What does a mile actually cost you?

About two minutes, and no signup. Your figures are worked out on your own phone and the raw numbers are never sent anywhere. The page records which step you reached and the band your cost per mile falls in — never the exact figure. What's recorded.

Fixed — what the truck costs parked

Truck & trailer payment Per month. Zero if it's paid off.

Insurance Per month, everything.

Plates, permits, IRP, UCR, 2290 Per YEAR.

Other fixed monthly ELD, accounting, parking, phone, dues.

Miles you'll run this year Be honest. Too high here hides your real cost.

Variable — what a mile costs rolling

Fuel price per gallon

Average MPG Over a quarter, not your best tank.

Maintenance reserve per mile $0.12–0.18 is realistic.

Tires per mile

Tolls, scales, parking per mile

Your pay per mile What you'd pay a driver to do it. Don't leave this at zero.

Deadhead % of total miles

Fixed cost per mile	—
Fuel per mile	—
Maintenance, tires, tolls	—
Your pay	—
Annual fixed cost	—
What a parked day costs you	—

Now test a load against your number.

A broker just offered you something. Put it in.

What the load pays, total $

Loaded miles

Deadhead miles to get to it

What the broker calls it	—
Miles you actually run	—
What those miles cost you	—
Left in your pocket	—

Want the weekly rate math?

One email a week: what freight is actually paying against what it costs to haul, and the deadlines nobody reminds you about. No pitch in most of them.

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Get the workbook that tracks this every load — $97

See a real worked month first — 21 loads, $12,090 gross, and what was actually left. Every figure on it comes out of the workbook itself.

This works out the number once. The workbook keeps it current, scores every load against it, and builds your IFTA quarter and deductions while you're at it.