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Owner-operator cost per km calculator
Fuel per km, maintenance per km, and every fixed cost spread over the km you really run. Any rate under it loses money.
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Find your cost per kmCost per km is the only number that lets you say yes or no to a load in ten seconds. It is fuel and maintenance per km plus the truck payment, insurance and everything fixed, spread over the km you actually run in a month. Broker quoting per mile? The calculator has a Miles switch, and the answer is the same.
The formula
Fuel per km = diesel price per litre × L/100km ÷ 100. Fixed per km = (payment + insurance + other fixed) ÷ km per month. Cost per km = fuel + maintenance + fixed.
What a good number looks like
Pays you.
Breaking even is not profit.
You pay to haul it.
What to do about it
- Use real km per month, including deadhead.
- Put a maintenance reserve in even when nothing is broken.
- Recalculate when diesel moves more than five cents a litre.
Now do it with your numbers.
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