Stop codes: PU, LL, SO, SD, SP
What each code on a load sheet means, and which ones add a line to the driver’s pay.
The carrier's load sheet lists each stop with a two-letter code. The codes say what the driver did at that stop, and that decides whether it adds a line to the driver's pay.
| Code | Means | Pays the driver? |
|---|---|---|
| PU | Pickup — the driver hooks a trailer that was loaded before they got there. | No. Miles only. |
| LL | Live load — the driver is there while the trailer is loaded. | Yes, a flat amount per live load. |
| SO | Stop-off — an extra delivery or pickup between the first pickup and the final drop. | Yes, a flat amount per stop-off. |
| SD | Split delivery — one owner hauls the first leg, a different one finishes. | Miles for your leg only. No flat amount. |
| SP | Split pickup — a pickup shared with another party. | No. It is a pickup. |
| DC | Dispatch comment — an instruction line, such as "pre-loaded trailer at shipper". Not a stop. | — |
The one that trips people up
Some carriers type the last stop on a load as SO. It isn't one. The final stop is the destination, and the destination never pays a stop-off. Only the stops between the first pickup and the final drop do. A load with one pickup and one drop has no stop-offs, whatever the sheet says.
Pickups never pay an extra
Any pickup — PU or SP — means hooking a loaded trailer and going. The driver is paid for the miles, and that is all. Waiting while the trailer is loaded is what makes a stop a live load, and that is what earns the extra.
How LoadTally reads them
When a driver photographs the load sheet, LoadTally reads the load number, the pickup and the drop, the miles and the dates into the load. The live loads and stop-offs are two counts on that same load — the driver or you put the number in, and the extras go on at the driver's rate.
The amounts themselves are yours: a live load and a stop-off each have a default per driver, and either can be changed on any one load. See how driver pay is figured.