Verizon Connect Installation

The install method is the first decision on every vehicle. An OBD-II plug-in tracker is fastest and requires no cutting, which suits leased vehicles and fleets that rotate units frequently. A hardwired install — ignition, constant power and ground landed at the fuse block — is the better choice when you want the device concealed, tamper-resistant, or on a vehicle whose diagnostic port is occupied, damaged or awkwardly placed under the driver's knee.

We recommend hardwiring for any fleet that has had trackers "mysteriously" go offline, because a plug-in device is trivially unplugged and just as trivially blamed on a bad unit. Hardwired installs are fused, loomed and mounted out of sight, with a service loop left so the device can be swapped later without cutting into the harness.

Many fleets pair tracking with integrated dash cameras, in road-facing or dual-facing configurations. We mount cameras high and centered behind the mirror in line with FMCSA's windshield-obstruction rule in 49 CFR 393.60, run the cable behind the headliner and A-pillar trim clear of airbag deployment paths, and verify framing from the seated driver position on that specific vehicle.

Where a camera and tracker share power, we plan the circuit before the first vehicle goes on the lift: correct fusing for the combined load, a single clean landing point at the fuse block, and labeled leads so the next technician is not reverse-engineering someone else's work. Cameras are then confirmed streaming or uploading in the platform before the vehicle is released.

Service fleets rarely park together, so we schedule around the way they actually operate: early-morning waves before trucks roll out, evening and weekend blocks, installs during scheduled maintenance visits, and rolling daily batches so a branch loses one or two vehicles at a time instead of a whole day of capacity.

For fleets scattered across a metro, we can work at multiple branch locations in sequence or at a customer-designated central point on a set date. Per-vehicle install time typically runs 30 to 75 minutes: about 20 to 30 minutes for a plug-in tracker, 45 to 75 minutes for a hardwired install with a camera and concealed routing. A two-technician crew commonly completes 10 to 16 service vehicles in a day.

Verizon Connect installation is quoted per vehicle. The rate depends on install method (plug-in versus hardwired), whether a camera and auxiliary wiring are included, vehicle type and how much upfit has to be worked around, how many vehicles are available at one location, and travel between branches.

Volume at a single site is the biggest cost lever, since mobilization is the fixed expense. Fleets that can stage 15 or more vehicles at one branch on one day see a materially lower per-unit rate than fleets that release three at a time across five locations. Multi-branch programs are quoted as a program with a blended per-vehicle rate and a defined schedule. LVForce is licensed and insured nationwide, with certificates of insurance provided on request.