employees and drivers safer behind the wheels, and discourages them from taking care of personal business on your time and dime. It also happens to save your business money and helps to increase profits.

At first glance, these might not seem like big changes for your business. But when you sit down and add up the costs and savings you will see that it can be a game changer – especially when you consider things like lower insurance rates, fewer accidents, fewer traffic citations, and lower labor costs.

If you own or operate a retaining wall company, give us a call here at LiveView GPS to learn how GPS tracking can help with your fleet and equipment.   1-888-544-0494 / General Inquiries: info@liveviewgps.com or Contact Our Sales Team – Sales Contact Form

As a business, your assets are the literal lifeblood of your business. It is important to protect them for the sake of your business and its long-term success. GPS tracking allows you to keep tabs on your trailers and so much more. These are just a few benefits you can enjoy from using GPS tracking on your trailers.

Track Assets to Determine Theft

You can use GPS tracking to notify you if trailers are moved during times when they should be stationary or if they move outside of certain geographic boundaries that you establish. If these things occur, you will be notified instantly by text message, email, or another established alert. This allows you to quickly identify the theft of your trailer and promptly notify the authorities of the exact location while your trailer is on the move so that recovery of your assets undamaged is more likely.

Track Mileage Accurately

When trailers are traveling over the road it isn’t always easy to track mileage. The new electronic logging device (ELD) rule set to take effect in December of 2017 requires motor carriers and drivers to use approved electronic logging devices that work with the engine of the truck to record and monitor the truck’s activities but have no such requirements for the trailers that carry the cargo. Using GPS fleet tracking on your trailers allows you to monitor driver activity, speed, distance, and mileage traveled by your trailers allowing you to look for ways to conserve fuel, reduce labor, and cut costs all around. It also helps you to bill clients more efficiently too!

What Kind of Trailers can GPS Devices Track?

GPS can be used to track a wide variety of trailers, including:

• Tractor trailers
• Utility trailers
• Tethered or untethered trailers
• Horse trailers
• Cargo trailers
• Unpowered or powered trailers

The great news is that GPS tracking units are operate on low voltage, internal batteries, meaning they do not require frequent charging. They also provide alerts whenever power is disconnected – giving you a point of reference if they are discovered and removed prior to the theft.

Protect your business interests today by investing in GPS tracking not only for your trucks, but also for your trailers, which are often carrying precious and costly cargo.

Take a look at our Asset Tracker Trailer. It provides you with updates every 10 minutes, and there is no contract. Let us know if you have any questions about it or any of our other GPS tracking devices. 1-888-544-0494

Punxsutawney Phil may have seen his shadow, but everywhere else there are hints of spring in the air.  In fact, the first official day of spring is today — Monday, March 20th.

For spring weather industries, this means your business is about to hit its stride – creating long work days and leaving business owners looking for new ways to cut costs and improve profits. GPS fleet tracking can help you with all those things while also improving customer relations, productivity, and reducing paperwork for everyone. These four spring weather industries are perfect examples.

1) Landscaping Companies

Spring is a time when people are looking to clean up remnants of winter and get their lawns and gardens in perfect working order. GPS tracking allows you to dispatch your landscaping company crews more efficiently, encourages productivity among your crews, and notifies you if drivers are straying from their designated paths.

Read more about how landscaping companies can benefit from GPS tracking.

2) Construction Companies

Spring is prime building time for many construction companies. From families making housing additions and changes to buildings that have been delayed by long, cold, and often wet winters, construction is in full swing once the warm weather hits.  GPS tracking can be used not only to keep track of expensive machinery and vehicles, but also to keep track of costly tools and smaller equipment that frequently comes up missing from job sites.

Read more about how construction companies can benefit from GPS tracking.

3) Window Cleaning Companies

With many businesses attempting to remove the last vestiges of winter from their surroundings, window and glass cleaning companies usually have a lot going on as spring approaches. Cleaning salt and sludge from windows and storefronts can be busy work and if you don’t plan routes carefully, you may find yourself covering the same territories twice while leaving other areas largely uncovered. GPS fleet tracking will create the most cost-effective routes that utilize your labor and your vehicles with fuel and time efficiency in mind.

Read more about how window cleaning companies can benefit from GPS tracking.

4) Street Sweeping Companies

Street sweepers also have plenty to do in spring. Not only are you cleaning up after winters that may have left garbage, leaves, and other debris behind as ice and snow melt, but you’re also cleaning up after various spring storms that come along breaking down limbs, trees, and so much more. GPS fleet tracking can help you ensure the most efficient use of your sweepers so you can cover more territory in less time – while conserving fuel. Everyone wins!

Read more about how street sweeping companies can benefit from GPS tracking.

The bottom line is that if you have a seasonal business, like any of these four, your business can enjoy many great benefits from using GPS fleet tracking. Perhaps even some you haven’t considered yet.