GPS Tracking Tips, Guides & Industry News

A stolen work truck is a rolling toolbox and a week of jobs gone. Here's the first-hour GPS recovery playbook for service fleets—and how to set it up before you need it.

Windshield time is one of the biggest hidden costs in a small service fleet. Here's how to cut drive time with GPS tracking—no routing software required.

Two vehicles isn't too early for GPS fleet tracking — it's the ideal time to set up a simple, transparent system for mileage, driver safety, and theft protection before informal habits harden.

"AI-powered" is on every fleet tool now. Here's what a generative fleet assistant actually does for a small service fleet, when it's worth it, and how the 2026 options compare.

A broken-down van isn't just a repair bill. It's a lost day of billable jobs. Here's how to build a fleet preventive maintenance schedule with work orders, reminders, and GPS mileage and engine-hour counts, all included free with Spytec.

You can't ride along in every truck. Here's how GPS speed alerts show who's speeding, where, and how often — and how to coach it out without turning the shop adversarial.

Lytx publishes no pricing — no pricing page, quote-only sales. Here's why, what you're actually buying, and the published numbers to compare any quote against.

You can track any vehicle you own — but a 1099 sub driving their own truck is a different question, and getting it wrong can threaten their contractor status. The ownership rule, the classification risk, and the three ways to do it legally.

Diesel is up $1.04 a gallon in a year, idling burns $3.84 an hour per truck, and every 5 mph over 50 costs an extra 32 cents a gallon. Fifteen sourced fuel numbers — EIA, Argonne, DOE, ATRI — with the math worked out for a small service fleet.