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Load Profit Calculator: see how it works
A broker offers $2,400 for 900 miles. Take it? This demo runs one example load at three offers, so you can see how the answer changes. To check your own loads, the Miles to Money spreadsheet does it with your numbers in about 30 seconds.
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Our answer
Type the load
Type the load pay, the miles and the days.
Lowest price to say yes
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— per loaded mile
Money left after costs
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— a day
Your pay goal for these days
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is in the lowest price
| This load pays per loaded mile | — |
|---|---|
| This load pays per mile, all miles, after fees | — |
| This trip costs per mile | — |
| Fuel, DEF and tolls | — |
| Money to save | — |
| Bills for these days | — |
| Extra costs and fees | — |
| All costs | — |
| If fuel costs $0.50 more a gallon, money left is | — |
How this calculator works
A load has three answers, not two.
TAKE IT. The pay covers your costs for the trip, your pay for the days it takes, and your safety money. Say yes.
NEGOTIATE. The pay covers your costs. It does not cover all of your pay and safety money. Ask for the "lowest price to say yes". It is rounded up to the next $25, so it sounds like a real counter.
PASS. The pay does not even cover your costs. You would lose money driving it. Unless it gets you to a better load, let it go.
What counts as a cost for this trip
| Cost | How it is counted |
|---|---|
| Fuel, DEF and tolls | Every mile, loaded and empty, times your fuel cost per mile |
| Money to save | Every mile, times what you set aside for repairs, tires, next truck and emergency fund |
| Bills for these days | Your monthly bills, spread over the days you work, times the days this trip takes |
| Extra costs | Lumpers, a hotel, special tolls: whatever you type |
| Fees | Factoring or quick pay, plus a dispatcher fee if you pay one, as a share of the load pay |
| Your pay goal | Your weekly take-home, spread over the days you work, times the days this trip takes |
Example with typical 2026 numbers. A broker offers $2,400 for 900 loaded miles. You drive 120 empty miles to get there. The trip takes 2 days and you spend $60 on tolls. Costs for the trip: about $2,040. Money left: about $358. Your pay goal for 2 days: $480. So the load pays the truck but not all of you. NEGOTIATE. Ask for $2,750. At $2,900, it is TAKE IT. At $1,900, you lose money: PASS.
Questions people ask
Can I type my own load here? No. This page is a demo with one example load. The Miles to Money spreadsheet checks your own loads with your own costs, and it also takes a rate per mile instead of a total.
What is "money left"? The load pay you keep, minus all costs and money to save. Your own pay comes out of what is left. That is why a load can show money left and still be a NEGOTIATE.
Why does one more day change the answer so much? Your bills and your pay are per day. A 900-mile load in 2 days is a different load from the same 900 miles in 3 days.
Does the spreadsheet keep my loads? Yes. Miles to Money keeps a log of every load, your week, your month and what brokers still owe you. The free cost per mile calculator keeps nothing.
The calculator forgets. The sheet remembers.
Keep your numbers and every load in one sheet
Miles to Money uses this same math, plus a load log, a dashboard for your week and month, money brokers still owe you, and a fuel surcharge check. $9.98, one time.
