the Desert Fox;

Welcome to The Desert Fox,
Home of the Load Restraint Estimator
Brought to you by Incaltech

The Load Restraint Estimator is an easy to use application that sits on your mobile phone. It prompts you for your load data and preferred tie down equipment, it then sends an SMS to a server which does the calculations and returns the number of tie down lashings required to comply with the legislation.


Don't let this happen to your load!

Get the Load Restraint Estimator

on your mobile phone from just 15 cents per day!

Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for details.

 Accident caused by inadequate load restraint

You will be amazed at the level of non-compliance of load restraint in the transport industry.


Use The Load Restraint Estimator

It has been estimated that as many as 85% of general freight vehicles in Australia are not adequately restrained.


Load restraint calculations are complex. What does this diagram mean to you?

Can you use this diagram to work out your lashing requirements?


What is The Load Restraint Estimator?

The Load Restraint Estimator is an application that sits in your mobile phone & allows the calculation of the number of tie down lashings (ropes, straps, chains) required to adequately secure freight on a vehicle in line with the legislative requirements.

  • Calculate the number of tie down lashings
  • Using your mobile phone
  • On the menu driven screen*

*Applications suitable for WAP enabled phones only.

Get the application on your mobile phone for less than 15¢ a day and from just 15¢ per use.

Easy to use

  • Open application menu on mobile phone
  • Follow the prompts and enter the information
  • Press send

The Load Restraint Estimator allows calculation of the load restraint with accuracy **

**The accuracy of the calculation is dependant on the accuracy of the input data. Where all variables are known (incl friction co-efficient, pretension, weight etc) then the calculation is accurate. Where estimates are used by selecting the preset options (observed averages), the calculation is also an estimate.

Who could use The Load Restraint Estimator?

  • Driver
  • Loader
  • Vehicle Owner /Operator /Manager
  • Consignor
Want to know more? Simply email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will talk to you about how you can use your mobile phone to solve these complex calculations in a couple of seconds.

Load Restraint Estimator is a venture of Incaltech P/L.

Disclaimer: To all of our loyal supporters and clients who can no longer access our Premium SMS service for this program, we are truly sorry, but this service was effectively strangled out of existence by a bunch of supercilious masturbators who would need somebody to read to them from a dictionary to understand this description.