FieldFix Blog
Expert insights on equipment maintenance, cost tracking, and fleet management.
Heavy Equipment Cab Cleaning and Housekeeping Guide
Learn how heavy equipment cab cleaning and housekeeping reduce breakdowns, improve safety, and help operators protect machine uptime every shift.
Heavy Equipment Oversize Load Permits and Route Planning: The Complete Guide
Learn how to plan heavy equipment transport routes, secure oversize permits, avoid violations, and reduce hauling delays with a repeatable process.
Heavy Equipment Attachment Storage: How to Prevent Damage, Rust, and Lost Productivity
Learn how to store buckets, forks, breakers, augers, and other attachments to prevent rust, hydraulic damage, and costly downtime.
Heavy Equipment Cold Start Procedures Guide: Prevent Winter Engine Wear, Battery Failure, and Hydraulic Damage
Learn safe heavy equipment cold start procedures to reduce winter engine wear, protect hydraulics, save batteries, and avoid expensive cold-weather downtime.
Heavy Equipment Recovery and Towing Safety Guide: Prevent Damage, Injury, and Expensive Mistakes
Learn safe heavy equipment recovery and towing procedures, anchor point checks, rigging basics, and post-recovery inspections to avoid damage and downtime.
Heavy Equipment Safety Interlock Inspection: The Complete Guide
Learn how to inspect heavy equipment safety interlocks, seat switches, neutral start systems, and alarms before they turn into downtime or injuries.
Heavy Equipment Service Truck Stocking Guide: What to Carry for Faster Field Repairs
Learn how to stock a heavy equipment service truck with the right tools, fluids, parts, and safety gear to cut downtime and handle field repairs fast.
Heavy Equipment Trailer Maintenance Guide: Brakes, Bearings, Tires, and Tie-Down Readiness
Learn how to maintain heavy equipment trailers with practical checks for brakes, bearings, tires, lights, decks, and tie-down points.
Heavy Equipment Hot Weather Maintenance Guide: Prevent Overheating, Downtime, and Summer Failures
Learn how to protect heavy equipment in extreme heat with smart summer maintenance, cooling checks, tire care, hydraulic monitoring, and operator habits.
Heavy Equipment Shutdown & Cool-Down Procedures Guide
Learn the right end-of-day shutdown and cool-down routine for heavy equipment to reduce turbo damage, fire risk, battery drain, and costly downtime.