Truck loading software that shows you the load before the truck arrives
Truck loading software works out how cargo fits in a truck or trailer. Paste your packing list into EveryLoading, pick the vehicle, and get a 3D load plan with volume, weight, axle estimates and a loading sequence, in your browser.
How it works
1
Add the cargo
Paste rows from Excel or type them in: size, weight, quantity, and whether an item can be stacked or turned.
2
Pick the vehicle
Choose a 53 ft dry van, a 13.6 m trailer, a rigid truck or a van, or enter the inside size of your own.
3
Set the rules
Mark what must stay on the floor, what nothing can stand on, how much weight an item can carry, and the delivery stop of each row.
4
Optimize
The optimizer places every piece in 3D and tells you what did not fit, with volume, weight and loading metres.
5
Check and adjust
Look at the axle estimate and the centre of gravity, then drag items by hand. Moves that break a rule are refused.
6
Hand it over
Send the warehouse a PDF or a read-only 3D link with the loading sequence, so the truck is loaded the way it was planned.
What the planner does
3D load plan
Orbit the truck, or switch to top, side and rear views. Colour comes from the cargo, so rows are easy to tell apart.
Automatic optimization
Largest-first packing with several strategies. It tries floor patterns that greedy planning misses, such as mixed pallet directions.
Stacking rules
Floor only, nothing on top, maximum weight on top, maximum items on top, and which cargo an item may stand on.
Axle and balance checks
An estimate of the load on the kingpin and axles from the positions you enter, and the centre of gravity marked in 3D.
Multi-stop loading
Give each row a stop number. Later stops go deeper, and nothing for a later stop blocks an earlier one.
Loading sequence
A step-by-step slider in the planner and a printed order in the PDF, for the people on the dock.
Several trucks
When one vehicle is not enough, the load continues in the next one, including truck and trailer sets.
Real vehicle details
Wheel arches, cooling units, double decks and door sizes are taken into account.
Truck loading software, spreadsheets and TMS
A spreadsheet tells you whether the total volume fits, not whether the cargo does. A TMS runs transport as a whole, but rarely says what goes where inside the truck.
| Task | Truck loading software | Spreadsheet | TMS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works out where each item goes | Yes, in 3D | No, you work it out by hand | Usually not |
| Handles stacking rules | Yes, per cargo row | Only in your head | Rarely |
| Shows axle load and balance | Yes, as an estimate | Only with your own formulas | Sometimes |
| Gives a loading sequence | Yes | No | No |
| Plans routes, carriers and invoices | No | No | Yes |
General comparison. What a TMS covers differs by product. See Excel vs a 3D planner.
How to work out what a truck can carry
Every load has two limits, and you have to check both.
Weight: payload is the permitted gross weight minus the weight of the empty vehicle, driver and fuel. A load can fit in the space and still overload one axle, so where the weight sits matters too.
Space: inside length × width × height gives the volume, but cargo never fills all of it. Pallets and stacking rules leave gaps, so count floor positions or loading metres instead.
For a quick figure, try the CBM calculator or the pallet calculator. Both are free and need no account.
How to choose truck loading software
- Test it with a real load from last month, not with a sample. Include a mixed load and a multi-stop run.
- Time the data entry. Most of the work is getting the packing list in, so paste and import matter more than a long feature list.
- Check that your vehicles are covered, with their wheel arches, cooling units and door sizes.
- Look at what the warehouse receives. A plan is only useful if the dock can follow it.
- Ask how the axle numbers are worked out, because the method differs between tools.
- Check how it connects to your TMS or WMS if you need that, and whether there is an API.
Read the full load planning software guide, or see how we compare with Goodloading.
Questions and answers
- What is truck loading software?
- Truck loading software works out how cargo fits inside a truck or trailer. You enter the cargo and the vehicle, and it returns a load plan that respects size, payload, stacking rules and delivery order.
- Is there free truck loading software?
- Yes. EveryLoading has a free plan with the optimizer for up to 5 pieces per plan in trucks. Saving, PDF, share links and file import are part of Pro. The calculators under Free tools need no account.
- What is the difference between truck loading software and a TMS?
- A TMS manages transport as a whole: orders, carriers, routes and invoices. Truck loading software answers one question in depth: how the cargo goes inside the vehicle. Many teams use both, and the two can be connected by API.
- Can truck loading software calculate weight distribution?
- EveryLoading estimates the load on the kingpin and axles from the axle positions you enter, and shows the centre of gravity. It is a planning estimate, not a replacement for a weighbridge.
- Does it handle pallets and mixed cargo?
- Yes. Pallets, cartons, drums, pipes and crates can share one load, each with its own rules. Cartons can also be built onto pallets first.
- Does it work for US trucks?
- Yes. The planner has 48 ft and 53 ft dry vans and a 26 ft box truck, and it shows sizes in inches and pounds as well as centimetres and kilograms.
- Does it use AI?
- The plan comes from an optimization algorithm that follows your rules, not from a machine learning model. That means the same cargo and settings give you a plan you can check and explain.
Plan your next load in minutes.
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