Plant and machinery theft
Diggers, dumpers, breakers and attachments — stolen to order, moved within hours. Deterrence and vehicle evidence at the gate matter more than anything inside.
Storage Yard & Compound Security Cameras
Yards and compounds hold the expensive, stealable end of a business — plant, vans, fuel, materials, containers — usually behind palisade fencing on a site with no broadband and nobody there after six. A solar 4G camera puts the gate and the stock on your phone, without a metre of cable.
26WSolar panel included — sized for UK winters
64GBLocal storage included, no cloud subscription required
4GMulti-network SIM: EE, O2, Three & Vodafone
24/7Adaptive recording with person & vehicle alerts
Why compounds get hit, and keep getting hit
A locked gate tells a thief what is worth taking. What most yards lack is any record of who came, when, and in what vehicle.
Fuel theft
Diesel from bowsers, tanks and parked trucks vanishes in repeat visits. Quietly, constantly, and it rarely gets reported until the losses add up.
Trailers, vans and materials
Cable, copper, timber and anything on wheels. Overnight and weekend windows are when yards are emptied.
No comms on site
Industrial-edge yards rarely justify a broadband line, so conventional IP CCTV never gets past the quote stage.
How to cover a yard without wiring it
Containers, poles and fence lines are all the infrastructure these cameras need. Everything else — power, connection, storage — is on board.
- Gate first, then the stockOne camera on the entrance records every vehicle in and out. A second over the fuel tank or highest-value rows covers the inside of the yard.
- Mount on containers and polesThe included wall and pole fixings suit container corners, fence posts and lighting columns. Height keeps cameras out of reach and lengthens sightlines.
- Vehicle alerts out of hoursPerson and vehicle detection pushes alerts to the CamHipro app the moment something moves after closing — on several phones if you run a rota.
- Reconfigure as the yard changesStock moves, rows change, sites open and close. Self-contained cameras unbolt and follow the risk, with no installation sunk into the ground.
A camera at the gate changes the whole economics
Most yard crime starts with a look through the gate in daylight and finishes with a van at 2am. A visible camera on the gate line interrupts both halves: the daytime scout clocks it and moves to an easier yard, and the 2am visit — if it still happens — is recorded with vehicle, plate, date and time on the camera’s local card. That is the footage police and insurers actually ask for.
Hire companies, scaffolders, builders’ merchants and landscapers run the same playbook across multiple yards: one camera minimum per site, all in one app, checked in thirty seconds before bed. No broadband contracts per yard, no cloud fee per camera — SIM data is the only running cost, which is what makes multi-site coverage affordable.
Where a yard has a powered cabin or workshop, add a Mini PTZ on the building: continuous power and optical zoom give you readable detail on the gate from deep inside the yard.
Insurance note: many commercial policies ask what security a yard has. Recorded CCTV coverage of the entrance is a concrete answer — check your policy’s security conditions and tell your insurer what you’ve fitted.
The right kit for a storage yard
Solar on the gate and fence line; powered zoom on the workshop if you have it.
No mains power
Solar 360 Mini
The no-excuses option for unwired yards: self-powered, 4G-connected, container-mountable, and movable between sites as work shifts.
- 3MP pan-and-tilt camera with person and vehicle detection
- 26W solar panel and 15,600mAh battery — no mains supply needed
- 64GB memory card included, expandable to 256GB
- Unlocked, with a multi-network SIM covering EE, O2, Three & Vodafone
Mains power available
Mini PTZ
For yards with a powered building — continuous power plus optical zoom for plate-readable detail across long yards.
- Powered 4G pan-and-tilt camera with optical zoom
- Continuous power for constant, detailed coverage
- Local recording with person detection
- Same CamHipro app and UK support as the solar camera
Already have cameras that just need a connection? Our multi-network streaming SIMs work in any unlocked 4G camera.
Storage yard camera questions, answered
There's no broadband at our yard — is that a problem?
No. The camera connects over 4G using an included multi-network SIM (EE, O2, Three and Vodafone), so it works anywhere a phone gets a usable signal — broadband never enters into it.
Can I mount it on a shipping container?
Yes. The included wall and pole fixings suit container corners and cabin walls, and a container roof line gives exactly the height and reach you want over a yard.
Does it record all the time or just alerts?
Solar 360 Mini records adaptively around the clock to its included 64GB card (expandable to 256GB), alongside person and vehicle alert clips pushed to your phone.
Can several staff get the alerts?
Yes. The CamHipro app installs on multiple phones, so the yard foreman, owner and out-of-hours keyholder can all see live views and alerts.
Will it actually deter theft, or just record it?
Both jobs matter. A visible camera on the gate removes you from the easy-target list; if someone proceeds anyway, timestamped footage of people and vehicles supports the police report and the insurance claim.
Put the gate on your phone tonight
No cabling, no broadband contract, no monthly cloud fee — just the yard, watched.
Buy with confidence: every 4GCCTV camera comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, an 18-month warranty and free lifetime support from our UK-based team.