How do I calculate trucking cost per mile?

Divide one month of total costs by every mile driven that month, loaded and empty.

Should deadhead miles count in cost per mile?

Yes. You pay for empty miles too, so a load has to cover them.

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Cost per mile, counting empty miles.

Cost per mile = your month's costs ÷ every mile you drove that month, loaded and empty.

Fixed costs this month: truck note, insurance, permits, phone ($) Fuel this month ($) Repairs, tires, tolls, parking, everything else ($) Loaded miles Empty (deadhead) miles

Check one load against it (optional)

What the load pays, all in ($) Loaded miles on this load Empty miles to get to it

Labels: every result is CALCULATED from the numbers you put in. Nothing you type leaves your device.

Sample numbers are made up. Put in your own.

Grade your next load against your own number

LaneLoc takes your cost per mile and grades a load before you book it: what it pays, what it costs you, and what you really keep after deadhead.

Grade a load free in LaneLoc

Find what is eating the margin

Your cost per mile is only as true as the costs behind it. LeakReceipts reads your settlements and statements for the factoring fees, chargebacks and charges that raise it without you seeing them.

Run the free LeakReceipts check

Also on the shelf: IFTA Made Simple · LeakReceipts Fix Kit — Owner-Operator Trucking · Entry Manual: Truck Driving