System and method of identifying equipment

A method of identifying equipment, the equipment in the form a truck, the method including the steps of:

• receiving truck identification data associated with a truck and movement data associated with the truck;
• identifying the truck based on the truck identification data;
• determining whether the truck is currently being loaded by an excavator based on the movement data;
• and
• determining the current stage in which the excavator is in the dig/dump cycle,
• wherein the management system is in communication with a datastore that contains payload information of a tray of the truck associated with the truck identification data and wherein the payload information includes payload capacity of the tray of the truck,
• wherein the management system includes a payload management system configured to calculate an amount of payload carried in a bucket of the excavator using the movement data associated with the truck to track and determine the amount of payload delivered to the tray of the truck, and
• wherein the management system is further configured to provide feedback to an operator of the truck indicative of the amount of payload that should be dumped on the tray of the truck to fill to or near the payload capacity of the tray of the truck.

An equipment identification system, the system comprising:

• a sensor located on the equipment, the sensor configured to sense movement of the equipment and generate movement data associated with the equipment;
• a transmitter configured to transmit equipment identification data associated with the equipment and the movement data;
• a receiver in communication with the transmitter, the receiver configured to receive the equipment identification data and the movement data from the transmitter;
• and
• a management system in communication with the receiver, the management system configured to identify the equipment and determine a current status of the equipment based upon the movement data, wherein the management system is further configured to receive data associated with the behaviour of an excavator responsible for loading the equipment with payload and is able to determine the current stage the excavator is in in the dig/dump cycle,
• wherein the management system is in communication with a datastore that contains payload information of a tray of the truck associated with the truck identification data and wherein the payload information includes payload capacity of the tray of the truck,
• wherein the management system includes a payload management system configured to calculate an amount of payload carried in a bucket of the excavator using at least one sensor on the excavator to track and determine the amount of payload delivered to the tray of the truck, and
• wherein the management system is further configured to provide feedback to an operator of the excavator indicative of the amount of payload that should be dumped on the tray of the truck to fill to or near the capacity of the tray of the truck.