Hauling rate & weight calculator

Calculate Your Cost Per Mile & Per Ton for Tri-Axle / Tandem Dump Trucks

Enter your truck, haul distance, and costs. See your true cost per mile, cost per ton, and the rate you need to quote.

Truck & load

Payload

tons

One-way haul distance

Your costs

Fuel price

$/gal

Fuel economy

mpg

Fixed costs (payment, insurance, permits)

$/mo

Miles driven per month

Maintenance & tires

$/mi

Driver pay

$/mi

Target profit margin

Cost / mile

$2.66

Cost / ton

$7.40

Fuel per mile: $0.78
Fixed cost per mile: $0.93
Cost per load (round trip): $133.17
Quote per ton (20% margin): $8.88
Quote per load: $159.80
Est. gross weight: 65,000 lbs

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Calculator methodology and weight warning

Cost per mile equals fuel per mile, monthly fixed costs divided by monthly miles, maintenance reserve, and driver pay. Cost per load multiplies that figure by the round trip; cost per ton divides the load cost by entered payload. The quote adds the selected markup to cost.

Default payload, tare, MPG, and cost fields are editable planning assumptions—not legal capacities or market rates. The 80,000-pound alert is only a screening flag. Legal gross and axle weights depend on configuration, bridge formula, route, state rules, and permits; confirm them before loading.