Monitoring ground-engaging products for earth working equipment

A monitoring system for monitoring ground-engaging product secured to an earth working equipment, the monitoring system comprising:

• a ground-engaging product including a front end, a rearward-opening cavity to receive a projecting portion of the earth working equipment, the cavity being defined by a top surface, a bottom surface and opposing side surfaces, and a recess having at least one open end positioned laterally outward of the top, bottom and side surfaces of the cavity;
• a monitoring device secured in the recess and including a sensor for detecting a characteristic of the ground-engaging product, a communication device for wirelessly communicating information about the characteristic at least partly through the open end of the recess, and a battery;
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• a remote device remote from the ground-engaging product to receive the information transmitted by the monitoring device.

A ground-engaging product for attachment to an earth working equipment comprising:

• a front end;
• a rearward-opening cavity to receive a projecting portion of the earth working equipment, the cavity being defined by a top surface, a bottom surface and opposing side surfaces,
• a recess having at least one open end positioned laterally outward of the top, bottom and side surfaces of the cavity;
• and
• a monitoring device secured in the recess and including a sensor for detecting a characteristic of the ground-engaging product, a communication device for wirelessly communicating information about the characteristic at least partly through the open end of the recess, and a battery.