# Keep every truck loaded both ways.

> Roadmark finds each truck's next load the moment it's empty, ranks it by revenue per total mile including deadhead, and checks driver hours and home time.

URL: https://roadmark.ai/truckload
Language: en

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.

R. Diaz is held at the Joliet dock until 18:00 on Tuesday, and his home time is due Friday. Roadmark looks at his own customers, contract lanes and the load boards, and ranks every way back by what it pays over all the miles he'd drive, the empty ones included.

## See when a contract lane has fallen behind the market.

Every contract lane is checked each morning against the spot average from DAT and Truckstop. A wide gap means the truck on that lane has every reason to chase spot freight instead, so it's worth a call to the customer first.

## 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.

## 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 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.

## Related pages

- [Detention calculator](https://roadmark.ai/tools/detention): What a truck's time at the dock past its free time comes to, on the invoice and on the driver's pay.
- [Truck detention: how to measure it, bill it and pay drivers](https://roadmark.ai/blog/truck-detention-billing): How detention time is measured (ELD, geofence and dock timestamps against the appointment), free time, billing without disputes and the driver's share.
- [DAT integration: post loads, find backhauls](https://roadmark.ai/integrations/dat): Roadmark posts open loads to DAT and pulls truck postings for backhauls, and checks contract lanes each morning against DAT's spot average.
- [Reefer](https://roadmark.ai/reefer): Temperature records, pre-cooling and FSMA
- [Samsara integration: hours of service and ETAs](https://roadmark.ai/integrations/samsara): Samsara feeds Roadmark hours of service, location and engine data every few minutes, so tracking ETAs, dispatch planning and detention all use current data.
- [Tracking](https://roadmark.ai/tracking): The few loads that need you, with reasons

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