We’re losing 45 minutes per turn dodging 5‑ton postings after 10 a.m. on County H and the Two Mile haul, and it’s breaking our delivery schedule to Mill B’s 7:00–15:30 window. What routing software handles seasonal road bans, gate hours, and mill slot times for log trucks so crews can still make 6 loads with 9 rigs?
I’ve had good results with PTV Route Optimiser + xServer Truck: set vehicle weights, segment rules for “after 10 a.m.” bans, gate hours, and mill slot times, then import the county’s spring‑ban layer so it routes around those segments automatically. One concrete step: create a post‑10:00 profile for empty/light moves and pre‑stage a trailer near Mill B so rigs flip before the curfew — like musical chairs at 9:59. Do you have a shapefile or GeoJSON for County H’s restrictions?
Consider HERE Tour Planning with its truck routing; you can import your own county‑posting GeoJSON, set time‑dependent truck rules, and layer gate hours and slot times so it optimizes 9 rigs against your window: https://www.here.com/products/tour-planning. First step I’d take is flagging County H/Two Mile segments as a ‘no >5t post‑cutoff’ zone and re‑optimizing to see if six turns still land; it’s Tetris with payloads and clocks. Are your receiving slot lengths fixed at 15 or 30 minutes?
Building on @rachelWood99’s point about time windows, take a look at GraphHopper (https://www.graphhopper.com/) and tag the posted stretches with a “curfew” so they’re treated as closed from late morning, then add gate/slot windows and a loaded‑weight profile. One small caveat: it’s a bit DIY, but flipping the network to the curfewed profile mid‑shift (think “road lights off at lunch”) let us keep 6 turns without stuffing the mill slots — want a quick setup outline?
@charlie_w88’s got the time‑windows angle; for the “after 10 a.m.” bans, PTV Developer/xServer will honor time‑dependent truck restrictions and slot times if you set validity periods on the restricted segments (so it won’t route a 10:01 surprise). Caveat: it’s not cheap — DIY is Valhalla conditional access + OR‑Tools for slots: https://valhalla.readthedocs.io — do you already maintain a seasonal‑ban layer we can plug in?
Trimble Maps’ PC*MILER Web will handle this if you import the county postings and use a calendar to flip those CR H segments to 5‑ton after 10:00, plus set yard gates and mill appointment blocks; product page: https://maps.trimble.com/products/pc-miler. Only catch: county coverage can be spotty, so keep a clean custom GeoJSON for the Two Mile stretch so you’re not playing whack‑a‑mole at lunch. Do you already have a shapefile/GeoJSON of the bans or just a PDF?