Everybody loves the ice cream truck. Especially when the dog days of summer kick in. Did you know that you can improve your route efficiency and increase your income with GPS tracking for food trucks? It’s true. GPS fleet tracking can help you get more money for your ice cream truck miles in the ways listed below, and many others.

Give Your Customers Advance Warning

You can let people on your ice cream truck routes follow the progress of your truck as it winds its way from one neighborhood to the next. While you might not think that will do much for your business, word tends to spread about ice cream truck arrivals. When people have advance notice by even 10 or 15 minutes that allows kids to tell their friends and neighbors to inform neighbors. This earns you extra customers without changing a single thing about your route.

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Hiking alone can be incredibly relaxing. It also presents more than a few risks. There are things you can do, though, to enhance your safety while offering the solitude and peace that can only be experienced when hiking solo. The 10 tips below will help you hike more safely when hiking alone.

1. Stay connected. Carry some sort of device, like a two-way radio with extended range or other form of two-way communication tool that allows you to get in touch with others if needed, even if you’re outside of your normal mobile phone range.

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If you operate a fleet of vehicles, you’re well aware that fuel prices are on the rise yet again. With rising fuel costs, all eyes begin to look inward for opportunities to conserve fuel and save money across the entire organization. Below you will find five ways you can reduce your fuel costs per mile.

1. Improve Your Maintenance Management

Scheduled maintenance is one of the most important tools in your arsenal when it comes to combating fuel costs. It helps to reduce the amount of fuel consumed per mile your vehicle is in operation by helping it operate more efficiently. Not only does this save your business when it comes to fuel costs, but also helps to eliminate unnecessary breakdowns and downtime as well.

2. Create Fuel-Efficient Policies for Drivers

Driver behavior is another driving force behind mile-high fuel costs. While the costs of diesel and gasoline seem to rise as a matter of course, wasteful actions of drivers can have an even greater impact on fuel costs to your organization. In fact, some action can really ramp up your fuel consumption and usage.

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The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) collected statistics on stolen boats. In 2017, 4,864 watercraft were stolen, according to the NICB. This represents a five percent decrease over watercraft thefts in 2016 but remains a much higher number than any boat or watercraft owners likes to hear. The top three counties and cities for watercraft thefts all happen to be in Florida, according to the crime bureau report.

Most Common Types of Watercraft Targeted for Theft

There are many different types of watercraft available to consumers today. Some present more attractive targets for thieves, like these types of watercraft which are the most frequently targeted by thieves.

• Personal watercraft. Otherwise known as jet skis, these craft accounted for 1,180 thefts with a recovery rate of 27 percent meaning that only 321 of them were recovered.
• These fun boats accounted for 618 thefts but offer more favorable recovery rates with nearly 43 percent, or 268 of them being recovered after their thefts.
• Utility boats. Accounting for 285 thefts in 2017 and 109 recoveries, representing a recovery rate of only 38 percent.
• 185 of the boats stolen in 2017 were cruisers. These boats though, offer a more favorable recovery rate than many others with 56 percent of them, or 103 of the stolen cruisers recovered.

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GPS-tagged seabirds called razorbills were used in a recent study to track the Irish Sea’s currents. A team of biologists compared the resting bird’s movements on the water surface with a mathematical model laying out the currents. They found the birds offered them good information on the direction and speed of the water flow.

The researchers believe similar research using data they received from the resting seabirds can help locate locations for harvesting renewable tidal energy.

The seabird’s GPS tracking data could help the researchers get closer to being able to harness the energy in the shifting tides.

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