Truckload TMS
Keep every truck loaded both ways.
A truckload fleet earns its margin on the mile back, not just the mile out. Roadmark finds each truck's next load the moment it's empty, ranks it by revenue over every mile including the deadhead, and checks it against the driver's hours and the day they need to be home.
The way home is picked before the trailer is empty.
Ways home from Joliet, ranked
$2,640.00 ÷ (512 loaded + 38 empty mi) = $4.80 a mile
- Planned for 15:45 this morning; the 3 h 20 m at the Joliet dock moved it to Wednesday
- Picks up at 07:00, after his 10-hour break
- Delivers 12 mi from home, two days before his home time
See when a contract lane has fallen behind the market.
Brampton ON → Buffalo NYNorthgate Home · 4 loads a week
Contract $1,520.00, spot $1,925.00+$405.00Toronto ON → Detroit MILakeshore Grocers · 5 loads a week
Contract $1,350.00, spot $1,385.00+$35.00Hamilton ON → Columbus OHKeel Building Supply · 3 loads a week
Contract $2,940.00, spot $2,890.00-$50.00Mississauga ON → Montreal QCLakeshore Grocers · 2 loads a week
Contract $1,480.00, spot $1,610.00+$130.00
Spot on Brampton → Buffalo is 26.6% above the contract rate. Worth raising with Northgate Home before the lane starts losing trucks to better-paying freight.
Detention
Detention is billed from the ELD's arrival and departure times.
The truck's ELD marks when it reaches the receiver's dock and when it leaves, to the minute. Roadmark measures that against the free time in the rate confirmation and adds exactly what's owed to the invoice.
Before, it was "in about 9, out after 11ish" on the back of the BOL, nobody totalled the free time, and the customer disputed the line.
Related free tool: Detention calculator
30 min at $75.00 an hour, added to the invoice$37.50
$6,955.00 is what unit 214 earns on the Joliet run, both ways.
The load out and the backhaul home: $6.62 for each of the 1,050 miles driven, the empty ones included. Home empty, the same trip would have earned $4.42 a mile.
Related free tools: Fuel surcharge calculator and Cost per mile calculator
Run the backhaul finder beside the TMS you have.
Loads still dispatch from McLeod, TMW or TruckMate. Roadmark reads the board and drafts the return load; your dispatcher approves it where they already work.
Questions
Questions carriers ask first.
How does Roadmark find a truck's next load?
The moment a truck goes empty, Roadmark checks its own customers, contract lanes and the load boards, then ranks every way back by revenue over all the miles it would drive, empty miles included, and checks the option against the driver's hours and home time before drafting it for a dispatcher to approve.
How does Roadmark bill detention?
It reads the truck's ELD arrival and departure times at the dock, measures them against the free time in the rate confirmation, and adds exactly what's owed to the invoice, instead of an estimate written on the back of a bill of lading.
How do I know if a contract lane has fallen behind the market?
Roadmark checks every contract lane each morning against the spot average from DAT and Truckstop, and flags a lane where spot has pulled well ahead of the contract rate, so it's worth a call to the customer before a truck starts chasing better-paying freight.
Can Roadmark run beside our current TMS?
Yes. Loads still dispatch from McLeod, TMW or TruckMate; Roadmark reads the board, drafts the return load, and your dispatcher approves it where they already work.
Thirteen modes, one platform.
Every mode runs on the same customers, loads and invoices, so a company that runs more than one sees them together.
Bring this week's board. We'll find the backhauls live.
Send us your unit list and this week's loads. In the call, you'll see the backhauls Roadmark would have drafted next to what your dispatchers found on their own.
- Your units, drivers and lanes
- Scored by revenue per total mile, deadhead included
- Beside McLeod, TMW or TruckMate, or in place of it