Anyone got a tracker fitted to their bus?

[Richard]

I'm thinking of getting a tracker fitted
to my bus and just looking for a bit of advice
on which one to choose.Been looking at Tracker
and Trackstar,anyone on here got one?
any advice would be great.

 

[Araon]

keen on this too.......

 

[kempy]

How does a tracker keep it's battery charge over a long period of time ??

 

[8ballbug]

i fit both, trackstar is cheaper but trackers are better imo

but it all depends on what you want tracker have afew different ones and if you have the tracker it will be fitted better and less noticeable as they are much stricter on how they are fitted.

 

[8ballbug]

can't remember the time it holds it charge but it is a long time on the trackers as they lie dormant until triggered but will find out monday

 

[kempy]

Not a tracker but on my last van i fitted a Gene Berg locking shifter.
It locks in reverse to prevent someone nicking your ride and you get the added benefit of fantastic gear change.

So good infact that my new one for the Westy arrives in December. They aren't cheap but act as a visible deterrent and hold their value so well that should you sell your van you can always take out and fit the standard shifter and get almost all your money back.

 

[ianscooby]

had a tracker in my scoob, went to greece for a week and couldn't get back in it as the battery was dead , had to get recovery at 2pm in the morning to break in a start me

 

[Tintop]

I have a trackstar fitted to my van.

Brilliant. Once in a while they ring you up and tell you where your van is eg, post code and which house number you are parked outside.

If i'm not mistaken you have to have an immobiliser fitted before you can fit either systems.

Sits dormant until alarm is triggered or the van is moved without the engine running or someone tries to start the van without the key.

Mine has been fine, even when i took the battery out and a week later put a new one in, no problems.

When i broke down and the AA piggy backed me home, i didn't think about the tracker. Within 3 minutes of being on the back of the AA wagon and moving they had notified the police and rung me. They advised me my van was moving on the M62, East bound between junction 21 and 20.


After goiong through security checks, they politely asked me to let them know in future - oops.

 

[Richard]

Thanks for the replies,got an alarm and immobiliser
but keeping hearing horror stories of vans being
towed/lowloaded away :evil:
8ball-have heard some trackers are gps only and some
use radio waves.either better than the other?
also if sum scumbag disconnects the car battery i presume
a tracker has some sort of back up batt,how long do these last?
thanks in advance

 

[Tintop]

Ask them

Trackstars number for customer services is 01234 759000

 

[Richard]

Cheers tintop

 

[kempy]

If someone really wants to steal a vehicle they will do so regardless.

A tacker does what the names suggests, however a visible deterrent may deter a theft in the first place.

Mike

 

[Richard]

A tacker does what the names suggests, however a visible deterrent may deter a theft in the first place.

Mike[/quote]

i agree dude,got a wheel clamp too!
none of us should have to do any of this though.
People should just leave other peoples s**t alone.
if only eh

 

[kempy]

I know it's sad !!!

 

[Tintop]

I haven't put the trackstar stickers on, although i have put my alarm stickers on.

The thought being - if someone is clever enough to get round a thatcham cat 1 alarm they will know how to get round a tracker.

Therefore if they do get past the alarm they won't know the tracker has them.

Theiving b@s'ds!

 

[8ballbug]

gps signals can easily get blocked by putting a sheet of metal over the antenna and there ain't many places to put a gps antenna on a bus or if its stuck in a container you will never find it. but get a tracker horizon and you will get both gps to get an easy pinpoint of you bus and also the radio signal that cannot be blocked except by lead but who has a lead container? the police trace a standard tracker by radio waves a bit like a james bond style bug they follow the beep.


As for when you've had it fitted best not to tell anyone cause if they know it has a tracker fitted they will look for it then remove it and chuck it on a train or bus then drive off the other way and you can say bye to your pride and joy

 

[Araon]

A bog standard steel iso container will block radio signals quite easily....

The crims have used these for some time just for that reason, they strip vehicles out in them in relative safety....
or a good old reinforced concrete warehouse or railway arch etc....

GPS is still a radio signal which for obvious reasons requires an unhindered view of the southern skyline (the low orbit satellites are all positioned around the equator with varying anles of inclination)....