Construction equipment tracking & PTO hours

On the ground

What eats into your site margins

A machine spends part of its day idle, running at low revs or waiting. Gear left outside overnight attracts thieves, and no one always knows which machine is actually free on which site. Those blind spots cost lost hours, replacement kit and top-up rentals.

Theft of machines and tools

An unguarded site empties fast. Excavators, compressors, generators and tool boxes vanish overnight or over the weekend, often with no witness and no traceability.

Hours billed versus hours worked

The engine runs, but is it really working? Without reliable measurement you cannot tell a productive hour from an idling one. You invoice by guesswork and plan maintenance on rough counters.

Conditions that kill electronics

Dust, mud, vibration, immersion, high-pressure washing: a consumer-grade unit will not survive. And a machine crawling at very low speed is hard to position accurately.

Poorly distributed equipment

One machine sitting idle on a site while another site rents the same kit: without an overview, allocation is done blind and the rental bill climbs.

Ruggedised units

Built to live on a site

Our units are made for the harshest environment: IP67, IP68 and IP69K protection ratings, meaning dust-tight, resistant to temporary immersion and to the high-pressure jet of a wash-down. On a tipper body, under a chassis or in the cab, that is their natural habitat.

We also handle what classic trackers often miss: accurate positioning of a machine crawling at low speed or standing still for hours, and battery management on kit that does not run every day.

Ruggedised units rated IP67, IP68 and IP69K: dust, immersion and high-pressure jet
Reliable positioning even at very low speed and during long standstills
Sleep modes to preserve the battery of machines with intermittent use
Self-powered trackers with no wiring, up to 5 years of battery, for tools and trailers

Measure real work, not just engine time

PTO hours and angular movement

Monitoring of power take-off (PTO) hours and of the angular movement of the excavator arm or the concrete mixer. You can finally separate real work from mere idling, machine by machine.

Per-site geofencing

One zone per site: entries, exits, time on site per machine. Hours are split automatically by site, ready to re-invoice to the client or allocate internally.

Out-of-hours alert and anti-theft

Movement detected outside working hours, remote engine immobilisation, tow alert, geofence breach: theft flags itself the moment it happens, not on Monday morning.

BLE beacons for tools

Low-power Bluetooth (BLE) beacons and sensors on small kit: tool boxes, cases, generators. Loaned equipment comes back, stolen equipment gets located. Everything on the same platform as your vehicles.

Machines and tools with no ignition follow the same logic as our asset tracking: a self-powered tracker, a zone, alerts.

What you get back

IP69K

Ruggedised units, tested for dust, immersion and high-pressure jet

5 years

Up to 5 years of battery on our tool trackers with no wiring

24/7

Anti-theft monitoring of machines, nights and weekends included

1993

Our first vehicle tracking systems, designed in Nivelles

In practice, that means fewer thefts and fewer replacement purchases, machine hours invoiced on real work rather than by guesswork, a better utilisation rate that cuts top-up rentals, and maintenance planned on real hours rather than on the calendar. The gains depend on your fleet and your organisation; we work them out with you, based on your sites.

Real case

Allocate, invoice, protect

An earthworks company tracks five excavators spread over three sites. Geofencing maps each site, and the arm movement hours separate real work from idling. At month end, each machine comes out with its hours per site, ready for invoicing.

One Sunday, an excavator moves outside working hours. The alert goes out at once, the position is followed live and passed to the relevant authorities for recovery. On Monday there is nothing to discover: it was already handled.

Real hours per machine and per site, ready to re-invoice
Under-used machine spotted before renting the same kit elsewhere
Out-of-hours movement alert and live tracking in case of theft
Maintenance triggered on real hours, not on a date

Frequently asked questions

How do I protect machines from theft on an unguarded site?

We combine several layers: geofencing around the site zone, motion and tilt detection, an immediate alert on any out-of-hours movement, and on compatible machines, remote engine immobilisation or starter cut-off. In case of theft, the position is followed live and passed on for recovery.

How do I measure a machine's real working hours, excluding idling?

Beyond plain engine hours, we track power take-off (PTO) hours and the angular movement of the arm or mixer. An hour spent idling no longer counts as a productive hour. The report gives real hours per machine and per site, usable for invoicing and maintenance.

Can I track tools at low cost?

Yes, with low-power Bluetooth (BLE) beacons and sensors, with no wiring or heavy subscription. You fix them to tool boxes, cases, generators and small kit. They report their presence through a unit on the machine or van, on the same platform as the rest of the fleet.

Which tracker withstands dust and water on a site?

Our ruggedised units reach IP67, IP68 and IP69K ratings depending on the model: dust-tight, resistant to temporary immersion and to high-pressure washing. They are built to live outdoors, exposed to shocks and vibration, on a tipper body or under a chassis.

Can I follow the same equipment across several sites?

That is one of the most profitable uses. Each site has its geofencing zone; you see where every machine is, how long it has been there and whether it is actually used. Allocation between sites is driven by facts, which cuts needless top-up rentals.

Can I re-invoice machine hours to a site?

Yes. Working hours and time in zone are recorded per site through geofencing. The report gives hours per machine and per site, ready to invoice to the end client or to allocate analytically across your sites.

Construction equipment tracking