McLeod is the best dispatch and operations TMS in trucking. It just doesn't optimize fuel on its own. Fuel Router is the layer that picks the right stops, tells your drivers how much to buy, and works alongside LoadMaster without ripping out anything you already use.
Get a free fuel savings analysis →See how it fits with LoadMasterLoadMaster handles dispatch, load planning, billing, and driver workflow. For fuel optimization, McLeod plugs into a partner like ProMiles, IDSC Expert Fuel, or Manhattan Fuel & Route. So the real question for a McLeod fleet isn't "McLeod or Fuel Router?" It's "which fuel optimizer should be feeding stops into McLeod?"
They aren't competitors. They sit at different layers of your stack and they were built to work together.
Dispatch & operations layer
Fuel decision layer
If you're evaluating ProMiles or IDSC Expert Fuel for your McLeod fleet, here's how Fuel Router compares.
| ProMiles | IDSC Expert Fuel | Fuel Router | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Owner-ops & mid fleets | Enterprise carriers | Fleets of 5 to 500 trucks |
| Price refresh | Daily | Daily wholesale & retail feed | Real-time |
| Pricing model | From $49/mo per seat | Enterprise contract, per-truck | Flat monthly per truck |
| Driver app | Fuel Finder app | Via CoPilot Truck integration | Native, modern, phone-first |
| Implementation | Self-serve to multi-week | Integration project, weeks to months | Live in a day, no dev work |
| Works with McLeod | Yes (certified partner) | Yes (LoadMaster interface) | Yes — runs alongside or integrated |
| UX last redesigned | Functional, dated | Functional, dated | 2025 |
| Fleet visibility dashboard | Reports + exports | Reports + exports | Live dashboard, per-truck spend |
If you're considering them, here's the honest summary so you can decide for yourself.
40-year-old routing & fuel suite
ProMiles is a trucking software suite for routing, mileage, IFTA, and fuel purchase optimization. Their Fuel Optimization product first plans the route, then matches stops along it to the lowest available fuel price using a daily feed from over 9,600 truck stops. Pricing starts around $49/month per seat and scales by tier.
Where they shine: deep IFTA and routing tooling. Where Fuel Router beats them: real-time prices instead of daily refresh, modern driver app, fleet-wide live dashboard, and a faster path to live for fleets that don't want a routing suite they have to learn.
Now part of Trimble Transportation
Expert Fuel is the original enterprise fuel optimizer, built into Trimble's ecosystem alongside CoPilot Truck. It generates a fuel plan at dispatch using daily wholesale and retail feeds, accounting for fuel level, vehicle consumption, state tax, network policies, and out-of-route miles, then pushes the plan to the cab.
Where they shine: deep enterprise integration, mature algorithm, well-suited to 200+ truck fleets already living in the Trimble ecosystem. Where Fuel Router beats them: a fleet doesn't need to be Trimble-native or sign an enterprise contract. We're live in a day, priced monthly, and built for the 5 to 100 truck fleets Expert Fuel was never designed for.
Three steps. No migration. Your TMS stays exactly where it is.
Your dispatchers plan loads in McLeod the way they always have. Driver workflow, billing, payroll, and reporting stay in LoadMaster.
For every dispatched trip, Fuel Router picks the right fuel stops, calculates how much to buy, and sends the plan to the driver app. Real-time prices, real state tax math.
Drivers follow the plan and pay with whatever fuel card you already use. Spend reconciles in LoadMaster the same way it does today, with cleaner data.
Common questions from carriers running LoadMaster who are evaluating fuel optimization.
No. Fuel Router sits alongside LoadMaster. McLeod keeps doing dispatch, load planning, and billing. We handle the fuel decision layer. There's nothing to migrate.
Two reasons fleets give us most often: ProMiles refreshes prices daily and we refresh in real time, and the ProMiles driver experience is dated where ours was built for 2025 phones. Same data flows into McLeod, lower per-seat cost, and drivers actually use the app.
For enterprise fleets with deep Trimble investment, Expert Fuel is a strong fit and we won't pretend otherwise. For fleets between 5 and 100 trucks who don't want to sign an enterprise contract or wait through a multi-month integration, we're a much better match. Same algorithmic approach, modern delivery, live in a day.
You can run Fuel Router alongside LoadMaster on day one with no integration at all. Drivers get stops in our app, you reconcile in McLeod the same way you do today. If your IT team wants a deeper data hook later, McLeod's certified-partner program is the path and we follow the same data spec the existing fuel optimizers use.
Most McLeod-running fleets we talk to are between 20 and 200 trucks. Typical fuel savings land between $1,800 and $3,800 per truck per year, on top of any fuel card discounts already in place. We'll run the numbers on your actual routes before you commit to anything.
Flat monthly pricing per truck, no enterprise minimum, no implementation fee tier. We'll quote you on the analysis call.
We'll run a free analysis on your actual routes and show you what a modern fuel optimizer adds on top of whatever you're already doing. No commitment, no pressure.
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