i am looking for a simple way to keep track of maintenance periods on the following products -- lest i forget a filter r&r, fluid change, etc.

ideas?

i thought of a white board, but that sounds messy -- and a binder with a page for each product seems disorganized.

THANKS!

(1) 2008 honda s2000 (100 miles)
(2) 1987 toyota land cruiser (257,000 miles)
(3) 1989 toyota land cruiser (157,000 miles)
(4) 1991 toyota land cruiser (205,000 miles)
(5) 1994 toyota land cruiser (81,000 miles)
(6) 1996 kubota diesel b2400 tractor (1,050 hours)
(7) 2006 kubota diesel 900 rtv (50 hours)
(8) 2008 kubota diesel zd331 zero-turn (10 hours)
(9) honda 3000is generator (new)
(10) honda 2000is generator
(11) honda 1132 track snowblower
(12) honda weed trimmer (4-stroke)
(13) honda tiller (4-stroke)
(14) honda-motor tamper
(15) ingersoll rand wheelbarrow compressor (honda motor)
(16) 1984 honda 250sx 3-wheeler
(17) 1983 honda 200s 3-wheeler

lord -- just looking at all this stuff makes me anxious -- let alone maintaining it!!

THANKS!

eric

 

also, i really don't want to use excel -- usually PCs and the garage don't mix, and it's surprisingly tedious to make such a schedule on excel (been there) --

 

Can't help you, mine's an excel spreadsheet.

 

can you post your sheet here?

i am open to persuasion!

thanks!

 

I use excel, with a separate tab for each car. It's pretty basic, date/mileage, work done, by whom, price/cost, etc.

 

This might sound crazy to most but i just do maintaince when i feel it is nessesary i honestly dont pay attention to numbers anymore. I just check things over... works for me so far. but i also dont have 17 items to look after.

 

I suppose you could just use a sticker with a sharpie marker on each item, kind of like the stickies some places use to remind you when to change your oil.

 

i dont have an excel sheet for my maintenence, but i do keep all the reciepts for all the routine maintenence and mods ive done and keep a written log of the mileage of the car and date the maintenence was done and take a few pics of it being done.

 

MS Access. You can scan receipts and link to them using Access.

That would be tedious to do, but with all those cars a little work now pays off with big rewards later.

 

Tags with twist-ties on each piece.