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Hilltip Smart Control Systems: HTrack, StrikeSmart, StrikeSmart Plus

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The video provides an in-depth explanation of Hilltip's proprietary smart control systems: HTrack, StrikeSmart, and StrikeSmart Plus. HTrack is a municipal-grade fleet management system included as a standard feature, allowing remote monitoring and control of all Hilltip spreaders. StrikeSmart is a ground-speed control system that automatically adjusts application rates based on vehicle speed, ensuring precise spreading and at least 25% salt savings annually. It eliminates operator error in manual adjustments. StrikeSmart Plus, an enhanced version, integrates navigation and weather data directly into the controller. It provides suggested application rates based on real-time ground temperature, humidity, and dew point, allowing operators to optimize spreading for pre-wetting or liquid applications. It also tracks vehicle movement via GPS, allowing contractors to monitor routes, material usage, and application rates from a web portal, creating an undeniable record for liability protection.

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of those lanes. All right, a couple times in this video you've heard mention of a couple systems that we're going to go deep into right now. HTrack, Smart Strike, and Smart Strike Plus. And these are proprietary systems unique to Hilltip that other companies are chasing and trying to create. Hilltip has just perfected these. But before we look at those, let's take a quick look at the Hilltip manufacturing facility in North America and then dive right into what these three proprietary components actually look like. Let's >> So, one of the things I do want to bring up, guys, this is Frank. He's actually the co-founder of Hilltip. You actually make the equipment in two parts of the world, Finland and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Correct, yes. And so, we're at your your your new America North American headquarters. You actually make the equipment here. Yeah, we we laser cut, bend, weld, assemble. Yeah, we do everything from scratch here here in Fort Wayne, United States. Frank, now this is your standard controller that comes with all Hilltip equipment and it includes the ground speed application, which what that does, and it's just standard is as an operator is adjusting his speed, you will compensate for whether he's going faster or slower to make sure that the application rate always stays within the parameters that the owner operator wants directly right from the office if need be. Is this correct? >> That's correct. That's absolutely correct. So, this is a Strike Smart controller and it's actually also with the newest feature is really that as you said, it takes off the operational error. We actually have a automatic function that it always goes in ground speed control and I say always to take out that operational aspect of the operators choosing to use a ground speed control in manual and that creates minimum 25% of salt saving annually. So, you're saying by always having the the capability of keeping ground speed control active, you are showing a 25% savings in salt because you can never screw up the application rate. What I mean I I guess really what the what we're trying to say is you can't have an operator go out there and go, "Oh, I want to put more here or less here." You can control it not just from the office, you can control it remotely from any part of the world. You can control any of your Hilltip equipment from wherever you may be at any point. >> Exactly. That's how how we operate our systems actually. This is the standard…

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