Machine hours log app: track engine hours, fuel and downtime on site

Plant is one of the biggest line items on a commercial build, and usually one of the least visible. Hire invoices arrive with no way to check them. Services creep past their hours. A machine sits idle for three days and nobody clocks it until the standby charge lands. A proper machine hours log app closes that gap by capturing what each machine actually does, every day.

Log it from the cab, not a clipboard

Operators record each machine's running hours, fuel burn and any downtime straight from their phone at the end of the shift. No paper sheet that gets rained on, no end-of-month reconstruction from memory. Every entry carries the operator's name and a note, so there's context when you need it.

Why daily machine logs pay for themselves

• Servicing on time — engine-hour totals tell you when the next service is due before a breakdown does.
• Hire reconciliation — match the supplier's invoice to the hours and fuel you actually logged.
• Spot the dead weight — usage summaries show the kit that's costing more than it earns, so you off-hire it.
• Downtime on the record — a stoppage logged today is a claim you can prove later.

One board for plant and people

Because machine logs sit alongside plant hire bookings and the rest of the lookahead, the machine, the operator and the work it's doing are all in one place. You book the telehandler against the task that needs it, the operator logs its hours against the same record, and utilisation rolls straight into your reports.

Export for servicing and claims

Pull a usage summary or CSV per machine for your maintenance schedule, your hire claims, or head office. The numbers are already there — you're just choosing the format.

SiteLive keeps every machine's hours, fuel and downtime on the record, next to the work it's doing — so plant costs are something you can finally see. Start free for 7 days on your first site.