Asset Management: Theft Prevention

Products

Keytroller 215 Start Smart Ignition System

New 215 generation Start-Smart keypad ignition system from Keytroller replaces the ignition key with a sealed and potted keypad and electronics.

Landing Gear Leg Lock

The Landing Gear Leg Lock prevents the hand crank on a trailer from raising the landing gear.

Keytroller Genie Card

Keytroller’s Genie Card wireless automatic card-ignition enabler helps prevent equipment theft by means of ignition hot wiring. With a Keytroller wireless device installed within the ignition, the ignition is enabled only when a Genie Card-holding operator is in close proximity.

Blackhawk MVS-6 Security System

Doosan Infracore Portable Power’s Blackhawk MVS-6 Mobile Video Surveillance allows remote monitoring of jobsites or other outdoor areas at substantially lower cost than security manpower.

TrakitGPS TrakitALL Asset Tracking Module

TrakitGPS’s TrakitALL Asset Locating and Logistics module is a remote wireless satellite transmitter with integrated GPS chipset, motion sensor and sensor inputs that is powered by off-the-shelf AA batteries, with expected battery life of four years. Transmitters can be installed in just a few minutes, and are easily relocated to other assets.

Intergis Kuva Asset Tracking Device

Kuva configurable wireless asset-tracking device from Intergis uses GPS/GSM system technology.

Intellitec

Pressing the button on Yard Dog’s key-fob control disables and enables construction machines’ electrical system to guard against equipment theft. Yard Dog’s wirelessly controlled relay disconnects the battery from the starting circuit.

The Equipment Lock Co.

Secure trailers of all kinds with Ball & Ring Hitch Lock – what The Equipment Lock Co. says is the only universal anti-theft device that fits nearly every type of trailer using a 1 7/8- , 2- , 2 5/16-inch ball or ring type hitch.

The Equipment Lock Co.

The Equipment Lock Co.’s E-Series Skid Steer Lock immobilizes one drive lever of any skid steer loader, and the maker says it will work on machines with enclosed cabs as well as open ROPS.

AnyDATA Corp.

AnyDATA Corp.’s wireless AnyTrack GPS-120 is a theft prevention and inventory management telematics solution. The system enables geofencing – a virtual, GPS-enabled perimeter – around equipment.

Articles and News

LoJack Intros New Vehicle Recovery System for Construction

LoJack has introduced its next generation Stolen Vehicle Recovery System for construction equipment and commercial vehicles at the American Rental Association's "The Rental Show" in New Orleans.

Construction Cameras At Work

Builders and developers throughout the United States are turning to specialized construction cameras to help them manage and market their projects. Two high-profile projects in Jackson, Miss., illustrate how easy it can be to get started and how cameras can directly benefit contractors. In June 2007 construction began on the nine-story high-rise office building, The Pinnacle at Jackson Place in...

Cat Machine Security Stops NC Thieves

When Alex Barnard, equipment manager for a North Carolina-based contractor, lost five machines in three years to theft, he knew something had to change. Prevention wasn't working, and the insurance carrier had taken notice. Barnard's Caterpillar dealer recommended the Cat Machine Security System (MSS) and Barnard gave it a try on two multi terrain loaders.

LoJack's Study Probes Equipment Theft

LoJack's seventh annual Construction Equipment Theft Study in 26 states suggests that theft rings continue to drive construction-equipment theft. Law enforcement discovered eight theft rings and chop shops by tracking and recovering stolen machines equipped with LoJack. Through these discoveries, police also recovered more than $2.

NUCA Partners to Stop Equipment Theft

The National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) entered an agreement with the National Equipment Register (NER) to cut the cost to NUCA members...

Caterpillar Offers Security System

The Machine Security System (MSS) is available factory installed or as a dealer retrofit for current and non-current machines. Electronic keys with unique digital IDs can be programmed into the starting system to limit who can run machines.

Tracking Units Add Security to Fleets

Teletrac recently introduced its Trailer and Asset Tracking Units, new devices that increase the security of commercial...

How to Choose Equipment-Theft Deterrents

Construction-equipment theft can be reduced through the use of various loss-prevention technologies

Kubota Integrates Security with Coded Keys

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