As an industry, whether an HVACR contracting firm is doing service and maintenance or installations, employees need to go to the jobsite to perform their work. Because installers and service technicians have to be on the road for their job, some going to several jobsites in a day, they need vehicles to drive.

Technicians use a variety of tools in their jobs, from the ones they hold in their hands to fabricate or install or service equipment, to the ones they use to move from one location to the next. This product roundup includes GPS, hand tools, instruments, and vehicles that technicians use to perform their jobs daily.

From giving turn-by-turn directions for a technician to drive from one jobsite to the next, to figuring out who is closest to a particular jobsite with the right equipment to make a service call, a GPS can provide contracting companies with more information that they can utilize to run their operation more efficiently.

A free, 17-page 2011 Buyer’s Guide for GPS Vehicle Tracking Solutions is available. According to the company, while the underlying GPS technology is similar from system to system, the actual application of the data and functionality of the systems can differ widely.

Several system tabs on the new GPS fleet tracking dashboard interface can be customized to the user’s exact preference, and additional custom tabs can be configured and saved by all users.

A service truck body has been added to the Durashell fiberglass composite utility body lineup: the Durashell 370.

There’s a new tekkie product on the market almost every day - or so it seems. And the HVAC trade is certainly not immune to a deluge of new products, be they mobile for field applications or computer software/web portals for office workers. This article offers a glimpse of a potpourri of software and related products.