Cost

Idling rates refer to any instance in which a piece of equipment is located on a jobsite and the engine is burning fuel, but no ground engaging or other components are actively engaged in [...]

An API, or application programming interface, is a data delivery mechanism that allows for data from one source (EquipmentWatch in this case) to be embedded into the application of a third party. [...]

The Custom Cost Evaluator is now known as the EquipmentWatch Internal Charge Rate Calculator.

The Cost Reference Guide is a former EquipmentWatch publication that served as a guide to ownership and operating costs for construction equipment manufactured within the past five years.

The Operating Rate is the cost to operate an asset per hour.

The ownership costs of depreciation, indirect costs, cost of facilities capital, and major overhaul are annualized and then adjusted to reflect the average annual working season to obtain a [...]

A proprietary EquipmentWatch metric that answers the key equipment manager question: for any given project, should I used an owned asset or a rented asset?

The FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) has approved the use of Rental Rate Blue Book on federally funded projects. The most common application is in force account work and for federally funded [...]

Tire costs include the repair and/or replacement of tires.

Miscellaneous Supply parts are those items normally stocked in bulk for an entire fleet, rather than for individual machines.