Hour-meter tracking
Hour-meter tracking is the recording of engine running hours on construction and farm machinery, boats and jet-skis. It drives service planning and per-hour billing.
Definition
Hour-meter tracking records the number of engine running hours (motohours) as the 'mileage equivalent' for non-road equipment. It matters wherever wear depends on running time: construction and farm machinery, motorboats, jet-skis and quads. Readings can be manual (staff enter them at return) or automatic, from a telematics device in the machine.
How it works
A typical industry flow: 1) Hour-meter state recorded at equipment purchase. 2) At every release and return staff log the current motohours (businesses with telematics get the reading from a device in the machine). 3) Difference = runtime during this rental. 4) Bill calculation (if 'per hour' model) or total motohour update. 5) Service threshold: when equipment crosses a threshold (e.g. 250 hours) the system reminds you to service it or flags it at handover. 6) Per-machine hour history powers next-service prediction and cost forecasting.
Why it matters for a rental company
Without hour-meter tracking: no service predictability (equipment fails on site), no basis for per-hour billing, no data to retire machines. With tracking: fewer field failures, a basis for per-hour billing and data to compute per-asset ROI.
What OneRental does
In OneRental you enter motohours at handover and return, and the system sets the two readings side by side and updates the machine's meter reading. On the rate you set how many engine hours are included per day and the price of each extra hour. OneRental calculates the overage at return as a fee that staff approve or waive with a reason. Service in the service plan is scheduled by date or by engine hours, and OneRental reminds you before the machine reaches the set threshold.
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