Industries
For fleets where honest hours matter.
Construction
Yellow iron + service trucks on the same roster
CAT 320 #104
4,851 hrs · PM due
Skid #09
🔴 hyd leak
F-450 #211
78k mi · ok
Lowboy 48'
1,022 hrs
Why this exists
Four things every honest fleet needs.
Whether the unit is a CAT 320, a JD combine, or a Ford pickup — the same four things make or break a maintenance program.
Meters you can defend
Photo of the dash beats a clipboard. Last reading is suggested; jumps are flagged before save.
Maintenance tied to reality
PM intervals fire on real meter hours, not someone's calendar guess. Auto-flag at the threshold.
Everyone who touches iron
Operators, drivers, and mechanics all log and flag — no per-seat tax punishing you for crew size.
Tools tracked alongside iron
Plate compactors, jumping jacks, generators, welders, hand tools, consumables — same app. Checkout visibility (who has it), low-stock alerts, PM on engine-powered tools, warranty tracking.
Construction & earthmoving
Construction & earthmoving
The pain: Crews swap iron between job sites; meter readings live on radios, scrap paper, or in someone's head.How it shifts: Find the unit, enter the meter, and save. Photo OCR can assist when typing is awkward in gloves. PM alerts fire when the 320 hits 500 hours.
- →Excavators, dozers, skid steers, articulated trucks
- →Light towers, generators, compressors
- →Service trucks and one-tons
Construction
Yellow iron + service trucks on the same roster
CAT 320 #104
4,851 hrs · PM due
Skid #09
🔴 hyd leak
F-450 #211
78k mi · ok
Lowboy 48'
1,022 hrs
Ag & rental fleets
Ag & rental fleets
The pain: Tractors and headers cycle through operators all season; rental units come back with rough hour estimates.How it shifts: Driver pins their unit; logs are tagged to the operator automatically. Rental returns get a verified meter photo.
- →Tractors, combines, sprayers
- →Skid loaders and telehandlers
- →Trailers, attachments, drone fleet (yes, we count those too)
Ag & rental
Operators rotate; the meter doesn't lie
JD 8R 250
3,201 hrs · op K. Reyes
Combine 9870
1,540 hrs · 🟡 service
Skid loader
rental return: 642 hrs
Grain truck
42k mi · ok
Mixed road + off-road
Mixed road + off-road
The pain: On-road tools that price by truck miss your yellow iron; off-road tools want a CMMS rollout you can't justify.How it shifts: One app, one rate, both sides. F-150s and Silverados log miles; the CAT 320 logs hours; the trailer behind the F-250 logs as a check-in. All on one screen.
- →F-150s, Silverados, Transits alongside loaders & forklifts
- →Pickups + skid steers + a couple of dump trailers
- →Owner-operator + crew, 5–50 assets
Mixed road + off-road
One app for pickups and yellow iron
F-150 #07
34k mi · ok
Forklift #02
892 hrs · ok
Box truck #14
61k mi · 🟡 brake
Service van
22k mi · ok
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Maintenance & asset tracking by vertical
Deeper pages for construction, agriculture, trucking, forestry, and mining — how hour truth and PM apply in the field.
Vs. the alternatives
Why fleets pick this over the spreadsheet — or the enterprise TMS
| Feature | Spreadsheet / clipboard | Enterprise TMS | DirtFleet Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers / operators included | Unlimited (and unmanaged) | $ per seat | Unlimited, no charge |
| Cost on a 25-truck fleet | Free (and chaotic) | $1,200–3,000/mo + onboarding | $119/mo list (25 assets, 60 tools) |
| Offline logging | If they remember to write it | Sometimes (varies) | Device queue for hours + sync; cached reads in many areas |
| Photo of dashboard / meter | — | Rare | Built in to the log step (Tesseract + Claude fallback) |
| ELD / FMCSA HOS pretense | — | Often bundled or sold separately | None — pair a certified ELD vendor for road CMVs |
| Time to first log | Whenever someone opens the file | 8–12 weeks of rollout | Same day |
| Repair flagging from the field | Texts to mechanic | Workflow rollout required | Severity, note/photo, then manager + mechanic alert |
| Hour-based PM alerts | Manual calendar reminders | Available, configuration-heavy | Set once, auto-flags forever |
| Tool tracking (compactors, generators, welders, hand tools) | Separate file (or absent) | Add-on module, separate seat math | Built-in, no extra cost — checkout, low-stock, PM, warranty alerts |
| Cancel / export your data | It's already yours | Contract-dependent | Anytime, CSV + PDF |
FAQ
What managers want to know
Will the field crew actually use it?
The operator flow is intentionally narrow: find the unit, enter the meter, and save. Use the trial with your own crew to measure completion before committing.
How fast can I roll it out?
Same day in most fleets. Import existing assets via CSV, send drivers the install link — we help with onboarding when you want a hand.
What do I see when something breaks?
Push notification on red flags within seconds. Dashboard shows the asset, the photo, the note, and the driver. You triage from your phone or hand off to the mechanic queue.
What's the seat math?
There isn't any. Unlimited drivers, mechanics, and managers on standard plans under fair use. The subscription is priced per organization, not per seat.
What analytics do fleet managers get?
A dedicated analytics view rolls up meter deltas by 24h / 7 / 30 days (engine hours and odometer separately), logging utilization, repair spend where costs were entered, and cost per engine hour. Optional fuel rollups use a burn rate you set per hour-meter asset — it's an estimate, not a fuel card integration. Claude-powered 'insight highlights' read the same summary numbers to spot trends; it's an assistant, not accounting advice.
Get started
Pick your industry — same flow either way.
Construction, ag, and mixed operations on one honest roster. Flat software pricing (fair use) and hands-on setup when you need it.