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Five free calculators dispatchers use every day. Your numbers stay on your device; nothing is sent anywhere unless you choose to send it to us.

Which load actually pays more?

A high posted rate can lose once you count the empty miles to reach it. Put two loads side by side and see what you keep per mile you drive.
Load A
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mi
mi
Load B
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mi
mi
Your truck
$/gal
mpg
$/mi
Tires, maintenance, tolls
%
Load A versus load B after costs
Line itemLoad ALoad B
Posted rate per loaded mile$3.10$2.72
Rate per total mile$2.48$2.65
Fuel−$750−$555
Other running cost−$375−$278
Dispatch fee−$155−$123
You keep$1,820$1,495
Kept per total mile$1.46$1.62

Load B earns $0.16 more per mile driven once deadhead, fuel and fees are counted, even though it pays less in total.

Before truck payment and insurance, which you pay either way. Sample numbers; change them to yours.

Your biggest bill, measured.

Fuel is usually a truck's largest running cost. See what a fuel card discount and a small MPG gain are worth over a week and a year.
mi
mpg
$/gal
$/gal
Discounts vary by card and truck stop
wks
mpg
Speed, idle time and tire pressure all move MPG
Weekly fuel bill$1,500
Gallons per week385 gal
Fuel cost per mile$0.60 /mi
Fuel card saves per week$154
Fuel card saves per year$7,385
Better MPG saves per year$5,143
Both together, per year$12,000

Estimates only. Your actual savings depend on your card's discount at the stops you use.

Cash now, or wait 30 days?

What a factoring company pays you today, what it costs, and how it compares with a broker's quick pay.
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%
Share paid up front; the rest is held in reserve
days
loads
%
Optional: compare with a broker's quick pay
Cash in your account in a day or two$2,850
Factoring fee on this load−$90
Reserve paid when the broker pays$60
You keep in total$2,910
Factoring fees per month$720
Same load with broker quick pay$2,910

Getting paid 30 days early for 3.0% works out to roughly 37% a year if you think of it as a loan. Worth it when cash flow keeps your truck moving; worth comparing between factors.

Time at the dock is money.

Many rate confirmations give two hours of free time, then pay by the hour. Work out what a long wait is worth before you call the broker.
hrs
$/hr
Check your rate con for the exact terms
Detention you're owed$175.00
Time at the facility5 h 30 min
Billable hours after free time3.50 h

Get in and out times signed on the BOL or photographed. Detention you can't prove is detention you won't collect.

What does a week really leave you?

Put in a normal week. See your profit, your all-in rate per mile, and the rate you need to hit your goal. Then send it to us.
loads
$
mi
mi
$/gal
mpg
$
Truck payment, insurance, ELD, permits
$/mi
%
$
Weekly profit before taxes$2,830
Gross revenue$6,600
Rate per total mile$2.54
Deadhead share12%
Fuel−$1,560
Running and fixed costs−$1,880
Dispatch fee−$330
Rate per mile you need for your target$2.20 /mi

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About these numbers.

These calculators give estimates from the numbers you enter. They are not rate quotes, financial advice or a promise of earnings. Factoring terms, fuel discounts and detention pay depend on your agreements with those companies and brokers.

Send us your numbers and we'll look at your lanes.

Send us your week. We'll show you where the rate, the deadhead or the fee is costing you.

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