Grab That Load FAQ

Grab That Load is a hotshot business and load-analysis app. It estimates whether a load can meet your goals after fuel, dispatch, operating costs, deadhead, trip expenses, and a tax reserve, then connects that decision to tools for trips, expenses, invoices, and business tracking.

No. It does not post freight or replace a load board. Use it to evaluate a load you found through a broker, customer, dispatcher, or other source.

It is designed around hotshot owner-operators and small hotshot businesses that want to evaluate loads using their own truck, trailer, and business costs.

No account is needed for the homepage quick estimate. An account is used for personalized Garage costs, saving analyses, and the rest of the app. Feature and usage limits vary by plan.

Enter load pay, loaded miles, deadhead miles, diesel price, dispatch fee, and any trip-specific revenue or expenses. Then calculate and review the estimated take-home, per-mile results, break-even rate, cost breakdown, score, and verdict.

Yes. Deadhead means miles traveled without revenue freight onboard. Driving toward another pickup is not deadhead when revenue freight is already onboard. Deadhead is added to loaded miles to produce total miles, and the full distance is used for fuel, mileage-based costs, deadhead percentage, and all-in per-mile results.

For a basic load, enter current location, pickup, and delivery to request route, mileage, and drive-time estimates. Route Command can also arrange multiple pickups, deliveries, normal stops, and a Final Destination. When alternatives are available, compare and select a route before applying it. Always verify road suitability and restrictions before driving.

Yes, with eligible Route Command access. Build the stops in their real order, rearrange them when needed, and review how mileage, onboard freight, and configured capacity change from segment to segment.

Yes, with eligible multi-stop Route Command access. Pickups add freight onboard and deliveries remove it, so the plan can show overlapping freight, combined economics, and configured capacity by segment while both loads share the trailer.

They are loaded miles when revenue freight from the first load is still onboard. Deadhead means miles traveled without revenue freight onboard. Driving toward another pickup is not deadhead when revenue freight is already onboard.

Yes. In Analyze Load, choose Drive home / reposition empty under After Delivery and add the expected miles and costs. Route Command can use a Final Destination for more advanced multi-stop planning when that feature is available to the account.

Yes. The route tool can open the intended trip in Google Maps. It is a convenience link, not a guarantee that a route is legal or suitable for your vehicle and trailer.

Yes. Load Comparison can place saved loads side by side so you can compare revenue, total miles, deadhead, estimated take-home, and score. Access depends on the current plan.

Yes. You can save load analyses and, with eligible access, move an accepted saved load into Trips. Free and paid plan limits apply, and the current plan section shows availability.

Yes. Trailer profiles can store multiple equipment setups. Mark trailers active, select a default, and choose the actual trailer planned for a load so Weight & Capacity uses that configured cargo and deck information.

No. Grab That Load uses the equipment ratings and limits entered by the user for planning guidance. You must independently verify axle ratings, tire ratings, hitch ratings, vehicle ratings, trailer ratings, actual loaded weights, scale weights, and all legal and compliance requirements.

It lets you test changes such as a different rate, deadhead, fuel price, or other load assumptions without changing the original question you are evaluating. It is useful for negotiation and sensitivity checks.

Free includes limited monthly analyses and saved loads. Pro is the core owner-operator workflow, Pro+ adds advanced decision and intelligence tools, and Business adds deeper management and back-office tools. See the current plan section for exact prices, limits, and availability.

No. Creating a Free account does not require a credit card and does not automatically begin a paid subscription. The public plan section identifies current pricing and whether paid checkout is available.

Feature access depends on the account's current plan or eligible beta access. Check Garage & Account for the active plan, review the public plan section, or contact support if the access shown does not match the account.

Review the Privacy Policy for information about account and service data. Do not send passwords, payment-card details, Social Security numbers, or sensitive freight documents through the public contact form.

Use the Contact page for product, account, billing, privacy, legal, or calculation support. Operators interested in testing can choose Beta Access / Product Testing as the topic.

Cost per mile is the operating cost assigned to each mile. A useful all-in figure can include fuel, maintenance, payments, insurance, permits, software, and other business costs spread across realistic total mileage.

Break-even rate is the gross revenue per total mile needed to cover the modeled costs for the load. It is an estimate based on your inputs; it is not a suggested market rate or a guarantee.

It is the estimated amount left from that load after the modeled costs and tax reserve. It helps compare the total dollars a load may contribute, not just its advertised rate.

It is estimated take-home divided by total miles. Because total miles include deadhead, it shows how much the whole movement may return for every mile driven.

Profit per hour divides estimated profit by the realistic total time the job consumes. Include driving, loading, waiting, securement, breaks, delivery, and repositioning. Route drive time can help, but you must add the non-driving time the app cannot know.

Deadhead still uses fuel, maintenance, tires, time, and vehicle life. Leaving it out can make a load appear stronger than it is and can distort rate-per-mile comparisons.

Include costs your business actually carries: fuel, maintenance reserve, payments, insurance, permits, software, dispatch, tolls, scales, parking, and legitimate one-off trip expenses. Avoid entering the same cost in both Garage and trip expenses.

An advertised rate may use loaded miles only and ignores your deadhead, equipment costs, dispatch fee, fuel, trip expenses, and time. Gross rate is useful, but it is not the same as profit.

Use a per-mile maintenance allowance that reflects your equipment and experience, then update it as real repairs, tires, service, and replacement needs become clearer. It is a reserve estimate, not a promise that every month will cost the same.

Loaded RPM divides revenue by loaded miles. All-in RPM divides revenue by loaded plus deadhead miles. All-in RPM is usually the better comparison when two loads require different repositioning.

The calculator uses total miles, your MPG input, and diesel price. Actual fuel use can change with weight, wind, terrain, idling, routing, speed, weather, and driving style.

The selected percentage is reserved from a positive pre-tax estimate to show a planning take-home figure. It is not a tax return calculation, tax advice, or a prediction of what you will owe.

Check estimated profit, all-in profit per mile, break-even, deadhead, trip time, equipment fit, timing, payment risk, and what the load positions you to do next. No single score should replace the full decision.

Not necessarily. A shorter high-RPM load can produce fewer total profit dollars, consume valuable time, or leave you in a weak location. Compare the whole run and realistic next move.

Model the return as its own load with the deadhead needed to reach pickup. Compare that result with the cost and time of returning empty; do not assume a return load will appear.

Use break-even and What-If results to know the minimum that meets your cost and take-home goals. Explain relevant mileage, deadhead, timing, securement, or special requirements clearly, then decide whether the offered rate works for your business.

Review them whenever a major cost changes and on a regular schedule. Insurance renewals, payments, repairs, fuel economy, and expected mileage can materially change your true-cost baseline.

Use a realistic average based on the miles you expect to operate, including deadhead. An inflated mileage estimate can spread fixed costs too thin and make loads appear more profitable.

Add trip-specific charges to the load when they are not already included in your baseline. Annual recurring permit costs belong in Garage; a special permit for one movement can belong with that trip.

The load analysis is a decision estimate. Recording real trips and expenses helps you see where assumptions differ from results and gives you better information for future cost settings.

Business Targets lets you set revenue, profit, and mileage goals and monitor progress. Use targets as operating benchmarks and adjust them when business conditions or capacity change.

Waiting can reduce what a load earns per hour even when its per-mile result looks good. Include realistic pickup, loading, delivery, appointment, and detention time in your own time-based check.

No. The verdict uses the entered numbers and assumptions. Unexpected repairs, delays, route changes, nonpayment, fuel use, or other events can change the outcome.

No. It is a planning and recordkeeping tool. Consult qualified professionals for legal, tax, accounting, insurance, compliance, or financial advice specific to your business.