SectorsEquipment hire · MEWP hire
Know where every machine is, and how hard it’s working
A GeoTrace tracker on each scissor lift, boom and spider lift shows you where it is, how many hours it’s run, and when it’s due a service. For smaller kit where a tracker isn’t practical, our low-cost tags show which truck it’s on instead.
Built for
Who it's for, and what it changes
Hire managers
Answer “where’s my machine?” from the dashboard instead of the phone.
- Every machine live on the map — in the yard, on a truck or on site
- A time-stamped record of every delivery and collection
- Tagged smaller kit shown against the truck carrying it
Depot managers
Know what’s on hire, what’s in the yard, and what’s due a service.
- On hours logged automatically, with no meters to read
- Service and thorough-examination reminders before they’re due
- Low machine battery warnings before a lift is left flat
Operations directors
See which machines are earning, which are idle, and which need attention.
- Machines unused for a week flagged as spare capacity
- Out-of-hours movement and tamper alerts
- A 7am summary of everything that needs attention
Sound familiar?
Tracking the delivery trucks only tells you half the story. In MEWP hire, the machine on the back is what you need to keep an eye on.
“Where is it right now?”
Machines move between the yard, delivery trucks and customer sites all week. When a customer calls, the hire desk ends up ringing round drivers and site managers to find out.
“Is it due a service?”
Hour meters get read by hand when a machine comes back — if someone remembers. Services and thorough examinations slip, or a machine goes out when it should be in the workshop.
“Is it still where we left it?”
MEWPs spend nights and weekends on open sites. If one is moved, loaded onto a lorry or left with a flat battery, you usually find out when the customer rings on Monday.
Every machine on the map, not just the trucks
Each machine reports its own position, so you can see it on the same live map as your vehicles — in the yard, on a truck, or working on site. Accurate multi-satellite positioning pinpoints it even on a large site, so nobody has to walk the plot looking for it.
Scissor lift SL-14
Live- Geofence
- Inside · Riverside Quay
- On hours today
- 3.40 h
- Machine battery
- 25.8 V
- Next service
- 38 h left
On hours logged automatically, services never missed
The tracker records every hour a machine is switched on, so there’s no meter to read when it comes back. Set a service interval by hours, distance or time — such as six-monthly thorough examinations — and GeoTrace works out when it’s due at its usual use, then alerts you before it is.
SL-14 · servicing
Due soon- On hours
- 212 of 250 h
- Hours left
- 38 h
- Thorough exam
- Due 12 Nov
- At usual use
- Due ~ Mon 9 Nov
Know the moment a machine moves when it shouldn’t
A built-in motion sensor picks up a machine being moved or lifted while it’s switched off. Combined with a geofence around the site, you get an alert the moment it’s disturbed or leaves — at 11pm on a Saturday, not when the customer rings on Monday. Low machine battery alerts warn you before a machine is left flat on site.
Machine alerts
Urgent- 23:47 · BL-22
- Movement detected
- 23:52 · BL-22
- Left Riverside Quay
- 06:10 · SL-09
- Battery low
A complete record of every hire
Every machine builds up a simple timeline: when it left the depot, when it arrived on site, how many hours it ran there, and when it came back. When a customer disputes a delivery, collection or usage, you have a time-stamped answer.
SL-14 · this hire
- Mon 07:05
- Left North depot
- Mon 08:40
- Arrived · Riverside Quay
- Mon – Thu
- 14.6 on hours
- Thu 16:02
- Back at North depot
Tags for the kit a tracker doesn’t suit
Not every item needs its own tracker. Fit a low-cost tag to push-arounds, low-level access platforms and attachments, and your trucks detect them as they drive — showing which vehicle each one is on, where it was left and who collected it. You’ll get an alert if one is loaded onto the wrong truck or goes missing from its site.
PAV-07 · push-around
Live- Loaded onto
- Van 04 · 07:12
- Booked on
- Van 04
- Tag battery
- 86%
The whole hire fleet, on one screen
Tracked machines and tagged kit sit side by side, so you can see what’s on hire, what’s in the yard and what needs attention. Machines that haven’t been used for a week stand out as spare capacity, and anything that stops reporting is flagged so it gets checked.
Hire fleet · this morning
- In the yard
- 27 machines
- On hire
- 41 machines
- Service due
- 3 machines
- Not reporting
- SL-11
Made for machines that live outdoors
It all sits in the same GeoTrace dashboard as your vehicle tracking, so there's nothing extra to learn.
A summary in your inbox every morning
At 7am, GeoTrace emails you what needs attention: services coming up, machines not reporting, batteries to check and kit that hasn’t moved in a week.
Built for site conditions
Our machine trackers are sealed to IP69K — dust-tight and rated for high-pressure jet washing — so they cope with mud, rain and the wash-down bay.
Keeps reporting with the power off
A built-in backup battery keeps the tracker reporting when a machine is switched off, isolated or flat, and tells you if its own supply is cut.
Jamming and tamper alerts
Get an alert if someone tries to block the tracker’s signal or disconnect it — the first things a thief tends to try.
Other sectors
- Trades and maintenanceTool tracking for trade vans
- Events and AVEvent production and AV
- Facilities, utilities and telecomsField engineering teams
- Landscaping, cleaning and restorationRestoration, grounds and cleaning
- Logistics and temperature-sensitive deliveryChilled and sensitive delivery
- Waste, skip hire and recyclingSkip hire and waste
See your machines on the map
We’ll fit a tracker to one of your MEWPs, set up its service interval, and show you its location, hours and alerts on the dashboard.