Loading metre calculator: will this load fit your trailer?
A loading metre (LDM) is 1 metre of trailer floor across the full width, counted at 2.4 m: LDM = length × width ÷ 2.4. A Euro pallet is 0.4 LDM and a UK standard 1.2 × 1.0 m pallet 0.5 LDM. A trailer with a 13.62 m inside length takes 34 Euro pallets or 26 standard pallets. Weight is the second test: in the UK an articulated lorry may gross 40,000 kg on 5 axles and 44,000 kg on 6 or more axles when the drive-axle, suspension and engine conditions are met; payload is that limit minus the unladen weight. On Logistivo, a load request records pallet type, quantity, dimensions and weight per pallet line by line and adds up the net weight from them; sending it only to your own carrier list uses no credit.
Source: wetten.overheid.nl · RDW · legislation.gov.uk · European Parliament — Legislative Observatory · GOV.UK (DVSA) · Resmî Gazete · International Transport Forum (OECD) · Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü · EPAL · en-standard.eu · Schmitz Cargobull · TIMOCOM · GOV.UK (DfT).
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Load check: does this offer fit your trailer?
Load check: does this offer fit your trailer? — Pick your trailer above, enter the pallets from the load offer and read the weighbridge ticket.
The load check tests two things: the floor (how many pallets fit and how many loading metres the offer takes) and the gross combination weight against the limit of the chosen regime. It does not work out the load on each axle: that needs the distances between kingpin and axles and the load’s centre of gravity. Vehicle sizes are typical manufacturer figures; measure your own trailer.
Trailer — Typical inside dimensions per type; length, width and height can be edited. (manufacturer data, Schmitz Cargobull)
Inside dimensions — Enter your own deck: the difference between 13.62 m and 13.40 m is one row of Euro pallets.
Number of axles — 5 (2-axle tractor + 3-axle semi-trailer) or 6 and more.
Pallet type — Euro pallet 1,200 × 800 mm, 1,200 × 1,000 mm (UK standard / EPAL 2), 1,000 × 1,200 mm (EPAL 3), half pallet 800 × 600 mm or a custom size. (EPAL; EN 13698-1 and EN 13698-2)
Quantity — Number of pallets or packages on this line.
Layers — 1 = not stackable. With 2 or 3 layers a line takes ⌈quantity ÷ layers⌉ floor positions.
Kg per unit — Gross weight of one pallet including goods.
Height (cm) — Optional: needed to check a stack against the inside height.
Regime — United Kingdom, EU cross-border, Netherlands domestic, Dutch LZV or Türkiye.
Powertrain — Alternative fuel or zero-emission: the EU and Dutch limits rise by up to 1,000 or 2,000 kg when the vehicle documents show it. (Directive 96/53/EC Annex I point 2.2)
Unladen weight of the combination (kg) — Tractor plus trailer from the registration documents, or a weighbridge ticket for the empty combination. Needed for the weight check — the tool does not fill it in for you.
Plated / registered gross train weight (kg) — Optional. If the plate or registration gives a lower maximum for the combination, that value applies. (GOV.UK: plated weights must never be exceeded)
Kg per loading metre (tariff) — Optional. For part loads some carriers charge on the higher of actual weight and LDM × factor. The factor is a commercial term, not a standard: take it from your quote.
How the load check calculates — Every threshold the tool uses, with its source. None of it lives only in the code.
Loading metre (LDM) — 1 m of trailer floor across the full width, counted at 2.4 m: LDM = length × width ÷ 2.4 (dimensions in metres). — Trade convention (TIMOCOM transport lexicon) — not a legal unit.
LDM per pallet — Euro pallet 1.2 × 0.8 m = 0.4 LDM · 1.2 × 1.0 m pallet = 0.5 LDM · half pallet 0.8 × 0.6 m = 0.2 LDM. — Rule above.
Stacking — A line with n layers takes ⌈quantity ÷ n⌉ floor positions; a Euro pallet double-stacked is 0.2 LDM per pallet. — Rule; whether the carrier charges it that way is a commercial term.
Floor layout — Rows across the width: crosswise (long side across — 2 Euro pallets per 0.8 m row on a 2.48 m deck) or lengthwise (short side across — 3 per 1.2 m row). The tool tries both and mixed rows and picks the shortest floor. — Geometry; matches the manufacturer figure of 34 Euro pallets on 13.62 m.
Mixed rows — If the offer only fits with crosswise and lengthwise rows mixed, the verdict is ‘fits with conditions’: you need a loading plan. — Example: swap body C 7.82 — 19 Euro pallets only with 5 lengthwise + 2 crosswise rows (7.60 m).
Stack height — Layers × unit height must not exceed the inside height. Without a height the tool asks you to check it. — Geometry.
Bottom pallet — The bottom pallet of a stack may carry at most 5,500 kg (EPAL 1), 4,250 kg (EPAL 2), 4,500 kg (EPAL 3) or 1,500 kg (EPAL 6). The tool counts the whole stack (layers × kg per unit) as the load on the bottom pallet — the strictest reading. — EPAL product specifications.
Load rating per pallet — Above 1,500 kg (EPAL 1 and 3), 1,250 kg (EPAL 2) or 750 kg (EPAL 6) per pallet the verdict is ‘fits with conditions’. — EPAL safe working load.
Gross weight — Unladen weight + Σ quantity × kg per unit. Payload is the limit minus the unladen weight: 40 or 44 tonnes is never the payload itself. — Rule.
Plated or registered weight — If the plate or registration shows a lower maximum for the combination, that value applies. — GOV.UK HGV maximum weights; Dutch Regeling voertuigen art. 5.18.17b(1).
Swap body — A swap body has its own manufacturer maximum: 16,000 kg total, payload 12,800 kg (C 7.45) or 12,550 kg (C 7.82). The regimes in the tool cover articulated combinations; for a rigid carrying a swap body the plated weight of the rigid applies. — Schmitz Cargobull W.BO.
Chargeable weight on a part load — Chargeable weight = the higher of actual weight and LDM × factor. The factor (kg per LDM) is the carrier’s tariff, not a standard; the tool never fills one in. — Tariff practice; no legal value.
Average maximum per loading metre — (limit − unladen weight) ÷ loading length in metres: what a full floor may weigh per loading metre on average. — Rule.
What the tool does not calculate — The load on each axle, the centre of gravity, load securing and the length of the combination. — Those need the distances between kingpin and axles. The axle weight calculator takes those distances; the load securing calculator works out the lashing. How long and how tall the combination may be in each country: maximum lorry height and length checker.
United Kingdom — 40,000 kg (5 axles) · 44,000 kg (6 or more axles, with conditions) — Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) Regulations 1998, Sch. 2; GOV.UK HGV maximum weights
United Kingdom — A longer semi-trailer (LST) of up to 15.65 m is also limited to 44,000 kg and needs on-board weighing above 38 tonnes.
United Kingdom — Between 40,000 and 44,000 kg only on 6 or more axles: drive axle(s) no more than 10,500 kg with road-friendly suspension (or no more than 8,500 kg per axle), 3 axles on each part of the combination, road-friendly suspension on the trailer and, above 41,000 kg, an engine of at least Euro 2 (or gas).
United Kingdom — Above 40,000 kg on 5 axles only in combined transport under the Construction and Use Regulations (Schedule 11A); otherwise 6 axles are needed.
United Kingdom — Driving axle no more than 11,500 kg; above 40,000 kg 10,500 kg (or 8,500 kg). Plated weights must never be exceeded; axle, gross and train overloads are separate offences.
EU cross-border — 40,000 kg (5 or 6 axles) — Council Directive 96/53/EC Annex I points 2.2.2, 3.4.1 and 4.1; Art. 4
EU cross-border — Member states may allow heavier vehicles in national traffic (the Netherlands: 50,000 kg); on a cross-border trip the lowest limit along the route applies. The revision of the Directive (procedure 2023/0265(COD)) has not been adopted yet.
EU cross-border — Between 40,000 and 44,000 kg only in intermodal transport of containers or swap bodies up to 45 feet in total: 42,000 kg with a 2-axle tractor and 3-axle semi-trailer, 44,000 kg with a 3-axle tractor and 2- or 3-axle semi-trailer.
EU cross-border — With 5 axles (2-axle tractor + 3-axle semi-trailer) at most 42,000 kg, and only in intermodal transport of containers or swap bodies up to 45 feet.
EU cross-border — Driving axle no more than 11,500 kg; in international traffic at least 25 % of the total weight on the driving axle(s).
Netherlands (domestic) — 50,000 kg (or less if the Dutch registration says so) — Dutch Regeling voertuigen art. 5.18.17b, 5.18.17d and 5.18.17e
Netherlands (domestic) — Without a registered value, or for a foreign-registered combination, the lowest of: 50,000 kg, the technical maximum, 5 × the permitted load on the driven axle(s) and engine power ÷ 0.002 kW/kg.
Netherlands (domestic) — On 5 axles the default axle limits add up to 10,000 + 11,500 + 27,000 = 48,500 kg (steer axle, drive axle and a tri-axle on air suspension). Above that a sixth axle is needed.
Netherlands (domestic) — Between 45,500 and 48,500 kg on 5 axles only with air suspension on the tri-axle: 9,000 instead of 8,000 kg per axle.
Netherlands (domestic) — Driven axle no more than 11,500 kg, non-driven axle 10,000 kg.
LZV (Netherlands, with exemption) — 60,000 kg · length 25.25 m · loading length 18–21.82 m — Dutch LZV policy rule (Beleidsregel LZV), art. 1(e) and annex art. E; RDW
LZV (Netherlands, with exemption) — At most three vehicles; each vehicle must also meet its own dimensions and weights.
LZV (Netherlands, with exemption) — Only with an RDW exemption (€ 160 per registration, valid for up to 1 year), an LZV entry for every vehicle (an LZV certificate for foreign vehicles), a driver holding the CCV certificate, and only on LZV roads (green on the Digitale Wegenkaart Ontheffingen).
LZV (Netherlands, with exemption) — Above 57,500 kg: at least 1/5 of the total mass must rest on the driven axle(s). At 60,000 kg that is 12,000 kg — more than a single driven axle of 11,500 kg may carry, so two driven axles are needed.
LZV (Netherlands, with exemption) — At least 1/5 of the LZV mass on the driven axle(s), capped at the permitted axle load(s).
Türkiye — 40,000 kg (5 or more axles) — Karayolları Trafik Yönetmeliği art. 128 (Official Gazette 18-07-1997); ITF 2019; EGM 2026
Türkiye — Width 2.55 m (2.60 m for refrigerated bodies), height 4.00 m.
Türkiye — Between 40,000 and 44,000 kg only for a 3-axle tractor with a 2- or 3-axle semi-trailer carrying a 40 ft ISO container (ITF overview 2019, note 74; check the current text of the Karayolları Trafik Yönetmeliği art. 128).
Türkiye — Drive axle 11.5 t (ITF overview 2019).
Türkiye — Turkish overload fines (Highway Traffic Law art. 65/1-b, EGM guide 2026) are charged to the operator (işleten) and to the consignor (yük gönderen) separately; the amount in brackets applies with the 25 % early-payment reduction. If operator and consignor are the same party, one fine applies. The scale starts above 3.75 % + 500 kg — that is not an allowance: the limit stays 40,000 kg.
Türkiye — more than 3.75 % + 500 kg and up to 10 %: 10,000 TL (7,500 TL)
Türkiye — up to 15 %: 20,000 TL (15,000 TL)
Türkiye — up to 20 %: 30,000 TL (22,500 TL)
Türkiye — up to 25 %: 40,000 TL (30,000 TL) and kept off the road until compliant
Türkiye — over 25 %: 60,000 TL (45,000 TL) and kept off the road until compliant
Türkiye — Axle overload while the gross weight is within the limit: 10,000 TL (7,500 TL) for the operator (art. 65/1-c).
Euro pallet (EPAL 1) — 1,200 × 800 mm · load rating 1,500 kg · bottom pallet in a stack max. 5,500 kg (EPAL; EN 13698-1)
1,200 × 1,000 mm pallet (UK standard / EPAL 2) — 1,200 × 1,000 mm · EPAL 2 load rating 1,250 kg · bottom pallet max. 4,250 kg; a non-EPAL pallet of the same size has its own rating (EPAL; EN 13698-2)
1,000 × 1,200 mm pallet (EPAL 3) — 1,000 × 1,200 mm · load rating 1,500 kg · bottom pallet max. 4,500 kg (EPAL)
Half pallet (EPAL 6) — 800 × 600 mm · load rating 750 kg · bottom pallet max. 1,500 kg (EPAL)
Custom size — any length × width in mm; no known load rating, so no pallet check
Curtainsider (standard) — inside 13.62 × 2.48 m, height up to 3.05 m (depending on fifth-wheel height); manufacturer: 34 Euro pallets or 26 ISO pallets (Schmitz Cargobull S.CS UNIVERSAL)
Mega trailer — inside 13.62 × 2.48 m, height up to 3.20 m; manufacturer: 34 Euro pallets or 26 ISO pallets (Schmitz Cargobull S.CS MEGA)
Reefer — inside 13.40 × 2.46 m (or 2.49 m), height 2.35–3.05 m; manufacturer: 33 Euro pallets or 26 ISO pallets (Schmitz Cargobull S.KO COOL SMART)
Swap body C 7.45 — inside 7.31 × 2.47 × 2.52 m; total weight 16,000 kg, unladen approx. 3,200 kg, payload 12,800 kg (Schmitz Cargobull W.BO 7.45 G)
Swap body C 7.82 — inside 7.68 × 2.47 × 2.52 m; total weight 16,000 kg, unladen approx. 3,450 kg, payload 12,550 kg (Schmitz Cargobull W.BO 7.82 G)
Dutch LZV example: rigid with C 7.82 + 13.62 m semi-trailer — loading length 7.68 + 13.62 = 21.30 m (LZV limit 18–21.82 m); example combination, 19 + 34 = 53 Euro pallets; swap body payload 12,550 kg (Dutch LZV policy rule art. 1(e); Schmitz Cargobull)
Fits — The floor is long enough and the gross weight stays within the ordinary limit of the chosen regime.
Fits with conditions — It only fits if a condition holds: stackable goods and enough inside height, a loading plan with mixed rows, an exemption (LZV), intermodal transport (EU, Türkiye: 44 t), 6 axles with the UK conditions, the uplift for an alternative powertrain, or a stronger pallet.
Does not fit — The floor is too short, a size is wider than the inside width, or the gross weight is above the highest limit the regime allows even with conditions.
Not yet assessed — The unladen weight or a unit weight is missing; the floor has been checked.
Unladen weight: where to find it
Your own vehicles — the unladen weight in the registration documents, or a weighbridge ticket for the empty combination (the most accurate source)
Tractor unit, mass in running order (median, Dutch register) — 8,185 kg (RDW Open Data, 59,084 tractors first registered from 2020)
Curtainsider semi-trailer, unladen mass (median, Dutch register) — 6,930 kg (RDW Open Data, 26,349 semi-trailers)
Refrigerated semi-trailer, unladen mass (median, Dutch register) — 8,722 kg (RDW Open Data, 12,523 semi-trailers)
Box semi-trailer, unladen mass (median, Dutch register) — 7,727 kg (RDW Open Data, 12,334 semi-trailers)
Example: Dutch register medians, tractor 8,185 kg + curtainsider 6,930 kg = 15,115 kg — not a real combination; use your own documents or weigh the empty combination.
Fits? Get load requests that already list the pallets — On Logistivo a part-load request arrives with its pallet lines — pallet type, quantity, length × width × height and kg per pallet — and every request states stackability and the vehicle type. So this check takes seconds before you quote per vehicle; the quote the shipper accepts becomes a load that keeps those lines.
Logistivo for carriers — Requests from your network with pallet lines, stackability and vehicle type; quoted per vehicle. — /en/carrier
Load management — The accepted quote becomes a load, with its pallet lines, documents and statuses. — /en/load-management
The load check is a calculation aid, not a weighbridge ticket and not legal advice. Plated and registered weights, exemptions and actual axle loads always take precedence; if in doubt, check the current text of the rules named here.
Vehicle sizes and weights are typical Schmitz Cargobull figures; your own trailer may differ.
The register medians describe the Dutch fleet, not the unladen weight of any particular combination.
A loading metre (LDM) is 1 metre of trailer floor across the full width. Because a trailer is about 2.4 m wide inside, the trade counts with 2.4 m: LDM = length × width ÷ 2.4, in metres. A Euro pallet of 1.2 × 0.8 m is 0.96 ÷ 2.4 = 0.4 LDM, a 1.2 × 1.0 m UK standard pallet 0.5 LDM and a half pallet 0.2 LDM.
The loading metre is a trade convention, not a legal unit: neither Directive 96/53/EC nor the UK Authorised Weight Regulations define it. Freight exchanges and hauliers use it to price part loads and to see how much floor is left for a backload.
Two numbers get mixed up: the calculated value (pallets × 0.4) and the floor length used. 33 Euro pallets are 13.2 LDM; loaded lengthwise they use 11 rows of 1.2 m = 13.20 m, crosswise 17 rows of 0.8 m = 13.60 m. The weighbridge ticket in the load check shows both.
How many pallets fit on a 13.6 m trailer?
How many pallets fit on a 13.6 m trailer? — 26 UK standard (1.2 × 1.0 m) pallets, or 34 Euro pallets crosswise and 33 lengthwise, on a 13.62 m inside length. Crosswise puts 2 Euro pallets side by side per 0.8 m row, lengthwise 3 per 1.2 m row:
7.31 × 2.47 m (swap body C 7.45) — Pallet: Euro pallet | Crosswise: 18 | Lengthwise: 18 | Maximum: 18
7.68 × 2.47 m (swap body C 7.82) — Pallet: Euro pallet | Crosswise: 18 | Lengthwise: 18 | Maximum: 19 with mixed rows (5 lengthwise + 2 crosswise = 7.60 m)
Dutch LZV example 7.68 + 13.62 m — Pallet: Euro pallet | Crosswise: — | Lengthwise: — | Maximum: 19 + 34 = 53
Manufacturer figures: Schmitz Cargobull S.CS UNIVERSAL and S.CS MEGA (34 Euro or 26 ISO pallets), S.KO COOL SMART (33 Euro or 26 ISO pallets). GOV.UK’s guidance on longer semi-trailers (up to 15.65 m against a standard 13.6 m) contrasts 26 with 30 pallets for mixed loads. A sea container holds a different count: the container pallet calculator works it out for a 20 ft, 40 ft or 40 ft high cube, with a floor plan. Size, weight and loading metres per pallet type (EUR 1, 2, 3, 6 and CP): euro pallet dimensions and weight.
Do stackable pallets count as half a loading metre?
Yes, if the pallets can really be double-stacked. Two layers of Euro pallets take half the floor: 0.2 LDM per pallet instead of 0.4. The load check counts a line with n layers as ⌈quantity ÷ n⌉ floor positions.
Three conditions: the goods must be stackable (the consignor decides), the stack must stay below the inside height (curtainsider up to 3.05 m, mega up to 3.20 m according to the manufacturer, depending on fifth-wheel height), and under EPAL the bottom pallet may carry no more than 5,500 kg (Euro pallet). Whether the haulier also charges half a loading metre is a commercial term.
What is the maximum weight of an articulated lorry in the UK?
What is the maximum weight of an articulated lorry in the UK? — 40,000 kg on 5 axles and 44,000 kg on 6 or more axles, when the drive-axle, suspension and engine conditions are met. That is gross train weight: payload is the limit minus the unladen weight of tractor and trailer.
Articulated vehicle, 5 axles — Limit: 40,000 kg (AWR); under Construction and Use 38,000 kg, 44,000 kg only in combined transport | Source: GOV.UK HGV maximum weights; AWR 1998 Sch. 2
Articulated vehicle, 6 or more axles — Limit: 44,000 kg — drive axle(s) no more than 10,500 kg with road-friendly suspension (or 8,500 kg per axle), 3 axles on each part, road-friendly trailer suspension, Euro 2 (or gas) engine above 41,000 kg | Source: GOV.UK HGV maximum weights
Plated weights — Limit: must never be exceeded; axle, gross and train overloads are separate offences | Source: GOV.UK HGV maximum weights
Driving axle / non-driving axle — Limit: 11,500 kg / 10,000 kg | Source: Directive 96/53/EC Annex I point 3; AWR 1998 Sch. 3
Longer semi-trailer (LST) — Limit: up to 15.65 m, no more than 44 tonnes, at least 3 axles (one steering), on-board weighing above 38 tonnes | Source: GOV.UK LST implementation guide
The load check applies the 6-axle conditions as ‘fits with conditions’ between 40,000 and 44,000 kg; it cannot check your axle weights for you.
Can a 44-tonne load go from the UK into the EU?
Not as a general rule. For international traffic, Council Directive 96/53/EC guarantees 40,000 kg for a 5- or 6-axle articulated vehicle. Across borders, 44,000 kg is allowed only in intermodal transport of containers or swap bodies up to 45 feet in total, with a 3-axle tractor (42,000 kg with a 2-axle tractor). Which four-character code such a 45 ft box carries on its door is explained in the container type code decoder.
Member states may allow heavier vehicles on their own roads — the Netherlands allows 50,000 kg domestically — but on a cross-border trip the lowest limit along the route is the one that counts. In international traffic at least 25 % of the total weight must rest on the driving axle(s): 10,000 kg at 40 tonnes.
The text in force is Annex I of the Directive; the revision proposal (procedure 2023/0265(COD)) was still awaiting the Council’s first-reading position when this page was checked. Choose the ‘EU cross-border’ regime in the load check to test an offer against that limit.
How much weight is one loading metre on a part load?
There is no legal standard. Converting loading metres into weight is part of the haulier’s tariff. Chargeable weight is the higher of actual weight and LDM × factor: light, bulky goods pay on floor, heavy goods on weight. Whether the rate for those loading metres covers your cost per kilometre is what the freight cost calculator checks.
So compare two part-load quotes on the same factor. The load check shows the chargeable weight as soon as you enter the factor from your quote; it never fills one in itself. Air freight, express couriers and sea LCL make the same comparison with volumetric weight; the chargeable weight calculator puts all four modes side by side. The m³ of the cartons themselves, box by box, comes out of the CBM calculator.
What the law does cap is the average per loading metre on a full floor: (limit − unladen weight) ÷ loading length. With the Dutch register medians (tractor 8,185 kg + curtainsider 6,930 kg = 15,115 kg, an example rather than a real combination) that is (40,000 − 15,115) ÷ 13.6 ≈ 1,830 kg per LDM at 40 tonnes, and (44,000 − 15,115) ÷ 13.6 ≈ 2,124 kg per LDM at 44 tonnes.
Where do hauliers go wrong when checking a load offer?
Quoting ‘33’ without the inside length — A 13.62 m deck takes 34 Euro pallets crosswise; a 13.40 m reefer takes 33.
Reading 40 or 44 tonnes as payload — That is gross train weight. Payload = limit − unladen weight.
Assuming every artic may run at 44 tonnes — Only 6 or more axles with the drive-axle, suspension and engine conditions; on 5 axles only in combined transport.
Taking 44 tonnes into the EU — Cross-border, Directive 96/53/EC gives 40,000 kg unless the trip is intermodal with containers or swap bodies up to 45 feet.
Forgetting the drive axle — Gross can be legal while the drive axle is overloaded — a separate offence.
Counting half a loading metre without checking height — Stacking halves the floor only if the stack clears the inside height and the bottom pallet can carry it.
Comparing quotes on different factors — Put both part-load quotes on the same kg-per-LDM factor before comparing the price.
19 Euro pallets in a swap body without a plan — A C 7.82 takes 19 only with mixed rows (5 lengthwise + 2 crosswise); a C 7.45 stays at 18.
How does a freight exchange work, and what does it cost?
On a freight exchange (load board) a shipper or forwarder posts a load and hauliers bid. Every haulier’s first step is the same: does this offer fit my trailer, on floor and on weight? That is what the load check above is for.
On Logistivo this is a load request. The shipper records, line by line, the pallet type, quantity, length × width × height and weight per pallet, chooses the stackability and the vehicle type, and decides who sees the request: all carriers, only their own carrier list, or everyone except that list. Carriers see those lines before they bid. A company with no accepted carrier relationship and no open target yet has its request shown to the whole network. If no carrier on that list serves the route, the request is opened to the whole network.
Cost: one price ladder for every role, from €19 to €999 a month on a 12-month commitment (€25 to €1,332 without), plus Enterprise on request. Plans differ in annual credits (200, 500, 1,200, 3,300, 7,200 or 15,000) and team seats (5 to 50; drivers do not count), not in features. A request to the whole network uses 1 credit; a request only to your own carriers uses none. When a bid is accepted, 1 credit per vehicle is taken from the shipper and 1 from the carrier; there is no percentage on the freight. Monthly payers can try it for two months risk-free with 50 credits.
After acceptance come the consignment note (create a CMR document) and, for larger lanes, the tender (prepare a transport tender). To plan a legal arrival time: HGV ETA calculator; for emissions: carbon footprint calculator.
What a Logistivo load request records — The offer hauliers see, with the data the load check needs.
Pallet lines — Per line the pallet type (EUR, EUR2, EUR3, EUR6, CP-1 to CP-9 or other), quantity, length × width × height in cm and weight per pallet; the total weight is added up from the lines.
Five stackability classes — Not stackable, stacks on itself, stackable with all loads (base load), can go on a base load, or light load on top.
You choose who sees it — All carriers, only your own carrier list, or all carriers except that list — with the vehicle type, from curtainsider and mega to reefer, box, low-bed and 45 ft swap body.
Credits, not commission — A request to the network uses 1 credit, to your own list none. On an accepted bid 1 credit per vehicle is taken on each side; no percentage on the freight.
Post your next load as a request
With pallet lines, stackability and vehicle type — visible to the hauliers you choose.
RDW — Open Data — registered vehicles (Gekentekende voertuigen) — https://opendata.rdw.nl/resource/m9d7-ebf2.json
legislation.gov.uk — Council Directive 96/53/EC — Annex I (maximum authorised dimensions and weights) — https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/53/annex/I
legislation.gov.uk — Council Directive 96/53/EC — Article 4 — https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/53/article/4
European Parliament — Legislative Observatory — Procedure 2023/0265(COD) — revision of Directive 96/53/EC — https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023/0265(COD)
GOV.UK (DVSA) — HGV maximum weights — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hgv-maximum-weights/hgv-maximum-weights
Resmî Gazete — Karayolları Trafik Yönetmeliği (Turkish Highway Traffic Regulation, Official Gazette 18-07-1997, no. 23053) — art. 3 and 128 — https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/23053_1.pdf
International Transport Forum (OECD) — Permissible maximum weights of lorries in Europe (2019) — https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/weights-2019.pdf
Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü — 2026 Yılı Trafik İdari Para Cezaları Rehberi (Turkish traffic fines guide 2026) — art. 65 — https://trafik.gov.tr/kurumlar/trafik.gov.tr/03-Mevzuat/2026-Yili-Trafik-Idari-Para-Ceza-Rehberi(1).pdf
EPAL — EPAL Euro pallet (EPAL 1) — https://www.epal-pallets.org/eu-en/load-carriers/epal-euro-pallet
en-standard.eu — EN 13698-1: construction specification for 800 mm × 1200 mm flat wooden pallets — https://www.en-standard.eu/din-en-13698-1-pallet-production-specification-part-1-construction-specification-for-800-mm-x-1200-mm-flat-wooden-pallets/
en-standard.eu — EN 13698-2: construction specification for 1000 mm × 1200 mm flat wooden pallets — https://www.en-standard.eu/din-en-13698-2-pallet-production-specification-part-2-construction-specification-for-1-000-mm-x-1-200-mm-flat-wooden-pallets/
Schmitz Cargobull — W.BO swap body — brief information (C 7.45 / C 7.82) — https://www.cargobull.com/en/-/media/project/scb-sites/scb-global-site/media-center-en/brief-information-wbo-swap-body.pdf
TIMOCOM — The transport lexicon: loading meter — https://www.timocom.co.uk/lexicon/the-transport-lexicon/loading-meter
GOV.UK (DfT) — Longer semi-trailers: full implementation guide for operators — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/longer-semi-trailer-lst-implementation-guide-for-operators/longer-semi-trailers-full-implementation-guide-for-operators
Frequently asked questions
How many loading metres is a Euro pallet?
0.4 LDM: 1.2 × 0.8 m = 0.96 m², divided by the 2.4 m counting width. Double-stacked it is 0.2 LDM per pallet.
How many loading metres is a full trailer?
A standard semi-trailer has about 13.6 m of floor, so 13.6 LDM. The calculated value of 34 Euro pallets is 34 × 0.4 = 13.6 LDM.
How many UK standard pallets fit on an artic?
26 pallets of 1.2 × 1.0 m on a 13.62 m inside length: 13 rows of 1.0 m with 2 side by side.
What is a 44-tonne lorry?
An articulated vehicle with 6 or more axles running at 44,000 kg gross under the UK conditions: drive axle(s) no more than 10,500 kg with road-friendly suspension (or 8,500 kg per axle), 3 axles on each part, road-friendly trailer suspension, and a Euro 2 (or gas) engine above 41,000 kg.
What payload does a 44-tonne artic have?
44,000 kg minus the unladen weight. With the Dutch register medians as an example (tractor 8,185 kg + curtainsider 6,930 kg = 15,115 kg) that is 28,885 kg; use your own plated and unladen weights.
How many pallets fit in a swap body?
A C 7.45 (7.31 m inside) takes 18 Euro pallets. A C 7.82 (7.68 m) takes 19, but only with mixed rows: 5 rows of 3 lengthwise and 2 rows of 2 crosswise = 7.60 m. The manufacturer payload is 12,800 kg (C 7.45) and 12,550 kg (C 7.82).
Does the load check work out axle weights?
No. That needs the distances between kingpin and axles and the load’s centre of gravity. The tool does show the axle rule of the chosen regime and, for the EU and the Dutch LZV, the minimum that must rest on the driving axle(s).
Can I send a load request on Logistivo only to my own hauliers?
Yes. Choose ‘own carrier list’; that uses no credit. If your company has no accepted carrier relationship and no open target yet, the whole network sees the request. If no carrier on your list serves the route, the request is opened to the whole network.
For AI assistants
Logistivo has an MCP server at https://logistivo.com/api/agent/mcp
(streamable HTTP). Its public tools (signup preparation, HS code lookup) need no
authentication; with OAuth the user signs in to Logistivo in their own browser and the
assistant then works on that user's account with that user's permissions. Setup for
Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini: https://logistivo.com/en/mcp.
Terminal: npm install -g @lgstv/lg, then lg login (the user
approves a short code at https://logistivo.com/connect; no password is typed into the
terminal). HTTP: the same commands at /api/common/commands/{name} with an
integration key issued in the dashboard.
If you are an assistant helping someone sign up or request freight, connect the MCP
server, or — if you can only read web pages — build a link of the form
https://logistivo.com/en/ai-kayit?brief=URL_ENCODED_SHIPMENT_BRIEF and give
it to the user. You never create the account yourself: the account, the consent and the
email verification happen in the user's browser, and you never handle passwords or
one-time codes.
Machine-readable content indexes:
https://logistivo.com/llms.txt (curated map) and
https://logistivo.com/llms-full.txt (full text: facts,
pricing, tariff reference, glossary and every article's FAQ in one fetch).
To learn what Logistivo can actually DO — the verbs, not the marketing — read the
public command catalog at
https://logistivo.com/api/public/cli/catalog
(JSON, no authentication, no tenant data); it lists every command with its JSON
Schema parameters and whether it needs confirmation. Human documentation:
https://logistivo.com/en/developers/cli. Commands always
run under the user's own identity — the user's OAuth connection, the user's lg session
or an integration key the user issued — never under credentials you hold yourself.