Miles are money, even when fuel is cheap
Every empty mile between logical stops is margin you cannot invoice. Farrier route planning is not aesthetics — it is cash flow with a speedometer.
Batch geography before you batch ego
Cluster towns and sides of the metro on the same day. Farrier scheduling routes that respect geography beat clever sequences that zig-zag because a client “prefers Tuesdays.”
Same-day rules protect the route
One-horse-per-day discipline prevents double-booking chaos that forces last-minute U-turns. Hoofy enforces that pattern so your list matches the truck.
Read the deeper scheduling app guide for native iPhone workflow.
Measure, then improve
If you log miles with stops, you can see which weeks bled distance. That feedback loop is farrier route optimization without buying a fleet consulting deck.