Dry Hire & Plant Rental

Run your fleet, not your paperwork

Ditch the paperwork and unbilled machine hours. Track asset utilisation, capture airtight condition reports, and automate complex hire billing in one seamless system.

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Trusted by the businesses building Australia

Stop giving away free machine hours

Dry hire margins bleed when weekend hours go unbilled or gear returns damaged.

The Reactive Reality

Losing unbilled excess weekend and out-of-hours machine usage.

Client disputes over pre-existing damage upon return.

Gear turned around at Tier 1 gates missing compliance paperwork.

Manually calculating pro-rata billing and cross-hire margins.

Total Control with Cloudcon

Telematics automatically flag unbilled excess hours.

Time-stamped, digital photo proof of machine condition.

Instant digital Plant Packs clear gear for Tier 1 sites.

Automated recurring billing and cross-hire supplier tracking.

Your Entire Fleet, Connected

From mobilisation to final return inspection, eliminate damage disputes and untracked machinery hours.

Fleet Availability & Cross-Hire

View your entire fleet on a drag-and-drop calendar. Instantly identify what’s on-hire, locked for service, or cross-hired, while tracking supplier margins effortlessly.

Digital Condition Reports

Bulletproof your damage claims. Drivers capture high-res, time-stamped photos of machine condition, fuel, and hour meters before leaving the yard.

Live Telematics Tracking

Stop losing weekend hours. We cross-reference client logs with live OEM telematics to automatically flag unauthorised usage or excess contract hours.

Recurring Billing & Compliance

Automate weekly or monthly invoicing, including stand-downs and mobilisation fees. Plus, generate instant digital Plant Packs so gear is never rejected at the gate.

Connect the Tools You Already Use

Sync asset records to your accounting software and overlay telematics data - keeping your finance and workshop teams perfectly aligned.

Less Admin. More Building

Tech backed by people who know plant hire.

We Build Your Checklists

Send us your current paper handover forms and condition reports. Our local Aussie team digitises them for you before you ever log in.

Real People. Real Support

No rigid overseas ticketing systems. Get immediate support from system architects who actually understand Australian plant hire operations.

Dedicated Onboarding

We handle the heavy lifting. We import your serialized asset registers, configure custom rate cards, and establish your accounting software links.

Construction is complicated. Your software shouldn’t be

Built to save hours and eliminate friction across the entire business.

Smarter forecasting for faster-moving plant hire operations

Austrack ditched whiteboards and spreadsheets for Cloudcon. By automating invoicing and connecting their suppliers, they cut admin hours and got clear visibility over their fleet.

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Smarter forecasting for faster-moving plant hire operations

Austrack ditched whiteboards and spreadsheets for Cloudcon. By automating invoicing and connecting their suppliers, they cut admin hours and got clear visibility over their fleet.

Read Full Case Study

FAQs

How does the platform protect us from client damage disputes?

Digital On-Hire and Off-Hire reports force users to take time-stamped, geolocated photos. If an asset returns damaged, you have unalterable photographic proof of the machine’s state before it left.

How does Cloudcon integrate with Xero and MYOB?

We plug directly into your accounting software to completely eliminate Sunday morning double-data entry. Approved daily dockets and timesheets sync directly into Xero or MYOB as draft invoices, automatically mapping to your specific civil Award rates and job cost codes.

How does Cloudcon handle complex, multi-tiered rental rates?

Cloudcon easily configures tiered pricing models (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly rates), adjusts for standby/weather days, and automates recurring pro-rata billing cycles specifically for the hire industry.

Do field crews and operators actually use the Cloudcon app?

Yes. It’s built specifically for the realities of Australian civil construction. With massive buttons, zero corporate jargon, and simple interfaces, it takes an operator less than 60 seconds to complete a digital pre-start or SWMS. If your team can send a text message, they can use this app.

Can we manage cross-hired equipment?

Yes. You can track re-rented equipment alongside your owned assets, managing the supplier costs against your client charge-out rates to ensure perfect margin visibility.

Does the app work on remote civil sites with bad phone reception?

Absolutely. Cloudcon features a native offline engine designed specifically for regional Australian blackspots. Your crew can complete forms, log dockets, and capture client signatures deep in a trench without cell service. The data simply caches locally and syncs to the office automatically the second they hit 4G.

Can you generate Tier 1 Plant Packs?

Yes. Cloudcon stores all asset service history, risk assessments, and registrations, allowing you to instantly generate digital Plant Packs so your gear clears site gates without delays.

How does Cloudcon integrate with Xero and MYOB?

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See how Cloudcon can be configured around the way your business works.

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Pricing is tailored to your business size, required modules, and user count. Book a demo for a custom quote.

Ready for Total Control

See how Cloudcon can be configured around the way your business works.

Book a Demo

Pricing is tailored to your business size, required modules, and user count. Book a demo for a custom quote.