Anyone use a stand-alone GPS vehicle tracking device - recommendations?

I am kinda wanting a couple of the GPS tracking devices to put in my truck and my utility trailer. There are a bunch of them advertised on FB and different sites but I dont want to have to pay a huge annual fee and I would like for it to actually work if one of my vehicles were stolen. Any suggestions on brands or plans? Also how about mounting locations so I actually get a signal but it is hidden and secure. Thanks

 

I have the Bouncie in my sons truck. It was like $50-75 and $8 a month. It was 3G, they just converted to 4G. It can plug straight into the ODB port or you can buy an extension cable to tuck under dash better and conceal - which is what I did.
It has a lot of features thru a phone app. Gets notifications for speeding & hard braking. It will also notify of vehicle fault codes and even when the battery is getting week.
The vehicle has to be on for it to connect. But you can easily use the route history to find where last parked.

Purchase on Amazon.

I am not sure about a trailer. They have magnetic battery option models but would have to be charged regularly.

Good luck.

 

Just hide an apple air tag in it, you do need to have an I phone though.

 

Cheap = Apple Air Tag.
Anything else is going to require a cell connection and a subscription fee.

I don't use Apple, but I bought a used iPhone and AirTags for this reason.
For the price of any reasonable GPS tracker you could buy several AirTags and hide them in various places.