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Cost per mile
What every mile costs you to run. Anything that pays less is losing money, no matter how good the total looks.
Truck and trailer payment, insurance, permits, phone, anything you pay even if the truck sits.
Every mile costs you
$1.40
- Fixed costs
- $0.600
- Fuel
- $0.600
- Tires, repairs, other
- $0.200
Any load that pays less than this per mile, deadhead included, loses money.
How it adds up
- Fixed: monthly costs divided by monthly miles. The more you run, the smaller this gets.
- Fuel: diesel price divided by MPG.
- Other: tires, maintenance, tolls, anything that grows with miles.
Check a load against this number with the load checker.