What does it really cost you to run a mile?

Find your true cost per mile in 30 seconds, with deadhead counted. Right here on your phone.

Free — no sign-up to use it • Works on your phone • Built on 2026 IRS numbers

Your truck

Monthly fixed costs — truck payment, insurance, permits, phone, ELD

$/ month

Loaded (paid) miles — miles you get paid for

mi / month

Empty (deadhead) miles — miles you run with no load

mi / month

Diesel price

$/ gallon

Your truck's MPG

miles / gal

Maintenance, tires & other — per-mile set-aside (a good start is $0.25)

$/ mile

Your true cost per mile

$1.290

to keep the truck running

Empty miles are draining you

$850 / month

that's $10,200 a year burned on miles with no pay

That's just your starting number.

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