The operator of a Mack dump truck found his machine missing right after lunch one recent Wednesday. The LoJack® system installed in the vehicle certainly came in handy- with its assistance, local police were able to recover the Mack in just 19 minutes after activation. On September 12th, 2013, the truck’s operator contacted the Hillsborough

When a construction site in Chicago, IL, was robbed over a weekend, the thieves took a rented 2013 Bobcat Skid Steer S650. What the thieves didn’t know is that the rental company protected this valuable machine with the LoJack® system, so local police were able to locate and recover it in less than three and

Theft of construction equipment is a constant threat to those in the building industry. Why does this happen so often? Here’s an explanation from someone in the business who was a witness in this case: “A person(s) using stolen construction equipment has less labor overhead cost and can therefore under bid another contractor which in

The crew at a construction site in Houston, TX, came to work one Wednesday morning and noticed a Case 580N backhoe was missing from where it had been parked at the end of the previous workday. It’s a good thing the owner of the backhoe chose to protect it with the LoJack® system, which helped

A concrete contractor in Mooresville, NC, left a rented 2012 Melroe Bobcat S-175 Skid Steer Loader on a trailer in a supermarket parking lot overnight, figuring it would be safe in that well-lit, open area. Unfortunately, that assumption was incorrect, and, the next morning, both Bobcat and trailer were gone. Luckily, the rental company was

Construction equipment rental companies often install the LoJack® system on their entire inventory, because if one of their machines is stolen and not recovered, they lose both the valuable asset itself as well as the rental income. In this case a stolen air compressor was recovered the same day it was stolen by local law

A piece of construction equipment is stolen over a weekend, moved to another town 30 minutes away, and still recovered in less than an hour and a half after activation, thanks to local law enforcement assisted by the LoJack® system. On August 6th, 2013, the owner of a 2011 Caterpillar 259-B skid steer loader contacted

A light tower is a very valuable piece of construction equipment needed for work done at night, in dark conditions, or even in inclement weather. Its very value is one reason so many companies who own this machine protect it with the LoJack® system, as in this case where a 2010 Magnum light tower stolen

Workers at a construction site in Coral Springs, Florida returned to the job after a weekend off and realize they were missing a 2009 Caterpillar 958H front-end loader. Company management did a smart thing when they had the LoJack® system installed at the time of purchase, because local police using LoJack were able to track

In this case, a 2013 Kubota BX25 backhoe/front end loader is taken from a national home improvement store in Reynoldsburg, OH, when the customer provides fraudulent information and the store only finds out after the machine has left the premises. Luckily, the store’s managers were smart enough to have the LoJack® system installed on the