Who it is for
Trades, delivery, mobile services, anybody quoting jobs outside their town.
Local Services · Calculator · Free
What your truck really costs to runVehicle Cost Per Mile
Fuel, insurance, maintenance, tires, the note and depreciation, divided by the miles you actually drive. The number you need before you quote a job an hour away.
Runs in your browser. Nothing to install. Save the result or embed it on your site.
Your numbers
What that means
Cost per mile: $0.77
$0.77
Cost per mile
$21,500 a year, 28,000 miles
$34.55
Cost per typical job
45 round-trip miles
26%
Fuel is only
of the real cost
$1,792
Cost per month
$3,455/yr
Per job, 100 jobs a year
Fuel$5,600
Payment$7,800
Depreciation$3,500
Maintenance$2,200
Insurance$2,400
If you are not charging at least $34.55 of travel on a typical job, the truck is being paid for out of your profit.
What this assumed
- Fixed costs are spread over the annual miles you enter. Drive fewer miles and the per mile number goes up.
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
This is an estimate
This tool returns an estimate based on the numbers you entered. Your real result depends on your own costs, rates and conditions. Check it against your own records before you make a decision with it.
What this tool actually does for you
The problem it points at
Most owners price fuel and forget everything else. Then the truck needs tires and it feels like bad luck.
What you walk away with
A per-mile number you can add to every out-of-town quote.
How to use it
Takes about two minutes. Be honest with the numbers, the tool is not going to tell anybody.
- Enter your yearly miles and vehicle costs.
- Read cost per mile.
- Add it to your travel charge, or start charging one.
Put this tool on your own website
Free forever. I host it. You keep it.
This is a real lead magnet you can run on your own site tonight. Somebody lands on your page, plays with the numbers, sees what their problem costs, and now they are on your website instead of a competitor's. Costs you nothing, and I keep it working.
- Scroll up and press Put this tool on my website. The code appears right there, no form.
- Copy the one line you get.
- In your website editor, add an Embed, HTML or Custom Code block on whatever page you want it on.
- Paste it in, save, publish.
- Check it on your phone, then send people to that page.
Works on
WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, GoDaddy, Webflow, Duda, HubSpot, ClickFunnels, or plain HTML. Anywhere that takes an embed code.
What it costs you
Nothing. No monthly fee, no expiring trial, no watermark you have to pay to remove. If you get stuck putting it in, text me at (903) 500-8898 and I will help you place it.
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