GPS asset tracking uses rugged battery-powered or hardwired trackers to give live location, geofencing and theft alerts for trailers, plant and equipment that have no engine of their own. Fit a tracker once and every asset appears on the same map as your vehicles — with nationwide installation available across the UK.
"GPS asset tracking" spans several device types and asset classes. Whichever you need, the goal is the same: turn plant, trailers and equipment that have no power supply of their own into visible, protected, always-current entries on one map.
Self-contained GPS trackers with multi-year batteries — often 5 to 10+ years — for assets with no wiring to tap into: trailers, skips, generators, containers and static plant. Fit-and-forget, with movement, geofence and tamper alerts built in.
Hardwired into an asset's own electrical system — typically excavators, telehandlers and other self-powered plant — for continuous reporting, run-hour data and engine diagnostics without ever thinking about battery life.
Ultra-rugged, IP67–IP69K trackers built for the abuse a trailer takes: pressure-washing, vibration and years outdoors. Ideal for haulage, curtainsiders, flatbeds and container trailers moving between sites and depots.
Covert, magnet-mount and hardwired options for diggers, dumpers, generators and site cabins — the highest-theft-risk assets on any construction site, tracked alongside utilisation and idle-time reporting.
Tools and small kit that are too light or awkward for a GPS tracker are usually better served by a Bluetooth asset tag read by gateways in vans and depots, or a consumer-style Find My asset tag for lower-value items where a phone-network location fix is enough.
The tracker reports GPS position over the mobile network — 4G LTE-M/NB-IoT with 2G fallback on most models — with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth positioning to fill in where satellites can't reach, such as inside containers or buildings.
Draw a virtual boundary around a yard, site or depot and the platform logs every entry and exit automatically — no manual check-in required, and a full history for every asset.
An instant alert fires the moment an asset moves outside agreed hours, leaves its geofence, or is tampered with — so a theft is flagged in minutes, not discovered weeks later at the next stock-take.
A dedicated recovery mode switches to high-frequency tracking on demand, and covert secondary trackers with crowdsourced positioning keep reporting even if a primary device is found and removed — giving police a live location to work with.
Most fleets run a mix of both — wired trackers on powered plant, battery trackers on everything else — all reporting into the same platform. Talk to our team and we'll recommend the right split for your asset register; see the full asset tracking guide for the complete device range.
Where fuel, chemicals, gas or solvents create an explosive atmosphere, a standard tracker cannot be fitted at all. Our ATEX / IECEx Zone 0 range covers tankers, IBCs, cylinders and process plant — satellite, cellular, solar and satellite-failover variants, all sealed to IP68 and IP69K with up to ten years of service life.
Tools, cases, cabinets and accessories rarely justify their own cellular tracker. Bluetooth tags cost a fraction as much and are located over a crowdsourced Bluetooth network — no gateway of your own required. Rugged, ultra-thin adhesive and credit-card formats, all waterproof with multi-year sealed cells.
Answer a few short questions and the wizard recommends the right battery-powered asset tracker for your fleet — with an instant battery-life estimate you can tune to your own deployment.
Plant and equipment theft costs UK construction firms heavily every year, and site-to-site moves make manual asset registers impossible to keep current. Tracking cuts theft losses and shows exactly what's on which site. See Construction & Plant.
Know where hired-out kit is between contracts, prove on-site time for accurate billing, and spot idle assets sitting in a yard instead of earning. See Rental & Hire.
Trailer and container tracking gives transport managers live visibility of assets moving between depots, customer sites and ports — cutting demurrage costs and recovering trailers left off-network. See Road Transport & Logistics.
This page covers the GPS asset tracking solution family. For the complete device range, pricing approach and a fuller FAQ, see the dedicated Asset Tracking guide.
Battery-powered trackers carry their own multi-year power source and can be fitted to anything in minutes, making them the standard choice for trailers, plant and other non-powered assets. Wired trackers tap into an asset's own electrical system for continuous reporting and engine data, and suit self-powered plant that's already at a fixed base.
Accuracy is typically within a few metres outdoors. Reporting frequency is configurable — from periodic heartbeats that maximise battery life to near-continuous updates once movement or a recovery mode is triggered.
Yes. Movement and tamper alerts flag a theft within minutes, a dedicated recovery mode increases reporting frequency, and covert secondary trackers with crowdsourced positioning can keep working even if the primary device is found.
No. Battery-powered trackers are designed specifically for assets with no power of their own, and are sealed to IP67–IP69K so they survive outdoor use, pressure-washing and years without maintenance.
Battery trackers are screwed, bolted or magnet-mounted — often in minutes, with no auto-electrician needed. Wired installs on powered plant take longer and are best scheduled with one of our nationwide installation engineers; get in touch and we'll advise on timescales for your fleet.
Talk to our team about battery or wired GPS asset tracking for your fleet — hardware, connectivity, installation and support from one supplier. Call 0800 020 9339 or send us your requirements.
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