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Glossary
TL;DR
Hour-meter tracking is the systematic recording of engine runtime hours for construction equipment, boats, motorcycles, and sports gear. It powers precise service scheduling and per-hour billing.
Hour-meter tracking records the number of engine runtime hours (motohours) as the 'mileage equivalent' for non-road equipment. Critical in industries where wear depends on runtime: construction equipment, boats, motorcycles, sports gear (jet-skis). Readings can be manual (staff enters at return) or automatic (telematics: Webfleet, Mapon, Geotab).
Flow: 1) Hour-meter state recorded at equipment purchase. 2) At every release and return staff log the current motohours (or telematics pushes via API). 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.
Without hour-meter tracking: no service predictability (equipment fails on site), no basis for per-hour billing (standard in construction), no data to retire machines. With tracking: fewer field failures, a basis for per-hour billing and data to compute per-asset ROI.
In OneRental you enter motohours manually at handover and return on the tablet; the difference feeds per-hour billing and the machine's running total. Service reminders track thresholds (e.g. every 250 hours), and overdue service shows at handover. Automatic telematics readings (Webfleet, Mapon, Geotab) and a hard service-threshold block are on the roadmap.
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