The Benefits of Accurate and Efficient Aerial Custom Spraying and Ground Application
Airborne Custom Spraying relies on Razor Tracking to ensure each employee gets home safely each night.
The top priorities at Airborne Custom Spraying are accurate and efficient application for their customers along with ensuring each employee gets home safely each night. Airborne Custom Spraying utilizes turbine aircraft, as well as John Deere Self-Propelled Sprayers, to apply chemicals safely and accurately for their customers. Razor Tracking helps them provide the highest quality application services for their clients, whether aerial or ground with GPS tracking devices and software.
Enhancing Agricultural Aviation with Razor Tracking: A Look at Airborne Custom Spraying
For agricultural aviation businesses, efficiency, safety, and precision are essential to success. Airborne Custom Spraying, based in Halstead, Minnesota, and Hillsboro, North Dakota, exemplifies these qualities through its full-service agricultural retail operations. Specializing in aerial application, the company also provides ground spraying, chemical sales, and is a Pioneer Seed dealer. To streamline its fleet management and ensure operational safety, Airborne Custom Spraying relies on Razor Tracking’s GPS tracking and telematics platform.
Optimizing Operations with Real-Time Tracking
Rob Aslesen, owner and pilot at Airborne Custom Spraying, emphasizes the importance of early morning flights, noting that it is the best and most efficient time to fly. Managing multiple aircraft and ground rigs requires precise coordination, and Razor Tracking’s platform provides real-time visibility into all operational equipment.
“We have five pieces of equipment at our home facilities, including airplanes and ground machines,” Aslesen explains. “With Razor Tracking, we can monitor their locations and review flight data to ensure efficiency, even when dealing with unpredictable weather conditions.”
Prioritizing Safety Through GPS Monitoring
Safety is a top priority for Airborne Custom Spraying, and Razor Tracking plays a crucial role in ensuring the well-being of its pilots and ground crew. The tracking system enables the team to monitor aircraft movement in real-time, offering an added layer of security.
“The ability to track our vehicles and aircraft is a major safety advantage,” Aslesen states. “If an aircraft stops moving unexpectedly, we can quickly determine its location and dispatch first responders if necessary.”
Additionally, the system provides operational convenience beyond safety measures. “Rebecca, our operations coordinator, uses Razor Tracking to anticipate when pilots will return, ensuring meals are ready between loads,” Aslesen adds.
"Razor Tracking gives us the ability to see exactly where the pilots are every day, as real time as possible, without actually being in the cockpit with them."
Enhancing Logistics and Efficiency
Ben Hilde, Precision Ag Specialist at Airborne Custom Spraying, highlights the significance of logistics in their daily operations. Managing three airplanes and up to four ground rigs requires strategic planning and real-time coordination.
“We create maps in advance and use Razor Tracking to send pilots and ground crews in the right direction each day,” Hilde explains. “Being able to track their location in real time without physically being in the cockpit helps us manage operations more effectively.”
Beyond navigation, the system provides critical timing insights. “Timing is everything in agricultural chemistry,” Aslesen points out. “With Razor Tracking, we can coordinate ground rigs efficiently, ensuring they are at the right place at the right time.”
A Trusted Partner for Agricultural Aviation
Airborne Custom Spraying has worked closely with Razor Tracking to tailor the platform to its specific needs. “The team at Razor Tracking has been incredibly accommodating, helping us fine-tune the system for contract work and other operational requirements,” Aslesen says.
Hilde also attests to the ease of use and reliability of the platform. “Recommending Razor Tracking is simple. Whether you need to track trucks, airplanes, or other equipment, the platform is easy to set up and understand. It helps us meet our daily goals and, most importantly, ensures everyone gets home safely.”
Experience the Razor Tracking Advantage
Razor Tracking provides the most advanced GPS fleet tracking, video telematics, and management software for industries of all kinds. Airborne Custom Spraying integrates Razor Tracking GPS devices with the John Deere Operations Center, allowing them to view all equipment on a single screen.
To learn more about Razor Tracking’s software, integrations, GPS tracking devices, and dash cameras, visit RazorTracking.com or call 833-GO-RAZOR for a free demo.
