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The load library helps you add familiar gear without typing the same details every time. Use it for the things you carry often, such as chairs, recovery gear, bikes, tools, water containers, and the standard items you pack for a longer trip. There are two libraries, and they are not the same thing. Your own saved items are one. The common items catalogue is the other. This page explains both, how to add from each, and what the Permanent toggle means on a saved load.
Adding items to your rig requires a Pro subscription. The Add item methods are Pro-gated, and a lapsed subscription shows a renewal notice at the top of the method picker. Demo data is read-only and is never written to.

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My library vs common items

When you open the Add item sheet, two of the methods pull from a library. They look similar but draw from different places. My library is your own shortlist. Every load you save becomes reusable, so the next trip you can add it again without rebuilding the entry. The weight comes across from the time you saved it, which is usually closer to correct for your rig. Common items is a starting point, not a record of your gear. The weights are typical values for that kind of item, so you almost always need to confirm the real weight afterward. It is useful when you are setting up for the first time, or adding something you have not weighed yet.
If your My library is empty, that is normal at first. It fills up as you save your own items. Until then, use Common items or the Detailed form.

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Permanent and trip loads

Every saved load can be marked Permanent or left as a trip load. You set this with the Permanent item toggle on the Detailed form.
  • Permanent item means gear that always travels, regardless of the trip. The hint reads “Always loaded, regardless of trip”. A water filter, a spare wheel, fixed tool kits, recovery boards that never come off.
  • Trip load is the default when the toggle is off. It is for gear that comes and goes, such as a generator, an extra fridge, bikes, or fishing gear for one trip.
Today, the toggle is a label, not a lock. A load you mark Permanent carries a small Permanent badge in the items list and the load detail, and you can filter the items list to Permanent or Trip to see each group on its own. It does not pin the item to a particular vehicle or trailer, and it does not stop you editing, moving, or removing the item.
Trip load bundles, swapping whole packs of gear in and out for touring, weekends, or off-grid trips, are flagged as coming soon in the app. Marking gear Permanent now is how you tell those bundles apart later, so it is worth setting accurately even though it does not change anything yet.
A saved item in My library is reused, not relocated. When you add it to an asset, loadmate creates a new load on that asset from your saved details. Adding the same saved item to your vehicle and again to your trailer gives you two separate loads, one on each. That is different from picking up a load that is already placed and shifting it across, which is the cross-asset move covered in Load changes.

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Add from the library

To add an item, open the items list and choose Add item, then pick a method.
The Add item method picker showing My library and Common items as separate options
Search for one of your saved items and choose it. loadmate opens the Detailed form pre-filled with your saved name, weight, and category, so you can adjust before saving. Choose the asset and zone, then save.
A library item is not automatically correct for your rig. Whichever method you use, review its weight before you rely on it. A careful estimate is better than leaving the item out, but a measured weight is better again.
A measured weight beats an estimate every time. If you have weighed the item, even on a bathroom scale, use that figure and mark the source as measured rather than estimated.

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Save your own repeat items

When an item is part of your usual setup, save it so you can reuse it. Every load you add through the Detailed form is also remembered in My library under your account, so next time you can add it again from My library without rebuilding the entry. This is most useful for gear that comes and goes:
  • Generator.
  • Extra fridge.
  • Fishing gear.
  • Bike rack and bikes.
  • Camp chairs and table.
The detailed Add item form with the Permanent item toggle visible

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Keep weights accurate

The library is a shortcut, not a scale. If your item differs from the common item, use your own weight. Good sources include:
  • Packaging or product labels.
  • A bathroom scale for smaller gear.
  • A receipt or product specification.
  • A measured weigh-in after the rig is packed.
A measured weigh-in is the most reliable of all, because it captures how the item actually sits on your axles. The library gets the item onto the list quickly; the weigh-in confirms it.

Add a load

Ordinary one-off load entry, item by item.

Water and consumables

Water tanks, gas, and other variable-weight items.

Import loads

Add many items at once from a file.

Load report

Everything grouped by zone with source badges.