Heavy equipment inspection guides
What the regulation asks for, in the order you'd actually walk the machine.
Checklists by machine
Daily and pre-use checklists, one machine at a time, in the order you'd walk it.
Forklift daily inspection checklist
The daily examination a forklift owes before it works, in walkaround order — key off, the power source, key on, and what to do when something fails.
Excavator daily inspection checklist
The daily walkaround for full-size, mini, and grapple excavators — undercarriage, front end, coupler, controls, and the ground around the machine.
Wheel loader daily inspection checklist
The daily walkaround for a wheel loader — tires, articulation, coupler and linkage, the function checks, and the blind zone behind the machine.
Skid steer daily inspection checklist
The daily walkaround for skid steers and compact track loaders — tracks or tires, lift arms, quick-attach, interlocks, and getting in and out safely.
Backhoe loader daily inspection checklist
Two machines on one frame: the loader end, the hoe end, and the locks that hold the hoe for travel.
Telehandler pre-use inspection checklist
The boom, the attachment and the chart that goes with it, the steering modes, and the stability system — a telehandler’s walkaround before the shift.
Dozer daily inspection checklist
Blade, ripper, and the undercarriage where a dozer’s money goes, plus the debris that turns into a fire.
Motor grader daily inspection checklist
Six tires, the tandems, a circle that has to hold its line, and the wing and plow on snow duty.
Roller and compactor daily inspection checklist
The daily walkaround for single-drum, tandem, and pneumatic-tire rollers, from the scraper bars to the soft shoulder.
Boom lift pre-use inspection checklist
Telescopic and articulating booms, diesel or electric: the walkaround, the function checks from the ground controls up, and the work area overhead.
Scissor lift pre-use inspection checklist
Electric slab and rough-terrain scissors: the walkaround with the power off, the function checks from the ground controls up, and the floor and ceiling around you.
Sidewalk tractor daily inspection checklist
The shift-start walkaround for articulated sidewalk machines, from the block heater cord to the bus stop at the end of the route.
Snow removal
Get the snow fleet ready before the first storm, and keep hours that hold up when an invoice is questioned.
Snow equipment pre-season checklist
Loaders, skid steers, sidewalk tractors, and the units working alongside them — what to check before the first storm, machine by machine.
Snow removal equipment hour logs
What a machine-hour log proves when an invoice is questioned, what it doesn't, and how to keep one that holds up — on paper or on the machine.