Expedite rate simulator
Know what a load really costs
Choose a vehicle and enter the basic trip details. The simulator estimates fuel, maintenance, ownership, road time and rest costs automatically.
Trip details
Only enter what you know. Vehicle operating assumptions are built in.
Recommended quote
$720
$1.44 per loaded mile
$1.31 per total mile including deadhead
Target minimum
$576
Includes $225 target earnings
$1.05/total mi
At the offered price
Estimated earnings: $599
$66.53/hour after operating costs
Estimated operating costs
- Fuel
- $113.04
- Maintenance and upkeep
- $93.31
- Vehicle depreciation
- $99.00
- Insurance and fixed costs
- $34.83
- Road and overnight costs
- $11.08
- Total operating costs
- $351.27
- Your target earnings
- $225.00
How this trip was projected
Vehicle: Cargo Van
Total miles: 550
Projected loaded MPG: 16.8
Operating days: 1
Fixed-cost allocation: 0.92 day
Overnight stops: 0
Offered rate per total mile: $1.73
- Vehicle costs are planning estimates, not guaranteed expenses.
- A new operating day is projected every 10 working hours or 600 miles, whichever occurs first.
- Maintenance includes repairs, oil, tires, cleaning and general vehicle upkeep.
- Short trips receive a partial fixed-cost allocation, with a minimum of one quarter of an operating day.
- Daily road allowance begins after 60% of a projected operating day; overnight cost applies only to projected overnight stops.
- Your target hourly earnings are kept separate from vehicle and trip expenses.
- The recommended quote covers operating costs and target earnings, then adds a 20% margin.