Terramac???(R)???AE????, a manufacturer of rubber tracked carriers, installs a GPS receiver on every RT9 carrier it makes. The carriers come with a one-year paid account subscription to On-Board Communications, a GPS tracking and cellular solutions provider.
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Terramac???(R)???AE???? LLC has announced that all its RT9 rubber track crawler carriers come with a GPS receiver and one-year paid subscription to On-Board Communications, data tracking. The GPS receiver transmits not only real-time location information but also fleet management data such as run time and idle time via cellular network service.

On-Board's patent-pending Activity Logging Technology, offers owners the added capability of tracking time operating under load. This will be a new application of GPS to many people. Without having it pointed out to them, they might not notice the equipment at first.

Data is automatically collected and delivered in communication reports that include the exact location of a carrier. These give technicians time to arrange service in the field with advance notice. The reports reduce downtime as technicians avoid having to pull a carrier out of service for scheduled maintenance or having to replace it with a substitute.

Owners and operators can use the performance metrics that the system continuously records to streamline their operations, determining how machines or combinations of machinery are most cost-effective.

The data, which easily transports to spreadsheet software, provides documentation useful for billing, for justifying bids and for verifying operation time to customers after project completion. Data is viewed by accessing a web portal. Mobile applications are also available for easy access. For more information visit www.terramac.com.