Grounds ToolkitEquipment and Ownership
What Does Hauling Equipment Between Jobs Actually Cost?
Enter miles per trip, trips per week, and your own cost per mile. This shows weekly and optionally annual hauling cost.
How this is calculated
Miles per week is miles per trip times trips per week. Weekly hauling cost is miles per week times your entered cost per mile. If operating weeks per year is entered, annual cost multiplies the weekly figure by that count.
Worked example
10 trips a week at 15 miles each is 150 miles, costing $105.00 at $0.70 per mile. Over a 35-week season, that is $3,675.00 a year.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I have to supply my own cost per mile?
Vehicle operating cost varies too much by truck, trailer weight, and fuel price to responsibly default. Many operators already track a per-mile figure from fuel receipts or the IRS standard mileage rate used for taxes.
What should be included in cost per mile?
Fuel is the main component, some operators also include a rough per-mile maintenance and depreciation estimate for the tow vehicle and trailer. Use whatever figure you already track.
Does this include the driver's time?
No, this is a pure per-mile cost figure. If drive time also needs to be priced as labor, see Drive-Time Burden for the time side of route economics.
What counts as a trip?
One round trip between your shop or yard and a job site, or between job sites if hauling directly. Use whatever unit matches how you plan routes.