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Free equipment tools: cost per hour, repair vs replace, compliance, VIN, recalls, manuals.
Remote server: your requests and data go to mcp.torgix.ai. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http torgix-free-equipment-tools https://mcp.torgix.ai/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.
The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.
equipment_cost_per_hour — Calculates what a machine really costs per hour to own and operate: depreciation, cost of capital, insurance/taxes/storage, fuel, lubricantsrepair_rebuild_or_replace — Decides whether to repair (or rebuild) a machine or replace it, by comparing cost per hour. The repair is priced by the hours it buys beforestate_compliance_requirements — Lists registration, IFTA, IRP, DOT inspection, emissions, permit and highway-use-tax requirements for a US state (or DC) plus the federal itfleet_health_check — Reviews a pasted fleet list (one machine per line: make, model, year, hours; a header row and CSV or tab-separated text both work, up to 200inspection_checklist — Returns a ready-to-use inspection checklist for a type of equipment or inspection: daily pre-use, DOT pre-trip, DOT annual, forklift, aerialdecode_vin — Decodes a 17-character VIN with NHTSA's free vPIC database: year, make, model, body class, GVWR class, engine and more. On-road vehicles onlrecall_lookup — Lists the safety recalls NHTSA has issued for a vehicle's year, make and model, or for a VIN (decoded first). Shows campaign number, componefind_equipment_manual — Finds an operator, service or parts manual (or spec sheet) for a make and model in the Discount Equipment library and returns its title and Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.