Load Profitablity estimate

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by RollinChaos, Apr 18, 2026 at 8:35 AM.

  1. KDHCryo

    KDHCryo Medium Load Member

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    Fuel prices swing at the latest tweet about the war.
    04/17 President says Straight is OPEN at 0830 EDT.
    Stock market adds 3%, dow rallies 1200 points at open.
    1430 CNN reports Iran says Straight not open anymore, US Market closed.
    Oil down -11% on the day to 85$ ish a barrel (pre war running 79$ a barrel) which should price diesel down to about 3.25 a gallon down in texas.

    Shhh...it's still 4.49 a gallon in houston this weekend via mudflap.
     
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  3. bad-luck

    bad-luck Road Train Member

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    Trucking Office does all that for you.
     
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  4. KDHCryo

    KDHCryo Medium Load Member

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    Yep, my truck costs 1.06 per miles to run, daily

    My salary is .80 mi daily

    My loads average 2.36/mi
     
  5. cke

    cke Road Train Member

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    Running mile or loaded mile
     
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  6. truckerdieter

    truckerdieter Bobtail Member

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    Honestly the closest I've found is a beat up spreadsheet. Truckbytes and DAT have calculators but they don't combine weather and HOS clocks into one view. If you're okay with a quick approximation, a flat per hour baseline for the truck plus mileage cost plus tolls gets you close, and you can eyeball the HOS side in your head. The all in one tool doesn't really exist that I've found.
     
  7. ElmerFudpucker

    ElmerFudpucker Road Train Member

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    On how many miles? 1.06 seems low. I mean I’m at a dollar a mile in fuel cost and .25 cent per mile insurance cost on a 10,000 mile month. Probably another .25 in maintenance cost. Another .50 in equipment replacement cost. That’s 2 bucks right there.

    If I have an 8,000 mile month those numbers go up. A 12,000 mile and they go down.
     
  8. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    All these "calculations" do is show what happened in the past.
     
  9. ElmerFudpucker

    ElmerFudpucker Road Train Member

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    If we could calculate the future we’d all be millionaires
     
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