Tires
Know when your tires age out
Enter them once. loadmate watches the age from the DOT date and checks the load rating against what the rig actually carries.
Free on iOS and Android. Explore a fully set-up demo rig before you add your own.
They age out before they wear out
You pull off the interstate after a long haul, tires still warm, and the one thing no gauge on the rig shows you is how old the rubber actually is. Trailer tires rarely die of wear. They sit, they bake, they age, and the DOT date that tells the story is stamped on the sidewall in a code most people have never read.
The other quiet number is the load rating. Tires carry a limit just like axles do, and a heavily loaded trailer can be past it with plenty of tread left.
Set once, watched always
Enter them once, then forget them
Size, load index, date installed: add the DOT code and loadmate decodes the manufacturing week and runs the age clock from the older truth. When you mount new rubber, one Log Tire Change tap resets it.
A heads-up before the rubber ages out
An amber warning as the tires age, and a can't-miss red on your Rig screen once they're past it, with tighter thresholds for the trailer, whose tires age faster than they wear.
Load rating, checked against reality
loadmate compares your tires' combined rated capacity to what the rig actually weighs as loaded, and flags it when the margin goes, a check that changes with every trip you pack.
From an App Store review of loadmate v1
“Very accurate and easy to use”
The check you only do once
loadmate is free to download on iOS and Android, with a demo rig carrying a full tire profile to explore.
Common questions
- Is tire tracking free, or do I need Pro?
You can download loadmate for free and explore a demo rig that already carries a full tire profile. Saving your own tires, size, load index, and the DOT date, and logging a tire change are Pro features.
- Does loadmate keep watching after I enter my tires once?
Yes. Once the profile is in, loadmate runs the age clock in the background from the DOT date and re-checks the load rating against what the rig weighs each trip. There's nothing to log day to day.
- Does it read the DOT date for me?
Enter the DOT code from the sidewall and loadmate decodes the manufacturing week and year, then runs the age clock from when the rubber was made rather than the day it was installed.
- Does it work on both iPhone and Android?
Yes, loadmate runs on iOS and Android, and both are free to download.
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