Construction & heavy equipment rental

Heavy equipment rental software that knows where every machine is.

Track each machine as its own unit, block servicing before it costs you a rental, and let contractors book, sign and pay without a phone call.

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Every machine tracked as its own unit
Servicing blocks availability automatically
Deposits and damage handled on the ticket
Before and after

The yard already knows. The system should too.

Most heavy equipment rental runs on a whiteboard, a spreadsheet and whoever has been there longest. It works until it doesn't.

The hard way

  • Nobody is sure what is in — the board says available, the machine came back damaged on Friday and nobody wrote it down.
  • The same machine, twice — two contractors promised the same telehandler because two people took the calls.
  • Servicing arrives as a surprise — a machine hits its hours mid-rental and the service window collides with a booked job.
  • Deposits chased after the fact — card details taken on paper, damage argued about a fortnight later with no record of how it went out.

With EquipDash

  • One live view of the yard — every unit shows where it is, who has it, and when it is due back — across all depots.
  • Double-booking is impossible — a confirmed rental blocks the unit instantly, whether it came from the desk, the phone or your website.
  • Servicing blocks the calendar — schedule downtime against the individual unit and it stops being offered — the rest of the fleet stays bookable.
  • Condition logged both ways — photograph and note the machine out and back, with the deposit held against the rental from the start.
Fleet & utilization

Every machine is its own asset.

Heavy equipment rental is not stock control. A 3-tonne excavator with 2,100 hours on it is not interchangeable with the one that came back with a cracked screen, and your system should not pretend otherwise.

  • Unit-level records — asset number, service history, condition reports and rental history against each individual machine.
  • Barcode and QR scan — scan units out and back from a phone at the gate instead of writing on the board.
  • Utilization by asset — see which machines earn and which sit, so the next purchase is based on the numbers.
  • Multi-depot transfers — move a unit between depots and the availability follows it.
Rental counter

Quote, confirm and check-in without the paperwork.

The rental counter is where margin leaks. Quotes that take a day, contracts that never come back signed, and check-ins logged from a voicemail three days later.

  • Quotes in minutes — build a quote from the live fleet and send it while the contractor is still on the phone.
  • Rate structures that fit — daily, weekly, monthly and long-rental rates, with your own minimum rental periods.
  • Digital agreements — rental terms and liability signed on a phone at collection — no clipboard, no filing.
  • Deposits held upfront — a fixed amount or a percentage, authorized when the rental is confirmed rather than argued about later.
Heavy equipment rental desk handing over an excavator to a contractor
Service bay

Downtime you planned beats downtime you discovered.

Servicing is not an interruption to the rental business — it is part of it. The only question is whether the calendar knows before the contractor does.

  • Schedule against the unit — book a machine into the service bay and it stops appearing as available for those dates.
  • Damage into the workshop — a condition report on return can raise the job without anyone re-keying it.
  • Service history that sticks — every job stays on the asset record for warranty, resale and compliance.
  • Nothing goes out unfit — a unit in the workshop cannot be rented by mistake from another depot.
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The work that used to wait until Monday.

Agents that run in the background while you get on with the job.

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Service Due Alert
Flags machines approaching a service interval before they get rented out again.
Every morning
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Off-Rental Chase
Follows up units past their due-back date so they stop sitting on a site unpaid.
Daily at 9am
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Unsigned Agreements
Reminds contractors who collected without signing the rental terms.
Twice daily
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Yard Summary
Sends what is out, what is back and what is booked before the desk opens.
Every morning
The rest of the platform

Everything else, already handled.

New request · 21:47
3-day rentalFri – Mon
Paid online$418

Online rental requests

Contractors check availability and request a machine from your website at 6am, before the desk opens.

$318.00
Tap to Pay · approved

Take payment anywhere

Card on the counter, a payment link by email, or Tap to Pay on a phone at the gate.

Hourly$28
Daily$96
Weekly$430

Long-rental billing

Run monthly rentals without rebuilding the paperwork every cycle.

Main yard72%
North depot46%

Consumables and attachments

Track buckets, breakers and transformers as bulk stock alongside unit-tracked plant.

M T W T F S S
Service booked · blocked

Multi-depot by default

Separate stock per depot, transfers between them, one view across all of them.

Check in

Mobile app for the yard

Check units in and out, capture signatures and log condition from iOS or Android.

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What is construction equipment rental software?

It is the system that runs a heavy equipment rental business: what each machine is, who has it, when it is due back, what it costs, and when it needs servicing. Instead of a whiteboard and a spreadsheet, availability updates the moment a rental is confirmed or a machine is checked back in.

What types of plant and equipment can EquipDash manage?

How do online rental requests reach the desk?

Can I track individual machines and schedule servicing?

How do security deposits work?

Can I set daily, weekly and monthly rental rates?

Can I run more than one depot?

Can the team work from a phone in the yard?

Run your construction & heavy equipment business on EquipDash

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GENERAL
Dashboard
AI Assistant
OPERATIONS
POS
Calendar
Bookings
SERVICES
Rentals
Experiences
Store
MANAGEMENT
Customers
Dashboard
Search... + New booking
Rentals 5 Experiences 6 Store 3
Performance snapshot Showing performance for last 7 days
Sales $2,884 +100%
Booking in period 5 +100%
Bookings received 19 +100%
Upcoming pick ups Late pick ups (1)
Booking #CustomerPick up time
123Lauren Walker2 reserved07:00 PM, Feb-17
120Andrew Clark2 reserved07:00 PM, Feb-22
121Nicole Lewis1 reserved07:00 PM, Feb-26
Next returns Late returns (3)
Booking #CustomerReturn time
116Daniel Thomas1 picked up07:00 PM, Feb-17
119Stephanie Harris1 picked up07:00 PM, Feb-16
117Ashley Jackson1 picked up07:00 PM, Feb-19
Performance snapshot Showing performance for last 7 days
Sales $4,120 +42%
Booking in period 6 +50%
Bookings received 24 +33%
Upcoming bookings Late bookings (0)
Booking #Activity NameStart time
130Sunset Kayak Tour4 confirmed09:00 AM, Feb-18
132Reef Snorkel Trip2 confirmed10:30 AM, Feb-20
135Mountain Hike6 confirmed08:00 AM, Feb-22
Active bookings Live (1)
Booking #Activity NameEnd time
128Whale Watch Cruise4 completed05:00 PM, Feb-17
129Zipline Adventure2 completed04:00 PM, Feb-18
131Cave Explore Tour3 completed06:00 PM, Feb-19
Performance snapshot Showing performance for today
Store revenue $892 +28%
Products sold 3 +200%
Orders 8 +60%
Recent orders
Order #CustomerOrder time
140Ryan Torres2 items02:15 PM, Feb-17
142Amanda Li1 item11:30 AM, Feb-18
143Chris Evans3 items09:45 AM, Feb-19
Low stock products
ProductSKUStock
Sunscreen SPF50SUN-050Low3 left
Dry Bag 10LDRY-010Low2 left
GoPro MountGPR-101Low1 left
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