Review load changes

You manage your gear from the Rig tab, on your Capacity card, where you tap through to the items list. A single load change can move more than one check: adjusting an item’s weight, moving it between zones, or moving it between the vehicle and the trailer shifts where weight sits across the axles and the coupling, which is exactly what the score and compliance checks read. Before you tow, review the item you changed, use the preview when you are moving load between the vehicle and the trailer, save, then open the Rig tab to see the updated attention items.

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Edit a load

Open the load you want to change from your rig view or the items list, then edit its weight, name, storage zone, category, or notes. The load detail also keeps a short history, so you can see what changed and when, including before and after weight and location. When you save an edit, loadmate marks the affected checks for an update rather than recalculating on the spot. The new number appears the next time you open the Rig tab, so a quick edit does not block you while you are still packing. Open the item you want to change. The edit is only committed when you save it.

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Move a load

There are two kinds of move, and they behave differently.

• A move within the same asset shifts a load from one storage zone to another on the same vehicle or trailer, for example from the rear tray to the cabin. This changes how weight sits across that asset’s axles.
• A cross-asset move shifts a load between the vehicle and the trailer while you are hitched. This changes both assets at once, including the weight carried at the coupling.

For a within-asset move, open the load, expand the Move within section, and pick the new zone. Each zone in that list shows its expected axle change so you can compare before you tap. For a cross-asset move, use the preview first, described below, so you can see the effect before you commit. Saving a move requires Pro. Cross-asset bulk moves are not supported, so move one item across the hitch at a time.

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Use Cross-Asset Preview

When you are hitched, the load detail shows a Move to trailer or Move to vehicle section with a preview. The preview is read-only: it shows the expected effect of the move before anything is saved, so you can answer the everyday hitched-rig question of whether an item should sit on the vehicle or on the trailer without committing to the move first. Each target zone lists its axle change, the coupling change, and a small score-impact figure. Open the load you are weighing up, choose the other asset as the target, and read the preview. If the result looks better, confirm the move; if not, close the sheet and nothing changes. Viewing the preview is not the same as saving the move.

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Move several loads at once — batch select

When you want to shift several items from one zone to another, you do not have to open each one. Selection mode lets you tick a batch of rows and move them together. Two things to keep in mind before you start a batch:

• Bulk move is within-asset only. You can move several vehicle items together, or several trailer items together, but you cannot bulk-move items across the hitch. If your selection mixes vehicle and trailer items, loadmate tells you and does not open the sheet, so split the job into two batches.
• Bulk move requires Pro. As with a single move, saving a batch move is a Pro action.

Selection mode also offers an Archive action for tidying up a batch of items you no longer carry, with a confirmation step before anything is removed. There is no bulk delete and no bulk zone-assign: to put unassigned items into zones, assign them one at a time from the items list, or move them in a batch once they share a zone.

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See how the weight is distributed

The items list and the load detail together show where your weight sits. There is no single whole-rig balance screen; instead you read the picture at two levels. On the items list, each asset has a summary card at the top of its section — one for the vehicle, one for the trailer when you are hitched. Below the summary, your zones appear as collapsible sections. Tap a zone header to open it. Each zone shows how many items it holds and their combined weight, and where you have set a zone limit, a capacity bar fills up as the zone gets heavier so you can see at a glance which zones are close to full. Zones without a limit show a prompt to set one in storage settings. For a single item, open it and read the distribution panel near the top of the load detail. It shows:

• the item’s effective weight (for a consumable, this is the weight at its current fill level),
• its storage zone and its distance from the datum,
• and how that item’s weight splits across the asset — front axle and rear axle for a vehicle, or tow ball mass and trailer axle for a trailer.

The split is shown as two figures, a percentage for each side, and a small bar, so you can see whether an item leans toward the front or the rear, or toward the coupling or the trailer’s own axle.

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Changes since your last weigh-in

When you have changed your load since your last measured weigh-in, the items list shows a Changes since card for each asset that changed. The card is titled with the count and the weigh-in it compares against, for example “3 changes since [your weigh-in label] weigh-in”. Tap it to expand. Inside, the changes are grouped into Moved, Updated, and Removed. Each row names the item, the date it changed, and the figures behind it: its current and baseline weight with the difference between them, the zone it sits in now versus where it was, and the axle change that move or edit produced. A removed item shows what it weighed at the baseline so you can see the weight you have taken off. This card is not a Pro feature — anyone can read it. It compares against the newest weigh-in that actually included your loads, so it only appears once you have recorded such a weigh-in. A coupling-only reading does not count as a baseline here, so if you have only ever recorded a tow ball mass, nose weight, or tongue weight check on its own, the card stays hidden until you record a full weigh-in that includes your loads.

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Review Rig Score after save

The Rig tab owns your score. When you change a load, loadmate flags the rig for an update; the next time you open the Rig tab, the score is brought current against every change you have made since you last looked, without you having to refresh anything. So the order that matters is straightforward: make your change, save, then open the Rig tab. After the score updates, check the attention items beneath the gauge. They point you at what changed and what, if anything, still needs your attention. A move that helped one check can affect another, so read the items rather than the headline number alone. If you are not sure why the score moved, see What is Rig Score and The score changed. A higher score does not by itself confirm that the rig is legal or safe to tow in every condition. It reflects the data you have entered; weather, road, and how the rig actually drives are still yours to judge.

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When to re-weigh

Edits, moves, and fill-level changes keep your estimates current, but they are still your figures, not a measured reading. Your changes are compared against your last weigh-in that included loads, which is your known-good baseline. Re-weigh after anything that genuinely shifts how much your rig weighs or where the weight sits, rather than waiting for some general “enough has changed” feeling. Good prompts to head back to a weighbridge are:

• You added or removed a lot of heavy gear, such as a full kit for a long trip, an awning, an e-bike rack, or a generator.
• You changed your tyres, fitted a different size, or swapped to a heavier-duty set.
• You made a big fuel or water change, such as filling empty tanks to full or running them right down, on a rig where those tanks hold a lot.
• You moved heavy items between the vehicle and the trailer, or reorganised the rig in a way that noticeably changed the balance.
• You had a professional weigh-in done. Record that reading in loadmate so it becomes your new baseline.

A fresh weighbridge reading that includes your loads resets the baseline, so every future comparison starts from real measured numbers again. A coupling-only reading, such as a tow ball mass (AU, the download on the hitch), nose weight (UK), or tongue weight (US) check on its own, does not reset that baseline, because it did not account for everything you are carrying.