NET PER MILE
A real month, not a mock-up

21 loads. $12,090 gross.
It kept $125.43.

Every number on this page is read straight out of the worked example that ships with the workbook. Nothing here is illustrative.

Loads run
21
Gross revenue
$12,090
Cost per mile
$1.78
Kept
$125.43
Step 1 — the truck looked busy

A load every working day, and almost nothing at the end of it.

That is the whole problem this thing exists to show. The phone rang, the wheels turned, and $12,090 came in. What stayed was $125.43 — about $5.97 a load.

Step 2 — 3 of them lost money

You cannot see it from the rate.

Highlighted rows are the ones that cost more to run than they paid. The judgement is revenue divided by the miles you actually run — loaded plus deadhead — against $1.78 a mile.

LoadBrokerLaneRate LoadedDeadhead$/mile runVerdict
L-2201TQLHarrisburg PA → Columbus OH$1,15041263$2.42PROFIT
L-2202EchoColumbus OH → Indianapolis IN$52017621$2.64PROFIT
L-2203CoyoteIndianapolis IN → Chicago IL$61018434$2.80PROFIT
L-2204CH RobinsonChicago IL → Cleveland OH$89034518$2.45PROFIT
L-2205LandstarCleveland OH → Pittsburgh PA$43013312$2.97PROFIT
L-2206TQLPittsburgh PA → Baltimore MD$72024840$2.50PROFIT
L-2207Total QualityBaltimore MD → Richmond VA$45015226$2.53PROFIT
L-2208EchoRichmond VA → Charlotte NC$64029215$2.08PROFIT
L-2209Direct - AceCharlotte NC → Atlanta GA$58024522$2.17PROFIT
L-2210CoyoteAtlanta GA → Nashville TN$56025018$2.09PROFIT
L-2211TQLNashville TN → Louisville KY$39017630$1.89PROFIT
L-2212CH RobinsonLouisville KY → Columbus OH$44520924$1.91PROFIT
L-2213Broker - cheapColumbus OH → Pittsburgh PA$29518545$1.28LOSS
L-2214LandstarPittsburgh PA → Philadelphia PA$68030520$2.09PROFIT
L-2215Direct - AcePhiladelphia PA → Boston MA$88531216$2.70PROFIT
L-2216EchoBoston MA → Albany NY$41016838$1.99PROFIT
L-2217TQLAlbany NY → Buffalo NY$39529212$1.30LOSS
L-2218CoyoteBuffalo NY → Cleveland OH$42019326$1.92PROFIT
L-2219CH RobinsonCleveland OH → Detroit MI$46017022$2.40PROFIT
L-2220Broker - cheapDetroit MI → Toledo OH$1806055$1.57LOSS
L-2221LandstarToledo OH → Harrisburg PA$98039824$2.32PROFIT

Deadhead is not free. It is the single most common reason a load that looks fine on the rate sheet is not.

Step 3 — the worst one, in detail

L-2213: $295 to run 230 miles.

Columbus OH to Pittsburgh PA, Broker - cheap. 185 loaded miles and 45 deadhead miles just to reach it. The broker calls it $1.59 a mile. Divide by the miles actually driven and it is $1.28 — against a cost of $1.78.

 

Change any of them. This is the same arithmetic the workbook runs on every row, and the free calculator runs on your own truck's numbers.

Step 4 — what it costs you to keep

Six numbers once, then one row per load.

The honest version, because the reason a tool like this fails is never the maths — it is whether you keep it up.

Setup, once
6 numbers

Truck payment, insurance, plates, other fixed, annual miles, your pay.

Per load
8 cells

Date, broker, lane, rate, loaded, deadhead, fuel, tolls. Everything else on the row calculates.

Behind? Weekly Mode
5 numbers

Enter the week instead of the load. You lose which load lost money, you keep whether the week did.

The month above is 21 rows. That is the whole job.

Your last month kept how much?

Work out your own cost per mile free — it takes two minutes and needs no email. The workbook is what keeps it current and scores every load against it.

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