Get Ready for Snow! Asset Trackers for Snowplows

Imagine a world gone white. Snowdrifts blow down streets and pile up along the sides of buildings, grinding business to a halt as vehicles simply cannot get to their destinations. You may have trouble envisioning this scenario if you live in, say, Texas, but for residents of the Rockies or the Great Frozen North it’s a familiar headache. Cities typically employ armies of snowplows to cope with the situation and make everyday tasks possible again. But if you’re a snowplow provider or manager, how do you know where those valuable assets are in all that swirling snow? How can you make sure they’re distributed properly? And how do you know you’ll get them all back?

The good news is that GPS tracking works all year round, in good weather and bad — and that includes snow. When you attach Asset Trackers to your snowplows, maintenance trucks and street-sweeping devices, you can follow their progress out to the areas where they’re needed most, tracking their precise speeds so you can make accurate time estimates on jobs. You can also make sure each asset follows the shortest possible route to conserve fuel — because the last thing you need is a snowplow suddenly running out of gas during a critical cleanup operation. Asset trackers also help keep you straight on who has what piece of equipment and whether all those assets got back to their home facilities.

It’s never too early to plan for future weather challenges that might stop your city — and your business — in its tracks. We recommend you take a serious look at our Asset Trackers while the sun still shines and the streets are still clear. You’ll be glad you did the next time your town becomes a winter wonderland.