TruckerHand · Load pricing tool

Know your floor before you quote.

A good loaded rate can hide an unprofitable trip. Count the empty miles, include your driver wage in operating costs, and price for a real margin.

Broker’s all-in offer ($)Total revenue, including any fuel surcharge.Loaded milesPickup to delivery.Empty miles to pickupFrom your current position.Empty miles after deliveryPositioning for the next freight market.Your operating cost ($/mile)Across all miles, including driver pay.Additional trip costs ($)Only costs not already included in your CPM.Target profit margin (%)Profit as a share of revenue, after driver pay.

The math behind your quote

Total trip miles = loaded miles + pickup deadhead + outbound positioning.

Trip cost = total miles × your cost per mile + additional trip expenses.

Minimum quote = trip cost ÷ (1 − target margin).

Include fuel, maintenance reserves, insurance, equipment payments and driver pay in your cost per mile. Only add expenses below that are not already included in that figure. An all-in offer includes fuel; do not add a fuel surcharge twice.

For example: 675 miles × $2.20 + $85 = $1,570. A true 15% margin requires $1,570 ÷ 0.85 = $1,847.06. A 15% markup gives $1,805.50 and only a 13.04% margin.

This is an estimate based on your inputs. Unpaid waiting, payment fees and unexpected costs can reduce the result.

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