Truck desks for laptops allow you to instantly have access to client files right on the road back and forth to the office, or on the job site. Today more and more professionals are having to commute and or are working from a home and or a truck mobile office a large portion of the time and we have all experienced this scenario - an important customer calls your cellular, they have sent some files to your email and would like an answer quickly, in almost all cases, you have to delay the response until you get back to the office, this could be an hour.
Laptop stands for cars make it easy for you to be able to stop by the roadside, open the computer, connect through your cellular phone to the web and download the file with your email program. You can take a quick look at the customers file and answer any questions typing easily with the keyboard positioned right where you need it, as most desks are articulating and multi position. You can easily save a major project from collapse with this technology and combination of products, the laptop, your truck computer stand and cellular phone.
Cell phones improve the client communications, now with our reliance on our email as well there is no reason for professionals and business owners not to have both working overtime. Many is the time you or your staff will be making sales calls and need to pull up a business owners past history, with a truck computer desk mount it is a cinch, the laptop is positioned right there beside you, just open it up, look up your client history, go in and make the sales call with memory refreshed, it's much better than trying to work off the console.
GPS and laptops have considerably improved our ability to get to an important meeting, we have all ran short of time trying to find an address and make countless trips around the block not quite sure where we went wrong, with a GPS UNIT hooked right to your laptop, open the screen, you can easily navigate using the laptop and gps to get to the meeting on time. Most of the Professional quality laptop mounting systems allow the laptop to remain open, this way you can use a GPS software to assist you in navigating to the client.
Truck notebook stands are now available with an optional printer bracket so you can carry a mobile printer like the hp 460 right with you. You could perform a quote, enter the details right on location into your computer and then print the quote out on your mobile printer and hand it to the client on the spot, in many cases getting a confirmation right there. A caution on this type of mounting system, get an upright that is strong enough to hold the printer, if they don't specify that they can hold the weight, don't purchase it, it will only cause grief. You want a professional desk that is developed to withstand the additional wieght of the portable printers like the HP460.
Truck laptop computer desks utilize the floor area to install using self tapping metal screws, however, in most cases there is an option to purchase what's called the no-drill model, or custom designed base. This option allows you to remove the existing seat mounting nuts from your passenger seat, then install this custom designed base, which is made to fit your seat bolt pattern. Be sure to specify this when ordering, this allows you to retighten the nuts, firmly locking your desk base onto the passenger seat bolts making a secure mounting system.
You would then position the notebook desk on top of the custom base and follow the manufacturers instructions to assemble the rest of the desk, most are only a few pieces and take minutes to install. High quality mounting systems allow for almost infinite positioning of the desktop, thus using the laptop is much easier. Be sure to see if the keyboard can be reached from both sides of the automobile, used from outside the truck and how long it takes to remove.
Truck consoles bring into play another area you'll need to check, make sure the upright center rod is of sufficient quality and heavy enough to handle the flex when you lift the desk up to come over a console. You'll need a mount in some cases to reach up to 25", there are only a handful that can do this, be sure to check this out. What your looking for is the hieght adjustment measurement, or extension length, ask the supplier, or see if they list it on the description. Again, if it's only ten inches, or even 18", look further.
Trucks like the new Ford Super Duty, or the Chevrolet Silverado all have mounting systems custom made to bolt right in, it's a terrific way to outfit your truck and turn it into a professional mobile office.
