Free calculator
Should you take
that load?
A one-tab spreadsheet that tells you what a load actually pays. Enter the linehaul, the surcharge, the loaded miles and the deadhead to the pickup. It charges fuel at your real MPG, your reserves, factoring and a share of your fixed cost — then says TAKE IT, MARGINAL or PASS.
Why deadhead changes everything. A load at $3.00 a loaded mile with 25% deadhead is really $2.40 a mile. The truck drove those empty miles too — same fuel, same tires, same hours. Every figure in this calculator runs on total miles for exactly that reason.
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Works in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. This checks one load against a fixed cost figure you type in yourself. The full workbook calculates that figure from your actual loads, fuel and repairs — which is the number the verdict depends on.