Every tool. Every truck. Accounted for.

Know what's on every truck. Nobody scans a thing.

Small tags on your equipment and a unit in each truck keep a live roll call of what each crew has. If a truck pulls away without something, the crew lead gets a text while they can still turn around.

See How It Works Watch the 1-minute video

Free 30-day pilot: up to 3 trucks, hardware loaned, installed with you. No card, no contract. Pilot terms

Nobody scans or signs anything out
Knows which truck had it last
No app for crews

Truck 3

Martinez Crew, departing 148 Oak Ridge Dr

Calling roll

Exmark Lazer Z X-Series #M-104Waiting
Wright Stander ZK #M-112Waiting
Echo PB-9010T #B-022Waiting
STIHL FS 91 R #T-055Waiting
STIHL BR 800 C-E #B-027Waiting
STIHL FS 91 R #T-061Waiting
Husqvarna 525L #T-066Waiting
STIHL HS 56 C-E #H-014Waiting
STIHL MS 261 C-M #S-008Waiting
STIHL FC 91 edger #E-012Waiting
Lesco 80 lb spreader #SP-004Waiting
Honda EU2200i #G-003Waiting
16 ft landscape trailer #TR-003Waiting
+ 8 more tools checked aboard

What the truck's unit hears as it pulls away from a job.

Four questions it answers.

"Where's the blower?" goes round the crew, then someone drives back for it or buys another. The tags and truck units keep these answers current.

Where is it?

Which truck has it right now, and where it was last seen.

Every tagged tool shows the truck it's on, live, and the place and time it was last heard, with the history behind it.

Do we have everything?

A departure check at every stop, and a morning check in the yard.In pilot

Leave a stop without something and the crew lead gets a text. In the yard each morning, it checks the truck against its usual loadout.

Who had it?

The last truck that carried it, with no sign-out sheet.

It follows the tool from truck to truck, so nobody has to write anything down. It tracks equipment, not people.

Was it stolen?

An alert if a truck moves or a tool goes quiet after hours. It asks the crew lead "Is that you?" first, unless the truck is clearly being driven away.

After-hours mode watches parked trucks overnight and on days off, and learns your normal nights for a week before it sends anything.

Recovery, $3/month per tag, can locate your most valuable tools on a wide-area tracking network after they leave the trucks.

See it in a minute.

Turn the sound on. A small tag on each tool, a unit in each truck, and the questions they answer for you.

Nobody scans a thing. The trucks take roll call.
Where it is, who had it, what got left behind, what moved overnight
Recovery helps you find the tools you'd miss most

A free 30-day pilot on your own trucks.

For crews that carry expensive gear off the truck: landscaping, pressure washing, land surveying.

30 days, free
No card, no contract, no deposit.
Up to 3 trucks and 50 tags
Tags and truck units are loaned for the pilot.
We install it with you
We tag the equipment and fit the truck units alongside your shop manager.
Then you decide
Pick a monthly plan and buy the hardware, or we collect it. Nothing to return by mail.

We reply within one business day.

Founder-installed pilots in Upstate South Carolina now; ask about elsewhere.

What the pilot measures, and what it costs after

Watch a truck leave a blower behind.

This is the product's live demo, running the same engine and the same text message. It takes about eight seconds.

Watch the full demo

Truck 3, Martinez Crew

Blower #B-027 at 148 Oak Ridge Dr

Map of 148 Oak Ridge Dr, Greenville

13 / 13

detected aboard

Truck 3 is on its fifth stop of the day, with all 13 tagged tools aboard.

4:17

Text message

LoadoutGuard

Carlos Martinez's texts from LoadoutGuard

No texts yet.

Carlos Martinez, crew lead

Built for the truck, not one tool or one phone.

A sign-out sheet only works when someone fills it in. An AirTag finds one item. Telematics tags ride on a fleet contract. LoadoutGuard checks the whole truck every time it leaves, on its own, texts the crew lead, and understands the reply. Month to month, any brand of tool.

LoadoutGuard compared with a sign-out sheet or checkout app, AirTag, Samsara or Motive tags, and ONE-KEY
Question	LoadoutGuard	Sign-out sheet or checkout app	AirTag	Samsara Asset Tag or Motive	Milwaukee ONE-KEY
Works without anyone remembering to update it	Yes: Tags answer the truck unit on their own. Nobody scans, signs out, or types anything.	No: Only as good as the last person who filled it in.	Yes: Its location updates on its own near Apple devices.	Yes: Tags report through their vehicle gateways on their own.	Partly: Locations update when a phone with the app passes by; who has a tool is entered by hand.
Shows which truck has each tool, and who had it last	Yes: The truck it's on right now, and the last truck that carried it.	Partly: Whatever the last entry says.	Partly: Where each item is on a map. It doesn't know your trucks or crews.	Partly: Where each tag was last seen by their vehicle gateways.	Partly: Where a tool was last seen, and who it's assigned to, if someone keeps that up.
Who hears about a left-behind tool	Yes: The crew lead, by text, while the truck is still close. The office sees it too.	No: Nobody, until someone notices it's gone.	Partly: The owner's iPhone, one item at a time, if Notify When Left Behind is on.	Partly: Managers, through the fleet platform's alerts.	Partly: App users, by push or email, if a phone with the app sees it leave a geofence.
Checks the whole truck at every departure	Yes: Every stop, every tool on the truck's list.	No: Only if someone walks the truck with the list.	No: One item, one phone.	Partly: Tag by tag, outside trusted places.	No.
Crew replies in plain words, and it confirms when it's back	Yes: "Going back, 5 min" works. It texts again when the tool is aboard.	No.	No.	No.	No.
Morning check against the usual loadoutIn pilot	Yes: Texts the crew lead in the yard if something that usually rides isn't aboard.	No: Only if someone checks the truck against the sheet.	No.	No.	No.
Works with Android crews	Yes: Texts reach any phone. Nothing to install.	Yes: Paper works anywhere. Most checkout apps run on Android too.	No: Setting up and getting alerts needs an iPhone.	Yes.	Yes.

LoadoutGuard compared with a sign-out sheet or checkout app, AirTag, Samsara or Motive tags, and ONE-KEY
Question	LoadoutGuard	Sign-out sheet	AirTag	Samsara / Motive	ONE-KEY
Works without anyone remembering to update it	Yes: Tags answer the truck unit on their own. Nobody scans, signs out, or types anything.	No: Only as good as the last person who filled it in.	Yes: Its location updates on its own near Apple devices.	Yes: Tags report through their vehicle gateways on their own.	Partly: Locations update when a phone with the app passes by; who has a tool is entered by hand.
Shows which truck has each tool, and who had it last	Yes: The truck it's on right now, and the last truck that carried it.	Partly: Whatever the last entry says.	Partly: Where each item is on a map. It doesn't know your trucks or crews.	Partly: Where each tag was last seen by their vehicle gateways.	Partly: Where a tool was last seen, and who it's assigned to, if someone keeps that up.
Who hears about a left-behind tool	Yes: The crew lead, by text, while the truck is still close. The office sees it too.	No: Nobody, until someone notices it's gone.	Partly: The owner's iPhone, one item at a time, if Notify When Left Behind is on.	Partly: Managers, through the fleet platform's alerts.	Partly: App users, by push or email, if a phone with the app sees it leave a geofence.
Checks the whole truck at every departure	Yes: Every stop, every tool on the truck's list.	No: Only if someone walks the truck with the list.	No: One item, one phone.	Partly: Tag by tag, outside trusted places.	No: No.
Crew replies in plain words, and it confirms when it's back	Yes: "Going back, 5 min" works. It texts again when the tool is aboard.	No: No.	No: No.	No: No.	No: No.
Morning check against the usual loadoutIn pilot	Yes: Texts the crew lead in the yard if something that usually rides isn't aboard.	No: Only if someone checks the truck against the sheet.	No: No.	No: No.	No: No.
Works with Android crews	Yes: Texts reach any phone. Nothing to install.	Yes: Paper works anywhere. Most checkout apps run on Android too.	No: Setting up and getting alerts needs an iPhone.	Yes: Yes.	Yes: Yes.

Works without anyone remembering to update it
LoadoutGuard
Yes: Tags answer the truck unit on their own. Nobody scans, signs out, or types anything.
Sign-out sheet
No: Only as good as the last person who filled it in.
AirTag
Yes: Its location updates on its own near Apple devices.
Samsara / Motive
Yes: Tags report through their vehicle gateways on their own.
ONE-KEY
Partly: Locations update when a phone with the app passes by; who has a tool is entered by hand.
Shows which truck has each tool, and who had it last
LoadoutGuard
Yes: The truck it's on right now, and the last truck that carried it.
Sign-out sheet
Partly: Whatever the last entry says.
AirTag
Partly: Where each item is on a map. It doesn't know your trucks or crews.
Samsara / Motive
Partly: Where each tag was last seen by their vehicle gateways.
ONE-KEY
Partly: Where a tool was last seen, and who it's assigned to, if someone keeps that up.
Who hears about a left-behind tool
LoadoutGuard
Yes: The crew lead, by text, while the truck is still close. The office sees it too.
Sign-out sheet
No: Nobody, until someone notices it's gone.
AirTag
Partly: The owner's iPhone, one item at a time, if Notify When Left Behind is on.
Samsara / Motive
Partly: Managers, through the fleet platform's alerts.
ONE-KEY
Partly: App users, by push or email, if a phone with the app sees it leave a geofence.
Checks the whole truck at every departure
LoadoutGuard
Yes: Every stop, every tool on the truck's list.
Sign-out sheet
No: Only if someone walks the truck with the list.
AirTag
No: One item, one phone.
Samsara / Motive
Partly: Tag by tag, outside trusted places.
ONE-KEY
No.
Crew replies in plain words, and it confirms when it's back
LoadoutGuard
Yes: "Going back, 5 min" works. It texts again when the tool is aboard.
Sign-out sheet
No.
AirTag
No.
Samsara / Motive
No.
ONE-KEY
No.
Morning check against the usual loadoutIn pilot
LoadoutGuard
Yes: Texts the crew lead in the yard if something that usually rides isn't aboard.
Sign-out sheet
No: Only if someone checks the truck against the sheet.
AirTag
No.
Samsara / Motive
No.
ONE-KEY
No.
Works with Android crews
LoadoutGuard
Yes: Texts reach any phone. Nothing to install.
Sign-out sheet
Yes: Paper works anywhere. Most checkout apps run on Android too.
AirTag
No: Setting up and getting alerts needs an iPhone.
Samsara / Motive
Yes.
ONE-KEY
Yes.

Competitor details as of 2026-10, from their public pages. Features change; check with each vendor.

The full comparison

Recovery for your most valuable tools.

For the tools you'd miss most, $3/month per tag. If one leaves your trucks and doesn't come back, it can be located on a wide-area tracking network outside your fleet.

Detect: A text or an after-hours alert.LoadoutGuard notices first. The crew lead gets a text when a truck leaves a stop without it, and you get an alert if a truck moves or gear goes missing after hours.
Investigate: Share a live location link.Mark the tool missing and share a live location link with whoever's looking, like the crew, the office, or the police.
Recover: Your phone guides you to it.A wide-area tracking network finds the area it's in. Then your phone takes you the rest of the way, showing when you're getting closer.

It helps you find a tool; it can't promise you'll get it back.

For crews that carry expensive gear off the truck.

Questions owners ask first.

More answers on the pricing page, or email pilots@loadoutguard.com.

Every tool. Every truck. Accounted for.

Start with a few trucks. We'll help you tag the equipment, install the truck units, and watch the first week's roll calls with you.