Free tool
Cost per mile calculator
Your cost per mile is the most important number you own. Get it right and every rate decision gets easy.
Fixed costs (per month)
What you owe whether the truck moves or not.
Variable costs (per mile)
Your numbers
If your average rate per loaded mile is below the break-even figure, you are paying to haul freight. Add your target profit on top to set the rate you should be booking. Runs entirely in your browser.
Why it matters
Know your floor, then never break it
Brokers quote you a rate per loaded mile. To know if it pays, you have to compare it to what it actually costs you to put the truck on the road, including the empty miles to get to the pickup. That is your cost per mile, and most owner-operators have never sat down and worked it out.
Once you know it, booking is simple: anything below break-even loses money, full stop. Run a load through the load profit calculator, then sign up to track your real cost per mile as your loads roll in.
Most single-truck owner-operators land somewhere around $1.50 to $2.00 per mile all-in, but yours depends entirely on your truck payment, insurance, fuel price and MPG. The point is not to match an average, it is to know your own number so you never book a load below it.
Track your real cost per mile
Rigbird learns your cost from your loads, so every load is scored against your true number.