Route Optimization
Stop Wasting Hours
Planning Routes
Your dispatcher spends 30 minutes every morning hunched over a map, scribbling route orders on a clipboard. Your drivers zigzag across town burning fuel and daylight. There is a better way.
The Problem
Manual Route Planning Is Killing Your Margins
Every portable sanitation operator knows the pain. You run the same inefficient routes because nobody has time to re-optimize them. The result? Wasted fuel, wasted hours, and customers left waiting.
30+ Minutes Every Morning
Your dispatcher stares at a list of stops and tries to figure out the best order. It takes half an hour minimum. On heavy days, over an hour.
Fuel Burned on Bad Routes
Drivers crisscross town hitting stops in the wrong order. At $4+ per gallon diesel, those extra miles add up to thousands every month.
Late Arrivals, Lost Customers
When routes run long, afternoon stops get pushed. Customers call asking where the truck is. Some stop calling altogether because they switched to a competitor.
How It Works
Three Taps. Optimized Routes.
DropHaul connects to the Mapbox Optimization API to solve the traveling salesman problem for your daily routes. No math degree required.
Add Your Stops
Build your route from your job list. Pick the stops for the day, assign a driver, and select the truck. Your customer addresses are already geocoded and ready.
Hit Optimize
One tap. DropHaul sends your stops to the Mapbox Optimization engine, which calculates the fastest sequence accounting for real road distances and traffic patterns.
Routes Are Sequenced
Stops reorder automatically. Your driver gets the optimized route pushed to the mobile app with turn-by-turn directions. Estimated time and distance calculated instantly.
Results
What Optimized Routes Mean for Your Business
2+ hrs
Saved Daily
Eliminate manual route planning. Build and optimize a full day of routes in under 5 minutes.
15-25%
Fuel Savings
Shorter routes mean less diesel. That is thousands of dollars back in your pocket every year.
More
Stops Per Route
Tighter routes mean your drivers finish faster, or fit more stops into the same workday.
Happy
Drivers & Customers
Drivers get clear directions. Customers get on-time service. Everyone wins.
The Difference
See What Optimization Looks Like
Before Optimization
- 87 miles driven
- 4 hours 20 minutes on the road
- 3 backtrack segments
After Optimization
- 52 miles driven (40% less)
- 2 hours 45 minutes on the road (37% faster)
- Zero backtracking
Seamless Integration
Works With Everything You Already Have
Route optimization is not a separate tool you have to learn. It is built directly into the DropHaul dispatch workflow. Your stops, customer locations, and driver assignments all feed into the optimizer automatically.
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Customer addresses auto-geocoded
Every address you add is automatically converted to GPS coordinates via Mapbox.
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Roundtrip from your yard
Routes start and end at your base of operations. The optimizer accounts for the full loop.
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Push to driver app instantly
Optimized routes sync to your driver's iPhone in real time. No phone calls needed.
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Up to 12 stops per route
Handles the typical daily workload for sanitation trucks with room to spare.
Route Builder
Tuesday Morning Route
Anderson Construction
Service
8:15 AM
Riverside Event Park
Drop
8:50 AM
Martinez Landscaping
Service
9:25 AM
Oakwood Festival Grounds
Pickup
10:00 AM
Summit Builders LLC
Service
10:35 AM
Hillcrest Wedding Venue
Service
11:10 AM
Estimated
52 mi · 2h 45m
Start Optimizing Your Routes Today
Join portable sanitation operators who are saving hours and cutting fuel costs with DropHaul's route optimization. Free 14-day trial, no credit card required.