Yard trucks, checked properly — whatever the weather.
Uneven ground, weather, and trade customers walking the same yard as the trucks. The paper check book in the cab doesn't survive a wet February; a phone in a pocket does.
What goes wrong in construction & builders' merchants
The public walks your yard
Builders' merchants mix trucks with customers on foot. Horns, beacons, lights and pedestrian-route awareness are the checks that matter most — and get skipped most.
Rough ground punishes trucks
Tyres, forks and mast wear fast on uneven surfaces. Small damage found daily is a repair; found quarterly it's a failed thorough examination.
Every branch does it differently
Multi-branch chains inherit whatever each yard foreman set up years ago. Head office has no idea which branches are actually checking.
Asset360 on the ground
Pre-start checks in the rain
The situation
It's 07:30 and raining sideways. The paper book stays in the cab, gets signed at lunchtime from memory — or not at all.
With Asset360
The operator scans the weatherproof QR label and runs the check on their phone under the canopy. Sixty seconds, done properly, time-stamped — whatever the weather.
The customer-facing yard
The situation
A trade customer wanders behind a reversing truck. The beacon hasn't worked for a month; nobody logged it.
With Asset360
Beacons, horns and lights are required check items that can't be skipped. A failed beacon is an immediate defect with a work order — not a note that never gets written.
Fourteen branches, one compliance picture
The situation
A merchant chain with fourteen yards gets an HSE visit at one branch. Head office scrambles to find out what state that yard's records are in.
With Asset360
Every branch runs under one account with sites kept separate. Head office sees completion and compliance per branch daily — and can pull any branch's HSE-ready export in one click.
Construction & builders' merchants: common questions
Does Asset360 cover telehandlers?
Yes. Telehandlers are lifting equipment under LOLER and work equipment under PUWER, the same as forklifts. They get pre-use checklists and a thorough-examination calendar like any other truck in your fleet.
Will QR labels survive outdoors?
Labels are generated for printing on durable weatherproof stock. If one is ever damaged, reprinting from the truck's record takes seconds — and the check can also be started by picking the truck from the list.
Can head office see every branch?
Yes. Multi-site is built in: each yard's operators and trucks are scoped to their site, while company-level roles see completion, defects and compliance scores across all branches.
General guidance, not legal advice. See our plain-English guides to PUWER, LOLER and the daily forklift check.
See it on your own fleet.
A 20-minute demo set up with your trucks — including the checks and evidence that matter in construction & builders' merchants.