Hire industry guides

Practical advice for Australian plant equipment hire companies on damage documentation, dispute protection, and condition reporting.

HireHop and HireCheck: Put a Condition Report Link on Every Hire Document

HireHop lets you add a custom field to each asset. Store each machine's HireCheck link there and print it on your hire documents. Here is the setup.

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Know Who Had the Keys

HireCheck can now capture a customer's licence at handover. Admin-only, never on a report, and deleted automatically.

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Build Your Own Checklist for Every Inspection

You can now set up your own list of items to check on every hire, on top of the overall condition rating. Here's why we built it and how it works.

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What 23 Years in a Police Uniform Taught Me About Evidence

Before HireCheck, I spent 23 years as a police officer. Here's what that has to do with proving equipment condition when a hirer disputes damage.

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Equipment Hire Inspection Software, Compared for Australian Firms

Full rental suite or standalone inspection tool? A fair comparison of HireCheck, HirePOS and StayOnHire, and how to pick the right fit for your firm.

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SafetyCulture for Equipment Hire Inspections: What It Covers, What It Doesn't

Already run SafetyCulture for your bigger gear? Here's what it covers well, where the gaps show up on everyday hires, and how a purpose-built tool fits alongside it.

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Syrinx Hire Software and Condition Reports: Where a Standalone Tool Still Fits

Syrinx runs the whole operation for a lot of hire firms. Here's the one gap worth checking on everyday hires, and where HireCheck fits alongside it.

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Plant Hire Damage Documentation: What Every Australian Hire Firm Needs

A handshake and a verbal "she's right" won't hold up when a hirer returns a machine with new damage and denies it. Here's the documentation that does.

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Equipment Hire Condition Reports: What Australian Hire Companies Need to Know

Most hire companies use some form of condition report, but most of those reports won't hold up in a dispute. Here's what a properly defensible pre-hire record looks like.

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A Hirer Returned Your Equipment Damaged — What Evidence Do You Need?

When a hirer denies causing damage, the evidence you gathered before they took the machine will decide the outcome. Here's the hierarchy of what holds up.

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