Equipment rentals · Texas

Equipment Rentals: Solar Camera Trailers

Four deterrence cameras plus a PTZ, solar and LTE powered, with alarm monitoring included in the monthly rate. From a Texas DPS-licensed security company. This page also lists Surveillance Tower rentals.

Nomad solar camera trailer with mast-mounted cameras on a job site in Boling, TX
Boling, TX · Representative Nomad trailer; current package equipment may differ.

Equipment rentals · Surveillance Tower

Surveillance Tower

A compact solar and LTE mast for job sites, yards and events. This is a rental. It is not a towable trailer: the tower has a wheeled base and no hitch, and it is placed or rolled on site. The surveillance trailer on this page is the towable unit, with four deterrence cameras and a PTZ.

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Monthly rental rates

Surveillance Tower monthly rental price by term
TermVideo-VerifiedLive with Talk-Down
12+ months$895/mo$1,095/mo
6–11 months$1,095/mo$1,295/mo
Month-to-month$1,295/mo$1,495/mo

Prices are per tower per month, plus sales tax. Delivery and pickup are quoted separately. Monitoring is included in the monthly rate and is provided by a licensed central station under a separate monitoring agreement.

Prices current as of November 2026 and subject to change. Final price per written quote or rental agreement. Plus applicable tax.

We deliver from the same Houston and Dallas–Fort Worth hubs used for trailers. Tower delivery is not the trailer region fee. Ask for a delivery quote for your site.

  • Compact solar and LTE mast for job sites, yards and events
  • Wheeled base, no hitch. Placed or rolled on site
  • Video-Verified or Live with Talk-Down. Monitoring is included in the monthly rate

Interested in purchasing? Ask for a quote.

What's on every trailer

Everything the site needs, on one trailer.

  • Four turret cameras

    Four deterrence turret cameras, one facing each side, with red and blue warning lights and an audible warning designed to deter intruders

  • A PTZ camera

    A PTZ camera for zooming in and following activity across the site

  • Talk-down speaker

    A talk-down speaker on every trailer

  • Solar, battery & LTE

    Solar and battery power with LTE, so the site needs no power or Wi-Fi. LTE service is required at the site, so we'll ask you about LTE coverage there before setup.

  • Delivered & set up

    Delivery, setup, and pickup by Nomad or our licensed Texas service partner

Two plans

Monitoring is included in the rate.

Video-Verified

$1,695/mo

on a 12-month term

  • Full 5-camera trailer
  • When the trailer detects activity, an operator at our licensed central station partner reviews the video. If it appears to be a real intrusion, they contact police and your designated contacts according to your call list. Police response is up to local law enforcement.
  • Mobile app access to view your cameras anytime the unit has power and signal

Live Talk-Down

$1,895/mo

on a 12-month term

  • Everything in Video-Verified, including mobile app access
  • When an alarm triggers, an operator views the live video and can speak to people on site through the trailer speaker, then follows your call list.
Monthly rental price by term
TermVideo-VerifiedLive Talk-Down
12+ months$1,695/mo$1,895/mo
6–11 months$1,995/mo$2,195/mo
Month-to-month$2,295/mo$2,495/mo

Prices are per trailer per month, plus delivery/pickup and sales tax. Monitoring is provided by a licensed central station under a separate monitoring agreement.

Prices current as of October 2026 and subject to change. Final price per written quote or agreement. Plus applicable tax.

Delivery, setup, and pickup

One flat fee, priced from the closer hub.

One flat fee per rental covers drop-off, setup, and pickup. Trailers are based at two hubs, Houston and Dallas–Fort Worth, and each site is priced from the closer hub.

Map of Texas delivery regions. Region 1 covers the counties around Houston and Dallas–Fort Worth; Region 2 includes Austin, Waco, Beaumont and Galveston; Region 3 includes San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Tyler, Lubbock and Midland; far West Texas and the Rio Grande Valley are custom quote.
Texas delivery regions
Delivery, setup, and pickup fee by region
RegionWhereFee
Region 1Hub region · 0–85 road milesHouston, Dallas, Fort Worth and surrounding counties$795
Region 285–150 road milesExamples: Austin, Waco, Beaumont, Galveston$1,095
Region 3150–330 road milesExamples: San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Tyler, Lubbock, Midland$1,695
Custom quoteOver 330 road milesExamples: McAllen, El PasoCall us

No setup fee. Plus tax.

Delivery in as little as 24 hours, depending on availability.

Cost per hour vs. a guard

What it costs by the hour.

~$2.32/hr

Video-Verified, 12-month term ($1,695/mo), before delivery and tax

~$2.60/hr

Live Talk-Down, 12-month term ($1,895/mo), before delivery and tax

$17.30/hr

Texas median security guard wage (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025, via O*NET)

A month is about 730 hours. On a 12-month term that's about $2.32 an hour for video-verified alarm response ($1,695/mo) or about $2.60 an hour with live talk-down ($1,895/mo), before delivery and tax. All-in, with 8.25% tax and a hub-region delivery spread over 12 months, the video-verified plan is about $1,905 a month, or about $2.61 an hour.

For comparison, the median wage for a security guard in Texas is $17.30 an hour (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025, via O*NET). That's the guard's pay, before agency markup and tax (guard services are taxable in Texas too), supervision, or insurance. Covering just nights and weekends (about 108 hours a week, or about 468 hours a month) at that wage alone is about $8,100 a month.

A camera trailer doesn't replace a guard's physical presence. It can't patrol, physically intervene, or respond in person. The guard figure is the Texas median wage only, not a quote from any security company, and it excludes their markup, supervision and insurance.

Nomad solar camera trailer deployed on a site in La Marque, TX
La Marque, TX · Representative Nomad trailer; current package equipment may differ.

Why Nomad

Outfitted and serviced in Texas.

  • Texas DPS-licensed security company, based in Bridgeport, TX
  • Our trailers are specified by Nomad, outfitted to our spec, and serviced by Nomad
  • Monitoring is included in the rate, not an add-on
  • Serving sites across all of Texas

Built for: Construction sites, equipment and storage yards, events, vacant property, and city and county sites.

Need a permanent system instead? See our solar camera pole projects and installed security systems.

FAQ

Common questions

Do I have to sign for a year?

No. The best rate is on a 12-month term, and 6–11 month and month-to-month options are also available.

How fast can you deliver?

Delivery in as little as 24 hours, depending on availability.

Does it need power?

No. It runs on solar and battery power. LTE service is required, so we'll ask you about LTE coverage at your site.

What's the difference between the plans?

On Video-Verified, an operator reviews alarm video and follows your call list, including contacting police. Live Talk-Down adds the operator speaking through the trailer speaker.

What if something breaks?

Repair or replacement of trailer equipment that fails in normal use is included at no extra charge. Other service visits are billed at our standard rates, including cleaning cameras or solar panels, relocating the trailer, and damage from misuse, vandalism, theft, accidents, or weather. The renter is responsible for loss of or damage to the trailer from delivery until pickup, including storm and hail damage, and must carry insurance on the trailer, with a certificate of insurance before delivery. Details are in the rental agreement.

What happens in long cloudy stretches?

Our trailers are built with battery systems designed to keep running for multiple days without direct sunlight. Actual run time depends on weather, temperature, battery condition, and camera and alert activity. Extended stretches of heavy clouds, short winter days, or shading can still drain the batteries. If that happens, the unit may shut down, pausing recording, viewing, alerts and monitoring until it recharges. If a battery runs low, it can usually be recharged in several hours with a generator or site power. You can connect your own generator to the trailer's outside charging inlet, following our hookup instructions. If you'd rather we come out, recharge visits are billed as a service call and aren't included in your rental. If your site needs uninterrupted coverage, talk to us before you rent.

Get a quote

Get a quote for your site

Tell us your address and start date, and we'll send a quote with delivery pricing for your site.

Call (940) 228-4741 Get a rental quote