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Construction fleet management software: trucks and iron in one system
Construction fleet management software has to handle two kinds of asset: road trucks, which run on miles and carry DOT paperwork (driver inspection reports, hours-of-service logs), and off-road machines, which run on engine hours. Tenna and Samsara cover both with their own devices, Fleetio covers both from the data you connect, and Simply Fleet is the cheap truck-first option.
Trucks and machines need different things
| Road trucks | Off-road machines | |
|---|---|---|
| Meter that drives service | Miles | Engine hours |
| Inspection rule | A written driver vehicle inspection report at the end of each day's work when a defect is found, signed by the driver (49 CFR 396.11) | Frequent and regular inspections of equipment by a competent person (29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)); on earthmoving equipment, seat belts and brakes, a horn on bidirectional machines, and a backup alarm (or a signal person) when the rear view is blocked (1926.602) |
| Driver logs | Duty status recorded on an electronic logging device, with some exceptions (49 CFR 395.8) | None; operator hours are payroll, not DOT |
| Where it lives | On the road and at the shop | On a job site or in a yard, often for months |
| What goes missing | Fuel, driver time | Attachments, small machines, rentals past their off-rent date |
Vehicles that only run inside an off-highway job site fall under a third rule: OSHA's 1926.601 asks for a check at the start of each shift of brakes, tires, horn, steering, coupling devices, seat belts, controls and safety devices, with defects corrected before use. Earthmoving equipment covered by 1926.602 is excluded from that section.
Which tools cover which half
| Tool | Trucks: inspections, ELD, cameras | Machines: hours and service | Hardware | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenna | Yes inspection logs, DVIR, ELD, IFTA, AI dash cams | Yes maintenance add-on, OEM and AEMP feeds | Own GPS trackers and Bluetooth tags, installed | Quote |
| Samsara | Yes DVIR, ELD, AI dash cams | Yes usage-based maintenance, fault code alerts, work orders and parts | Own gateways and asset tags | Quote |
| Fleetio | Partly FMCSA-approved inspection templates, offline inspections, NHTSA recalls; no ELD on its pricing page | Yes service reminders, faults, parts and work orders by plan | None listed; reads telematics and fuel cards | $4 to $10 a vehicle a month |
| Simply Fleet | Partly custom inspections with driver signatures, fuel, trips, mileage | Partly preventive maintenance reminders; small equipment is a $0.50 add-on | None; telematics add-on | Free for 5; $3 or $5 a vehicle a month |
| Clue | Partly works with the trackers you have | Yes PMs, work orders, OEM fault alerts | Uses existing hardware | Quote |
| Dozer | No a free pre-trip page on its website only | Yes hours, service due, fault codes, repair tickets | None | Free for 10 machines; $99 a site |
Truck-first telematics brands such as Geotab, Motive and Verizon Connect also sell GPS and ELDs; they lead with road fleets, so they're left out of the table. Fleetio reads Geotab among others.
How to pick
- Count the trucks that need ELDs. If drivers log hours of service, the ELD decides a lot: Tenna and Samsara sell the device and the fleet software together. Otherwise you keep a separate ELD vendor and connect it.
- Decide who installs what. Tenna installs and verifies trackers on site as part of onboarding. Fleetio and Clue read what you already have, which suits a fleet whose newer machines already report to their makers.
- Look at the shop. If one mechanic services both trucks and iron, put both in the same maintenance list. That is Fleetio's strength: a bulldozer counts as a vehicle there, with the same reminders, faults and costs as a pickup.
- Price it on your real counts. Per-vehicle pricing adds up across a mixed fleet: 20 trucks and 30 machines on Fleetio Essential is about $200 a month at the 5-asset band rate, billed yearly, before any add-ons.
Quick answers
How much is Fleetio per month? $4 a vehicle on Essential billed yearly or $5 month to month, $7 on Professional and $10 on Premium (both yearly only), for a 5-asset band. Fleetio prices by fleet size and term, so larger bands can differ.
How much does fleet management cost? Published prices run from free (Simply Fleet, 5 vehicles) to about $10 a vehicle a month. Tenna and Samsara quote, and add hardware and installation. The pricing guide works out totals for three fleet sizes.
Does Dozer manage trucks? Not as a fleet tool. It has no GPS, ELD, fuel or driver features. Its free pre-trip inspection page walks through a DVIR for a truck, and its Machines app tracks hours and service for machines. Dozer's pre-trip page
Also read
- Construction equipment telematics: reading hours and fault codes from every brand.
- All ten tools compared.
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