Trailer Tracker
By Staff Report July 12, 2012
Track your horse trailer with the help of Marco Polo.
It’s ten o’clock, and do you know where your horse trailer is? You would if you had the GPS Marco Polo TR-100. The tracking device designed for transpo companies with large fleets is now being marketed to the equine travelers.
“Fuel is expensive, and trailers are really easy to steal,” the company’s Robert Tupajic said. “This allows you to pinpoint your trailer simply by logging onto your computer.”
It will tell you every time the engine starts, whether the vehicle is idling, at rest and for how long, and miles per hour.
The $335 device is battery operated, making for easy installation with a few screws. It comes with a basic plan of $95 per year for the monitoring. Used at the rate of two updates a day allows the battery to last four years, Tupajic said, noting that if the vehicle is stolen the device can trigger a signal every 30 minutes. Once the device is purchased and installed, users get a website login.
TR-100 tracking device.
“One of our customers owns three trucks that do a lot of hauling between Utah and California, which uses about $800 of fuel round trip. One of his new drivers gave him a receipt for $1,700, and he was able to log on and see he’d made quite a few side-trips.”
Currently, the Marco Polo devices are operational in the U.S., Mexico and Canada and the Palos Verdes-based firm is looking for distributors in those regions, as well as working out the technical issues to become operational throughout Europe and the Far and Middle East.
As a sidenote, there is also a TR-300 model that works with cars for $259, ideal for parents of teens. “It’s like OnStar but more sophisticated, because you don’t have to call an 800 number,” Tupajic said. Powered by the car’s battery, the auto version updates location and status every five minutes. “It’s very handy, especially if you don’t tell that it’s on there,” Tupajic chuckles, noting that many insurance companies also give a price break for vehicles thus equipped.
For more information, visit www.gpsmarcopolo.com/tr100-trailer-tracker.html or call 888-841-7088.
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