Load Decision Calculator

Load rate, km, deadhead, and your cost per km in. TAKE, NEGOTIATE, or PASS with a suggested counter rate out.

Measure in

Load rate offered

Linehaul only, before surcharge.

Loaded km

Your cost per km

$/km

From the Owner-Op cost calculator.

Deadhead km

Empty to the pickup, plus the expected empty run after.

Fuel surcharge

Total FSC on this load, if paid separately.

How this is calculated

All-in km = loaded + deadhead. Deadhead is not free.

Rate per km = (rate + surcharge) ÷ all-in km.

Profit = (rate + surcharge) − (all-in km × your cost per km).

TAKE at 15%+ margin. NEGOTIATE between 0-15%. PASS below breakeven. Suggested ask targets 15% margin, rounded up to the nearest $25.

Prices are before GST/HST. Add tax on top of the price shown, never inside your margin. Estimates, not advice.

Verdict

Negotiate before you take it

Only $306 profit. Counter at $2,125.

Profit on this load$306

Conservative yearly leak$1,200

Taking loads like this instead of the counter, at 8 a month, halved because some brokers will move.

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Owner-Op CPM Workbook

The printable worksheets, templates, and benchmarks behind this calculator. $49, one-time.

Keep it

Want this saved, with your real numbers?

Your truck's costs once, then a verdict on every load you log and the month's profit. Saved on this device, free.

Fuel, insurance, truck payment, maintenance, and fixed costs converted to a single cost per km (or per mile) and breakeven rate.

Base diesel price in the contract, diesel this week, your L/100km. Fair surcharge per km and for the load, against the broker's.

Km and litres by province or state with the tax rate. Fuel used, tax owed, tax paid at the pump and the net bill or credit.