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Virtual inspections for heavy equipment and construction fleets

Verified condition, hours, and serial capture on machines anywhere

Heavy equipment sits on job sites, in yards, and at auction lots that are expensive to visit. Virtual Inspection Pro turns whoever is already standing next to the machine into a verified inspector: guided capture of the serial plate, hour meter, undercarriage, and known wear points, all geo-locked and tamper-checked.

Heavy equipment sits in the worst possible places for an inspector: remote sites, active pits, and yards several hours from anyone qualified to assess it. Verified virtual inspection lets whoever is already there walk the machine while your appraiser, buyer, or lender watches live, reads the hour meter and serial plate with OCR, and captures the undercarriage, hydraulics, and attachments in a consistent sequence. The result is a comparable, defensible condition record for every machine, not a folder of inconsistent photos.

Why this matters now

$150–$1,000+

estimated cost of sending an appraiser or inspector to a single site

Source: Blitzz, 2026
Self-capture accepted

verified customer-completed capture is now used in production across asset inspection programs

Source: Truepic, Insurance Innovators USA 2025
$308.6B

annual U.S. fraud losses across insurance lines, driven by the same unverifiable-evidence problem

Source: Claims industry statistics, 2025

The problems we solve

Inspector travel dominates the cost

Sending someone to a remote site to photograph a machine can cost more than the decision it supports.

Hour-meter and serial disputes

Resale, financing, and warranty all hinge on numbers that are easy to misreport and hard to verify after the fact.

Condition claims at return or resale

Without a verified baseline, damage disputes at end of lease or rental are a negotiation, not a fact.

The workflow

  1. Step 1

    Send

    Send a link to the operator, yard manager, or dealer on site.

  2. Step 2

    Capture

    Guided shots of the serial plate, hour meter, undercarriage, attachments, and wear points.

  3. Step 3

    Verify

    GPS, timestamps, tamper checks, and hour-meter OCR run before submission is accepted.

  4. Step 4

    Decide

    Fund, buy, return, or price the machine against a verified condition file.

What you get

  • Serial plate and hour-meter OCR
  • Guided capture templates per machine class
  • GPS geofencing to yard or job site
  • Reused-photo detection across your portfolio
  • Signed PDF condition reports with full audit chain

Outcomes teams see

No travel
for routine condition checks
Verified
hours and serial on every asset
Faster
funding and resale decisions

Real-world use cases

A dealer inspects a trade-in three states away

A customer offers a used dozer as trade. The sales manager sends a link; the customer's operator walks the machine while the manager directs the camera to the undercarriage, final drives, and blade wear. OCR captures the hour meter and serial. The appraisal is written that day, with verified evidence supporting the number if the trade is later disputed.

A rental fleet documents damage at return

An excavator returns from a 90-day rental. The yard tech runs the standard return template, and the side-by-side against the delivery capture shows a bent thumb and a cracked cab glass that were not there at dispatch. The damage claim goes out with dated evidence and is paid without argument.

Heavy equipment FAQs

Can we inspect machines at auction or dealer lots?

Yes. Anyone with the link and a phone can complete the capture, and geofencing confirms they were at the lot.

Do you support rental check-in and check-out?

Yes. Run the same template at check-out and check-in and compare the two verified sets side by side.

Can an operator with no inspection training complete this?

Yes. The guided template prompts each required shot, and a live reviewer can take over direction at any point, which is why the resulting files are comparable across operators.

Does it work at remote sites with poor coverage?

Capture buffers locally and uploads when connectivity returns, retaining capture-time GPS and timestamps. Live video is best-effort; self-guided capture always works.

How do we confirm the machine is where it should be?

GPS is recorded at capture and checked against the expected site geofence, and reuse detection compares media against your prior captures across the fleet.

Can we track condition over time?

Yes. Captures for the same asset present side by side across dates, so wear progression and neglect are visible rather than argued about.

Are attachments and accessories covered?

The template can require attachment-specific shots and serials, which is usually where inventory files are weakest.

Looking for more general answers? Read the full FAQ.

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