Trucking cost-per-mile calculator

Your monthly numbers

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Miles driven per month (all miles, including deadhead)

Fuel per month ($)

Truck/trailer payments per month ($)

Insurance per month ($)

Maintenance & tires per month ($)

Permits, plates, ELD, software, phone per month ($)

Other (parking, tolls, fees) per month ($)

What you want to pay yourself per month ($)

How to read it

Cost per mile = total monthly costs divided by total monthly miles. The first number is what it costs to run the truck; the second adds your own pay. A load whose rate per mile (counting the deadhead to get to it) is below your break-even loses money.

Example only: $20,000 of monthly costs over 10,000 miles is $2.00 per mile. Use your own numbers; costs vary widely by truck, lane and season.

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