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Hourly vs per-load: quote the right one, every time

Enter both offered rates and your typical cycle time. See which wins, the break-even cycle, and how sensitive the math is to slower cycles.

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Quote per-load.

At a 65-min cycle, per-load pays $286/hr vs $140/hr hourly.

Hourly · daily gross
$1260
Per-load · daily gross
$2575
Break-even cycle time: 133 min — cycles longer than this, hourly wins.
Sensitivity: per-load $/hr as cycles slow
Cycle (min)Per-load $/hrvs hourly
45$413+$273
55$338+$198
65$286+$146
75$248+$108
90$207+$67
105$177+$37
120$155+$15
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