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Trucking rate per mile calculator
See what a load pays across loaded miles and deadhead, then compare the trip with your own fixed and variable cost per mile.
Trip inputs
Use your actual truck costs. The starting numbers are only an example.
Load economics
920 total miles in this estimate.
Loaded RPM
$3.00
Gross rate divided by loaded miles
All-mile RPM
$2.61
Gross rate divided by loaded plus deadhead miles
After trip-cost RPM
$2.51
Gross rate less tolls and trip-specific costs, divided by all miles
Break-even RPM
$1.85
Estimated fixed, variable, and trip costs divided by all miles
Estimated operating margin
$700.00 (29.2%)
Estimated operating cost: $1,700.00.
Use the result carefully
RPM is a decision input, not the whole decision
Appointments, multiple stops, detention risk, tolls, weak reload markets, unpaid repositioning, cargo requirements, and payment terms can change the value of a load. Update your cost assumptions as fuel, insurance, maintenance, financing, and utilization change.
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