We’ve often written about the benefits of GPS tracking devices for the security of costly heavy equipment. According to a recent GPS tracking news story, an Australian man has experienced these benefits first hand when his $65K excavator was stolen from his own back yard. Having installed a GPS tracking unit on the equipment just weeks earlier, the excavator was quickly recovered with the assistance of local police.
Immediately after realizing the excavator was stolen the man briefly panicked, and then rememberred the GPS tracking device he recently had installed. Using his GPS tracking software, he was able to direct authorities to withing 15 feet of the excavator.
Relieved that his excavator was recovered the man commented on the facts that he enjoyed the thrill of the GPS tracking recovery, and that his GPS tracker had already proven to be worth its cost many times over.
Here’s another recent story about GPS tracking and heavy equipment.
