Which moving vehicle suits which volume?

How does matching work?

Two separate fill ratios are calculated for every vehicle, and both are taken into account:

raw fill       = total volume ÷ vehicle catalog volume
effective fill = total volume ÷ (catalog volume × 0.85)
weight fill    = total weight ÷ vehicle payload capacity

the vehicle fits ⇔ effective fill ≤ 1 AND weight fill ≤ 1

The gauge shown to the user is the raw fill — that is the intuitive one. The fit decision, however, is made on the effective fill, because in practice the last 15% of the cargo body is spent on packing: the gaps between items, protective blankets, and not being able to load right up to the door.

If a vehicle's catalog volume has not been entered, it is calculated from the interior measurements (interior length × interior width × interior height), so no vehicle drops off the list because of missing data.

When does weight become the deciding factor?

The average density of household goods is roughly 110 kg/m³. At that density a 20 m³ load comes to about 2.2 tonnes, which is within the capacity of most box trucks — so volume fills first.

As density rises, though, the picture changes: a bookcase full of books, a stack of washing machines and dishwashers, a marble countertop or a steel safe climb into the 400-700 kg/m³ band. With a load like that the vehicle can look half empty by volume while the weight limit is already full. That is why leaving items with unknown weight blank is dangerous; the system flags those lines and shows a warning in the dashboard.

One trip or two?

If no vehicle brings the effective fill below 1, there are two real options: move up to a bigger vehicle, or make two trips with the same one. The decision comes out of the cost formula — two trips inflate the days on the vehicle item and the fuel item; a bigger vehicle raises the daily cost.

Over short in-city distances two trips are usually cheaper, while on intercity moves the bigger vehicle almost always wins. Loduvo calculates both cases and shows the result; the choice stays with the operator.

Loading order is a decision too

Even with the right vehicle, a cargo body loaded in the wrong order cannot use its volume. The load plan orders items from the cab toward the rear: first the heavy, flat-surfaced large pieces, stackable boxes on top of them, and at the very back the fragile items and the ones that have to come off first on arrival.

That order also speeds up delivery: whatever has to come off first is closest to the door. Loduvo produces this list as a printable load plan; each row carries the item's code, measurements, weight and position in the cargo body (which meter, floor level or stacked).