OUR STORY
Built for What Works.
EquipPal started with a pretty simple problem: I couldn't remember everything about my equipment. And if you've ever owned or managed a service business, you probably know exactly what I'm talking about.
From Curtis McMinn
Built by someone who depends on equipment every day.
My name is Curtis McMinn, and I'm the founder of EquipPal. But before I ever started building an app, I was running an exterior cleaning business in the Houston, Texas area.
Through Kinton Pressure Washing and Cleaning, I've spent years working with customers, managing crews, maintaining equipment, and doing everything I can to build a business that people trust.
I care deeply about doing good work. I believe in showing up when you say you will, treating customers and employees with respect, paying attention to the details, and making things right when something doesn't go as planned.
Those things matter to me. They're the foundation of how I run my business.
The work behind the work
Doing the work is only part of the job.
But there's something you learn pretty quickly when you own a service business: keeping everything running behind the scenes is a whole different challenge.
In exterior cleaning, our equipment takes a beating. Pressure washers, pumps, engines, hoses, surface cleaners, water-fed pole systems, and all the other tools we depend on need regular attention. And every piece of equipment seems to have its own maintenance requirements, specifications, and history.
The stuff you're supposed to remember
The questions are simple. The answers aren't always close by.
Which oil does that engine take? What kind of oil goes in the pump? Which filter did I use the last time I serviced it? When did we change it?
Was that the machine that had the problem a few months ago, or was it the other one? And perhaps most importantly, did we ever actually fix that issue someone mentioned?
These aren't particularly complicated questions. But when you're running a business, they aren't always easy to answer.
The information might be in an owner's manual, on a receipt, in a text message, written on a piece of paper, or buried somewhere in your memory.
When everything depends on you
Too much of what kept my equipment running was living in my head.
As a business owner, your attention gets pulled in a hundred directions. There are customers to take care of, estimates to prepare, schedules to coordinate, employees to support, and jobs that need to get done right.
You're thinking about tomorrow's work while finishing today's. You're answering questions from your team, handling unexpected problems, and trying to make sure the customer has a great experience.
And somewhere in the middle of all that, you're also supposed to remember when every engine needs an oil change, which pump was serviced last, and whether somebody noticed a problem with a piece of equipment.
It's easy for maintenance to become something you deal with when you have time. Until a machine breaks down, you lose half an hour tracking down information you know you've seen before, or somebody on your team needs an answer that only you seem to have.
There had to be a better way
I wasn't looking for a complicated equipment management system.
I didn't need another piece of software that required hours of setup, specialized training, or someone sitting behind a desk all day. I needed something practical.
A place where I could pull up a piece of equipment and see what I needed to know. What oil does it take? What filter fits? When was it serviced? What problems have we noticed? What maintenance is coming up?
And I wanted my team to be able to contribute to that information, too. Because the person operating a machine every day often knows things about it that the owner doesn't. They hear the unusual noise. They notice the leak. They know when something isn't working quite right.
That information shouldn't disappear at the end of the workday. It should become part of the equipment's history.
What if our equipment could have a memory of its own?
That's where EquipPal began.
Built by someone who uses equipment to make a living
A tool should make life easier for the people already doing the work.
EquipPal wasn't dreamed up in a conference room by people guessing what service businesses need. It grew out of my own experience trying to manage one.
I wanted a way to keep equipment information together, track maintenance, document issues, and build a useful history over time. Something that could help an owner know what needs attention without having to remember everything personally.
Something that could help employees communicate what they're seeing in the field. And something simple enough that a busy business owner would actually want to use it.
As EquipPal has taken shape, I've kept coming back to the same question: would this actually make life easier for someone running a business like mine? If the answer is no, we need to rethink it.
More than maintenance
One less thing for a business owner to carry around in their head.
At its heart, EquipPal is about equipment. But I believe the value goes beyond oil changes, filters, and service records.
It's about helping teams share information instead of relying on one person to remember everything. It's about having a better idea of what needs attention, what has already been done, and what might need to happen next.
And ultimately, it's about helping people spend more of their time doing the things that made them start their businesses in the first place: serving customers, building good teams, and taking pride in their work.
Built for what works
Keeping equipment running takes work. Keeping up with it shouldn't.
I started EquipPal because I needed it in my own business. My hope is that it becomes just as useful to the landscaper maintaining a fleet of mowers, the HVAC contractor keeping track of service equipment, the plumber managing tools across crews, or any other business owner who depends on equipment to get the job done.
EquipPal is my attempt to make one part of running a service business a little easier.
Curtis McMinn
Founder, EquipPal
Owner, Kinton Pressure Washing and Cleaning
Houston, Texas
EquipPal is a product of Laikor Platforms LLC.