Fuel Monitoring System in Balod: Tank Levels for Rajhara Tippers and Paddy Haulage

Take a Balod contractor with tippers on the Rajhara side, a couple of paddy trucks and a pickup. Three people handle fuel in such a business. The contractor wants to know whether diesel spending makes sense. A supervisor at the loading point wants to know which tipper needs fuel before the next shift. The munshi who keeps the books wants refill dates and quantities that match the pump account. Trakzee Premium lets the owner create extra user logins, so each of them reads the same fuel record without sharing the master password.

The contractor's view takes minutes. Each evening he opens the sudden-drop list, the refill log and a consumption figure per vehicle, and skips anything routine. A tipper that burned far more than its sister vehicles on similar trips gets a question. So does a refill that claims more than the tank could hold.

The supervisor uses the live screen. Before the shift starts, the current litres in each tipper tell him which one goes to the pump first. During the day, the trip count and idle time next to the fuel line show whether a tipper burned diesel hauling ore or standing in a queue with its engine on. That difference matters when contractor invoices are matched with trips.

The munshi works weekly. He lays each pump slip beside the refill entries, which carry date, time and rise in litres, and ticks them off. A slip without a matching rise is noted for the owner. Monthly mileage per vehicle then goes into the same register as the diesel account, so the site and the books talk from one source.

A Rajhara tipper on shift. A tipper makes repeated trips between a loading point and a dump, ten or more in a shift. Its owner compares litres per trip across three tippers on the same circuit. One uses noticeably more. The idle-time record shows long waits with the engine running at the loading point. The record points to a habit that can be corrected, not to anything missing.

A paddy truck at the mill gate. During procurement, a hired truck carries paddy from a centre near Gurur to a rice mill. The graph shows a refill at a pump on the Balod road, matched by the driver's slip, and a slow drift during a four-hour wait at the mill gate. The owner learns what a mill queue costs him in diesel. Next season he can price the trip with that figure in mind.

A tractor on canal land. A farmer near the Tandula canals runs his tractor for ploughing in one season and haulage in the next. The level record and ignition hours together show litres per hour of work. When consumption rises without any change in work, the mechanic gets the first call, and a clogged filter turns out to be the cause. Here the record pointed to maintenance.

A school bus from Dondi Lohara. A school runs a bus on a fixed loop through villages each morning and afternoon. Its weekly diesel stays steady, so when one week's figure jumps, the office checks the route playback and finds a diversion around a washed-out lane during heavy rain. The record explains the extra litres to the management on a single page.

The probe is a slim rod that lives inside the diesel tank. On a tipper working near Dalli-Rajhara, the executive cuts an opening in the top of the tank, trims the rod to the tank's depth and seals it in place. The rod measures capacitance, which changes with how much of it is under diesel. When the tank is full, most of the rod is covered; as the tipper works its shift, less is covered, and the signal falls with it. With nothing inside to move, there is no float to jam.

That signal travels to the Teltonika FMB920 in the cab, by cable for the Omnicomm sensor or by Bluetooth for Mercetech and Mielta Fantom. The tracker already records the tipper's location, speed and ignition. It joins the fuel value to those details and sends everything through the Airtel SIM to Trakzee Premium, so every reading comes with a time and a place attached.

In the app the tank appears as a figure in litres and a graph over time. Haul trips show as a steady downward slope; a refill at the pump jumps up with its date and location; a sharp fall while the tipper is parked drops in one step and raises an alert. Reports then convert the same line into litres per trip, per day or per hundred kilometres, which a contractor can set beside shift records.

Calibration makes the numbers trustworthy. During fitting, the probe's signal is matched to known amounts of diesel in that specific tank. If the tank is replaced, welded or the probe is taken out, the calibration must be done again before the figures can be relied on.

Treat the reading as a careful working figure, not a laboratory result. BearTech quotes about 95% accuracy on a sound tank after proper fitting and calibration. A tank with dents, rust, internal clutter or old repairs, or diesel carrying water and sediment, can push the figure off. Tippers and older trucks working mine roads often have battered tanks, so have the tank checked before fitting.

Terrain and motion matter too. A tipper climbing a ramp at a loading point, a tractor standing on a field bund or a truck on the hill roads to the south tilts its tank, and the probe sees a different height. Rough mine tracks and soft monsoon lanes near the canals make diesel slosh. The graph will wobble while the vehicle moves. For judging a refill or a loss, compare readings taken parked on level ground, before and after.

The network is another limit. Data moves on an Airtel SIM, and the forested hill stretches and some remote village lanes can lose signal. The live view then pauses and catches up after the tracker reconnects. That gap is a network pause, not evidence of anything else. Keep a note of where gaps appear, because a repeated gap at the same spot is a coverage pattern, not a fault, and tell us about such stretches when you enquire.

The commercial terms complete the picture. Wireless sensor batteries are consumables outside warranty, and BearTech accepts no returns, refunds or exchanges, so settle the tank details first. The package measures and alerts; it does not lock a tank or hold back anyone who draws diesel out. If your vehicle or tank is unusual, ask before you order.

BearTech is based in Bhopal and keeps no team in Balod. When you order, an executive travels from Bhopal to wherever your vehicles stand, be it a contractor's yard near Dalli-Rajhara, a farm near the Tandula canals or a school compound in Gurur. The client pays travel and stay, and BearTech names that amount before you order. Hardware delivery takes about 2 working days, stock permitting, and the visit date is fixed with you after that.

Prepare a little. Keep the vehicle on site for the full fitting, with its tank reachable and reasonably clean; mine dust and mud around the tank top should be wiped away. Keep registration papers handy. Have a person there who knows the routes and who should get alerts. A photo of the tank and opening sent in advance helps plan the probe length.

On the day the executive checks the tank, confirms material and fuel type, and decides the probe length. An opening is cut in the upper surface, the probe is trimmed to depth, fixed and sealed. The FMB920 is wired to the vehicle's power and paired with the sensor, by cable for Omnicomm or by Bluetooth for the other two. Calibration follows, linking the sensor's signal to litres.

Before leaving, the executive adds the vehicle to Trakzee Premium, hands over the phone and computer login, and shows the live level and alerts working. Payment is due in full at fitting, or through the token-amount COD route available outside Bhopal. If several vehicles are involved, plan them for one visit, ideally between shifts or after the procurement rush. Tippers that work night shifts can often be fitted in the morning gap.