GPS Tracking Tips, Guides & Industry News

Most company vehicle policy templates are written for an office with two pool cars. A service fleet's vans go home with the techs, which is where every hard question lives. Four clauses do the real work, plus the IRS qualified nonpersonal use vehicle rule most owners have never written down, and the full copy-paste policy text.

Installing a dash cam raises three separate legal questions, not one: video, audio consent, and whether the camera scans the driver's face. Here is what changes by state in 2026, and the Illinois biometric rule that produced a $3.95M settlement against a major fleet camera vendor.

Most contractors set their service call fee by looking at a competitor and landing a few dollars under. Here is how to build the number from your own cost, for HVAC, plumbing, electrical and appliance repair.

You already have a fleet safety program. It is in your head, it is inconsistent between supervisors, and it does not exist on the day you need to prove it did. The OSHA ten-element framework scaled for 5-50 trucks, plus a free template.

Most owners know they should sell maintenance plans. What stops them is having nothing to hand the customer. Here is what a service agreement needs to contain, how to price one, and a free template you can put your name on today.

The $32,000 SUV cap that dominates every Section 179 article probably does not apply to your work truck. What service fleets can actually deduct in 2026, and the year-end deadline that is not the purchase date.

Run five or more vehicles at once and the standard mileage rate is off the table. Here is what the IRS actually requires in a fleet mileage log, and the 2026 rate change that makes dates matter.

Most small service fleets cross a federal line without knowing it. Here are the two weight thresholds that decide whether you need a USDOT number, a CDL, or neither.

Tool, trailer, and equipment theft can cost a service fleet anywhere from a few thousand dollars to well over $40,000 per incident once you count downtime, deductibles, and lost jobs — and most stolen gear is never recovered. Here's the real cost, and how fast a GPS tracker pays for itself.