Ever wonder about the route the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree takes to D.C from a different state forest every year? Now you can track the tree and the truck it’s riding on via GPS.
We were surprised to learn that the tree is escorted by its own fleet of support vehicles, at least one of which has GPS truck tracking on board. This allows excited school kids in small towns along the route to know when the big tree will pass through their town.
Driver Gordy Grove tells KXMB TV in Bismarck, North Dakota, “The turnout in a lot of the smaller towns has been really big and the local people are real happy to see that the tree is going to the Capitol.”
This year’s tree is a 70-foot-high fir from Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. It’s on a 32-day journey of 3,500 miles, with dozens of stops in small towns. It will be upright and fully decked out for the annual lighting ceremony in Washington on December 2.
Of course, Christmas wouldn’t be complete without the ability to track Santa and his fleet of reindeer. Hmmm. Wonder where they installed the tracking unit?
Posted on November 19th, 2008 by Glenn
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Food for thought for thieves who stole a truck full of cafeteria provisions from a Southern California school district: It’s the GPS, stupid(s).
Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies used GPS truck tracking to follow an electronic “breadcrumb trail” that pinpointed the truck’s location on a ranch. Seven suspects were apprehended and most of the $9,000 in foodstuffs was recovered.
A deputy involved in the bust told The Desert Sun, “They saw a large truck with a load inside. Many times a thief may not know what’s inside but whatever it is, they figure, they can sell it for financial gain…This was a crime of opportunity.”
We don’t know if all seven suspects actually stole the truck. But you’d think just one of them would wonder if it was equipped with a GPS truck tracking unit — especially since some of them had outstanding warrants or were on parole.
All we can do is thank the hungry suspects for another tasty endorsement of GPS truck tracking. And if they let the mystery meat spoil, the school district’s students might want to thank them, too.
Posted on November 18th, 2008 by Glenn
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Golf Digital Assistants (GDA) are becoming more and more popular with serious golfers. These “electronic caddies” use advanced GPS tracking technology to score and game track. Every bit of information golfers could want is right at their fingertips.
With GDAs, golfers can:
- Determine the distance to the pin
- Determine the distance to traps
- Determine the distance to hazards
- Determine the distance to greens
- Track the distance they hit their clubs
- Track statistics
Some of these golfers using GDAs may run fleet companies and use GPS tracking in another way - utilizing GPS truck tracking devices to monitor their fleets.
JETT-Track GPS truck tracking offers fleet owners many benefits, including:
- Monitor driving habits to save gas
- Receive Speed Alerts
- Receive Geofence (electronic boundary) Alerts
- Use Starter Disable (essentially kill every engine in their fleet)
- Monitor Ignition On/Off
- Receive reports to streamline business operations (i.e. monitor work and overtime hours)
JETT-Track GPS truck tracking units are priced to sell at www.jett-track.com.
Place your order today or get more information by calling us at 1-877-725-0786 or emailing info@jett-track.com.
Posted on November 17th, 2008 by admin
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Is a puny little modified pickup like Bigfoot your idea of a “monster truck”? Think again, Bubba. You won’t see it at a monster truck rally or a truck pull anytime soon.
The world’s largest truck is a true monster that doesn’t even need a driver. And it’s not a Ford, Chevy, Dodge or Toyota, either. Nope, it’sa 700-ton Caterpillar 797 mining truck – nearly 2 million pounds of metal, fuel and stone powered by a 3,550-horsepower, 24-valve engine moving at up to 42 mph, with software and a robot at the wheel.
Even though you’d think it’s hard to lose a Cat this size, it’s equipped with GPS truck tracking that continusously monitors location and direction. While such trucks obviously can extract huge payloads, the robot versions are designed to help minimize dangers to miners, drivers and anyone else who needs to be in such a massive site.
Sounds like the ultimate remote-control truck toy. Can a video-game version be far behind? Pass me that joystick, Bub!
Learn how GPS truck tracking can help mine efficiencies for your fleet at www.jett-track.com. Email info@jett-track.com or call toll free, 1-877-725-0786.
Posted on November 12th, 2008 by Glenn
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Australian Fisheries Management Authority compliance officers have a tough job - patrolling 200 nautical miles of ocean in the middle of the night for illegal fishing vessels.
GPS tracking technology helps
AFMA spends a large amount of its $55 million budget protecting Australia’s northern borders from illegal fishing - and part of that budget goes toward a GPS tracking system.
The AFMA’s staff of 230 also manages more than 20 fisheries, including deep-water finfish and tuna species.
The AFMA’s GPS tracking system uses a mapping system and Excel spreadsheets to gather and store information about where vessels are located and where they have been in the past.
Managers create their own highly visual reports and can map sightings of illegal fishing vessels. Staff can enter details in real time and generate pictures of the location of the fishing vessel for court records.
Have a driver doing something fishy in your fleet? Equip your trucks with GPS truck tracking systems from JETT-Track and do the same things the AFMA does - track your fleet to see what everyone is up to. Speeding? Idling too long? Taking a three hour lunch at home? JETT-Track GPS truck tracking systems (with Google Mapping) will tell you.
Get more information at www.jett-track.com, call 1-877-725-0786 or email info@jett-track.com today.
Posted on November 10th, 2008 by admin
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