Guides for people who run heavy machines.
Practical writing on construction fleet management, telematics, GPS tracking, preventive maintenance and everything that keeps a yard moving on a Monday morning.
GPS tracking isn't fleet management - and on heavy equipment, that gap costs you.
Four out of five fleet owners think tracking means seeing where their machines are. That answer is exactly the problem.
19 guides so far.
- Company5 min
monytr joins imec.istart: fuel for the next chapter of fleet intelligence
Out of 140 applications for this cohort, monytr was one of just nine startups selected for imec.istart. Here is what the programme is, and what it changes for our roadmap.
- Regulation7 min
Zero-emission construction rules: what machine data does for your fleet
The emissions debate is about machines, but companies trip over the proof. Engine hours and fuel per machine do the heavy lifting in tenders, subsidies and reporting.
- Buyer's guides7 min
Equipment management software: from spreadsheet to real-time insight
Somewhere between twenty and forty machines, the spreadsheet becomes a full-time side job. Here is what software that pulls data straight from the machines looks like.
- Fleet management6 min
Fleet management for heavy equipment: why your vehicle tracking tool fails on excavators
Search for fleet management and you get vans. Anyone running excavators, telehandlers or cranes needs a different approach. These are the five differences.
- Maintenance6 min
Preventive, corrective or predictive maintenance: which policy fits your fleet?
Corrective maintenance is what happens when it is already too late. Preventive is what sits in the plan. Predictive is what every trade show promises. Here is what is realistic with the data you have today.
- Buyer's guides7 min
Equipment fleet management software: getting a grip on a mixed fleet
Five OEM portals, three spreadsheets and a site manager calling to ask where machine 47 is. Here is how to judge software that actually covers your whole fleet.
- Telematics7 min
Telematics without a CAN bus: what you can still read, and what you can't
"There's no CAN bus" usually gets treated as the end of the conversation. It isn't, quite. Here's exactly what a retrofit sensor can still capture - and what genuinely stays off the table.
- Telematics6 min
Generator and genset monitoring: fuel, load and runtime over Modbus
A generator failing is rarely a surprise to the machine - it's a surprise to whoever needed the power. Here's what Modbus monitoring actually gives you, and the one alert that matters most.
- Telematics7 min
Retrofit telematics: getting live data from machines without factory telematics
Every fleet has a machine nobody's told can be a data source. Here's what a retrofit gateway actually does, what it costs, and what to check before you buy one.
- Guides11 min
Equipment maintenance software: the preventive maintenance guide for mixed fleets
A step-by-step programme for planning service on a mixed fleet - triggered by engine hours and fault codes instead of calendar dates - plus the arithmetic that shows what unplanned downtime really costs you.
- Technology10 min
Electric construction equipment telematics: reading CAN bus state of charge and run hours
You bought an electric excavator and your telematics platform shows fuel level: 0. Here is why that happens, what an electric machine actually publishes on the CAN bus, and how to monitor diesel and battery machines on one screen.
- Comparison6 min
Trackunit alternative: what to actually compare on
Trackunit is a solid product and built most of this market. That doesn't automatically make it the right choice for your yard. Here's what to actually compare it on.
- Maintenance7 min
OEM fault codes explained: SPN, FMI, and what to do about them
SPN 3936, FMI 15. What does it actually mean, and does the machine need to stop right now? A field guide to J1939 fault codes.
- Telematics8 min
Mixed-fleet telematics: unifying CAT, Volvo, Komatsu and JCB data
AEMP 2.0 was supposed to solve mixed-fleet telematics in 2015. It didn't. Here is what actually works when your yard runs six brands.
- Maintenance8 min
Preventive maintenance for construction equipment: a practical schedule
A practical, engine-hour-based service schedule for the machines you actually run - with the intervals, the checks, and how to plan the work without stopping the site.
- Telematics6 min
GPS tracking for heavy equipment: what actually matters
Every telematics vendor sells GPS. Very few sell GPS that a yard manager can rely on at 06:45 on a Monday. Here is the checklist that separates the two.
- Operations7 min
How to reduce equipment idle time on a construction site
Idle time on a construction site is silent money. Here is how to measure it, set targets, and cut it by 25% in a quarter - without slowing anyone down.
- Buyer's guides9 min
Construction fleet management software: a 2026 buyer's guide
Most fleets already have five telematics logins and none of them talk to each other. Here is what actually matters when you replace them with one system.
