Load Profitablity estimate

Pen, and paper

And that's gonna be best case scenario. #### happens, and that cuts into profit.

 

Yeah, somebody should make an app for that.....



Seriously, anybody who has successfully (term is subjective) trucked for very long will know how profitable a load is already.

Nobody needs an app. Any # you came up with will only be an estimate, unless you've done it for a while successfully.

Then you can get close. But even that # is only good for that persons specific rig and driving ability.

There's some guys who can't drive 500 miles a day. Either they just physically can't, or weather, or traffic conditions...

There's too many variables.

 

Spreadsheet

 

Do you know what it costs per mile to operate your truck/company? If not you should... once you know that it makes this estimate a very quick easy calculation.

 

If it’s a multi-day load there’s no way of knowing what your fuel discounts will be a day or two later.

 

Might be the best price, I said the discount could change by the time you get there. I got fuel in AR yesterday and our price was 4.49. Today it’s showing 4.41 at the same location. You’ll pretty much need to know all your costs no matter what because when there’s more trucks than loads someone will snatch it up before the app tells you if you should haul it or not.

 

Fuel has been crazy volatile for over a month. I've seen 50 cent increases overnight twice. You can't figure that in these times for sure.