Region and units

Your region sets the words and units loadmate uses to match your paperwork. Caravan plates and manuals differ by market. The maximum loaded weight of your tow vehicle is a GVM in Australia, an MAM in the United Kingdom, and a GVWR in the United States and Europe/international fallback. Tell loadmate which market your documents come from, and every screen follows: the towing terms, the units, the date format, even small spelling differences. This matters because you copy the numbers off your labels into the matching fields. If the region is wrong, the words on screen will not match the words on your plate, and it is easy to type a weight into the wrong place. Set your region once, and the figures you read off a label land where they belong.

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Where to find it

You will find this setting under Region & Units. Open the More tab, then Settings, then Region & Units. On a larger screen, such as a tablet, the same controls may sit in a panel beside your other settings rather than on their own page — but it is the same list, and it works the same way.

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Choosing your region

The screen lists four regions, each with a flag, its name, and a short preview of the towing words it uses. Pick the market your vehicle and trailer paperwork comes from — not necessarily where you happen to be travelling today. If your van’s compliance plate is Australian, choose Australia, even if you are touring abroad. Tap the region you want, and loadmate asks you to confirm before it changes anything. The four choices, and the towing terms each one shows you, are:

• Australia — GVM, ATM, GCM, with weights in kilograms.
• United Kingdom — MAM, MTPLM, GTW, with weights in kilograms.
• United States — GVWR, Trailer GVWR, GCWR, with weights in pounds.
• Europe — GVWR, GTWR, GCWR, with weights in kilograms.

These previews are the short, abbreviated forms — the same shorthand you see stamped on a plate. If a term is unfamiliar, the glossary spells each one out in plain English for the region you have chosen.

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What your region changes

Below the region list, loadmate shows you exactly which units it will use, so there are no surprises. There are three rows: the unit it shows weights in, the unit it shows lengths in, and the way it writes dates. The United States is the only region that uses imperial units. Choose it, and weights show in pounds, lengths in inches, and dates are written month first. Australia, the United Kingdom, and Europe all use kilograms for weight and millimetres for length, with dates written day first. Region also shapes a few words you will recognise from your own market — tyre or tire, weighbridge or truck scale, kerb or curb. These follow your region automatically, so the wording matches the documents and signs you are used to. And the change reaches the whole app at once: vehicle and trailer ratings, your coupling weight, weigh-ins, tyre records, and rig comparisons all start using the terms and units of the region you picked.

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Confirming a region change

Because switching region re-words and re-units every screen, loadmate always asks you to confirm first. When you tap a new region, a short dialog appears asking whether you want to change to that region.

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Why units follow your region

There is no separate kilograms-or-pounds switch, and that is on purpose. Units are not chosen on their own — they follow your region. The screen says as much: units are derived from your region and cannot be set independently. This keeps things consistent. A single market always pairs the same words with the same units, just as your paperwork does. The United States uses pounds and inches together, because that is how American plates are written. Australia uses kilograms and millimetres together. One choice, and everything stays in step.

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Where to go next

Once your region is set, these pages help you put the matching terms and units to work.