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.
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.
7 guides so far.
- 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.