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LoRaWAN GPS Trackers for Plant, Trailers & Site Assets
Cellular trackers charge a SIM subscription per asset, forever. LoRaWAN tracking flips the model: one network fee for the site, then every tracker rides it free — years per battery.
Tracking without the per-asset SIM bill
A lorawan gps tracker changes the economics of asset visibility: cellular trackers carry a SIM and its subscription per asset, which is why fleets stop at vehicles. LoRaWAN trackers pay no airtime at all — they report through your site gateway (or public coverage where it exists), so tagging the trailer, the compressor, the welfare cabin and the skip finally adds up.
Be honest about the model and it serves brilliantly: this is site-and-yard tracking, not follow-anything-across-the-country tracking. Assets report position within your gateway coverage — the yard, the campus, the current project — and the pattern that catches thieves is presence and absence: the alert fires when the asset leaves, with last-known position and time on the record for the police report.
The LoRaWAN GPS tracker kit
The tracker, the coverage to receive it, and the survey tool that makes yard-scale deployments predictable. All ex VAT from UK stock.
The asset trackerMilesight AT101 Outdoor Asset TrackerOutdoor GPS tracker with multi-year battery: bolts or straps to plant, trailers and containers, reporting position and movement.
£97.26 ex VATView →
Yard & site coverageMilesight UG67 Outdoor LoRaWAN GatewayOutdoor IP67 gateway — one elevated unit covers a yard, compound or campus for every tracker and sensor on it.
£658.39 ex VATView →
Remote compoundsMilesight SG50 Ultra Low Power Solar LoRaWAN® GatewaySolar gateway for the storage field or satellite compound with no power — coverage appears where the assets are.
£683.83 ex VATView →
Coverage surveyMilesight FT101 Field Tester LoRaWAN®Field tester that walks the site first — know your tracking perimeter before you rely on it.
£441.42 ex VATView →
Fleet commissioningMilesight Sensor Configuration ToolConfiguration tool for batch-provisioning trackers and sensors at rollout speed.
£47.88 ex VATView →Compare the components
| Product | Best for | Connectivity | Price (ex VAT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milesight AT101 Outdoor Asset Tracker | Plant, trailers, skips | LoRaWAN® + GPS | £97.26 |
| Milesight UG67 Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway | Yard/campus coverage | LoRaWAN® gateway | £658.39 |
| Milesight SG50 Ultra Low Power Solar LoRaWAN® Gateway | Off-grid compounds | LoRaWAN® gateway (solar) | £683.83 |
| Milesight FT101 Field Tester LoRaWAN® | Perimeter survey | LoRaWAN® tester | £441.42 |
| Milesight Sensor Configuration Tool | Batch provisioning | Config tool | £47.88 |
Designing tracking that actually deters theft
Work the alert logic, not just the dot on the map. Movement outside working hours is the theft signature — a tracker that wakes on motion and reports immediately gives you the leaving event, direction and timestamp while the asset is still on the access road. Geofence rules per asset class do the rest: the excavator that should never leave site, the trailer that may move Monday–Friday, the welfare cabin that moves once a quarter.
Battery strategy matters at fleet scale: a lorawan gps tracker lasts years precisely because it reports on movement and heartbeat rather than continuously — resist the temptation to crank reporting rates on everything. High-value, high-risk assets earn frequent reporting; the container fleet is happy with daily heartbeats and motion wake-ups. The FT101 survey up front sets honest expectations of where coverage ends — that boundary is your real tracking perimeter.
- Motion wake-up + out-of-hours rules = the theft alarm that matters
- Geofences per asset class, not one blanket rule
- No SIM fees: a lorawan gps tracker rides your own gateway free
- Years per battery at sensible reporting rates
- Survey first — your gateway coverage is the tracking perimeter
- Same network tracks and monitors: fuel, doors, temperature ride along
Yards, campuses and rolling projects
A yard is one elevated UG67; a construction estate adds the solar SG50 per compound, moving with the projects. Trackers batch-provision with the config tool and fit in minutes per asset — the fleet is live in a day or two.
Position data lands in the same dashboard as everything else, which is where LoRaWAN earns its keep twice: the compound that tracks assets also monitors its fuel tanks, container doors and site weather on the same gateway. See IoT for construction and the asset & fleet tracking solution.
Why buy from Indiott
Everything here ships from UK stock with GBP pricing and a human on the end of the phone. If you are rolling out across multiple sites, ask for volume pricing — quotes normally come back within one working day.
Frequently asked questions
Can it track an asset stolen off site?
Within LoRaWAN coverage, yes — and the honest answer beyond it is: you get the leaving event, direction and last-known fix, which is exactly what police reports and insurers need, plus recovery if the asset passes other coverage. For assets that must be followed anywhere on the road network, pair a cellular tracker on the tractor unit with LoRaWAN tags on everything it carries.
How long does the battery really last?
Years on the default motion-plus-heartbeat pattern — the tracker sleeps until moved, then reports actively. Continuous high-rate tracking trades battery for granularity, so reserve it for the assets that justify it. Battery state reports with every message, so replacements are planned.
Do we need our own gateways or is there public coverage?
Plan on your own — one UG67 per yard is modest money and makes coverage deterministic. Public and community LoRaWAN (The Things Network and commercial operators) exists in many UK cities and adds opportunistic reach, but a security system should not depend on coverage you do not control.
Can the same tag work indoors and in stacked storage?
GPS needs sky, so deep indoor and stacked-container positioning degrades to zone-level presence — often exactly enough (which aisle, which compound, still here). The tracker’s motion events remain reliable regardless, so the theft-alert function survives even where positioning precision drops.
Tag the fleet, keep the SIM budget
Tell us the asset list and the yards it lives in and we will spec the lorawan gps tracker fleet and coverage with pricing within one working day.
The short answer
Can a LoRaWAN tracker replace a GPS tracker?
For assets that move occasionally, yes. A LoRaWAN tracker takes a GNSS fix and sends it over LoRaWAN instead of a mobile network, so there is no SIM and no data plan, and the AT101 runs over 15 years at two location updates a day. For live second-by-second tracking of a vehicle, a cellular tracker is still the right answer.
Buying this in the UK
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- Typically dispatched within 14 working days from the UK, on a VAT invoice.
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Next step
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