Hotshot Trucking Load Planner

Hotshot trucking pays when the math works. This load planner does the math before you say yes to a broker.

Punch in deadhead miles, loaded miles, the rate and your fuel, and the answer sits at the top of the screen as you type: profit on the load, profit per loaded mile, profit per mile you actually drive, profit per hour and the break-even rate. Fuel is figured at your MPG empty and your MPG loaded, with tolls, a tire-and-repair reserve and anything else you pay. It works as a truck profit calculator for a gooseneck, a flatbed or a pickup with a deckover.

Then run the load. The stop checklist walks pickup, paperwork, the road and delivery: tie-down count, strap condition, re-checks at 50 miles and every 3 hours or 150 miles, permits, hours of service, photos and signed paperwork. A weight check sets your cargo against the truck's GCWR and the trailer rating, flags a bad tongue weight and tells you when a combination moves into CDL territory.

Get paid. Log each invoice by broker, mark it paid, and the app counts days to pay. You see the average per broker, the slowest payers first, what is outstanding and what is past due. Keep fuel purchases and miles by state, and the quarter worksheet is on screen when IFTA time comes. IFTA only applies to qualified vehicles and plenty of hot shot rigs sit under that line, so the same log doubles as a state mileage record.

Free covers the daily work with no limit on loads, payouts or fuel entries. Pro adds saved lanes for runs you repeat, fuel price scenarios with your break-even diesel price, settlement statements by broker and period, and IFTA-ready PDF and CSV files. Pro is a yearly subscription with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime unlock. If Pro ends, your loads and payouts stay on the phone.

Hotshot Trucking Load Planner is a calculator and a notebook. It is not legal, tax, insurance or DOT advice. Check your own numbers, your authority and the rules in every state you run.