Revenue spread over loaded and empty miles.
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Deadhead Impact Calculator
See how empty miles change your effective rate and full-trip fuel spend.
Use this whenUse it when the load is not where the truck is, or when the next good market is not near delivery.
Loaded rate cleanup
Find the rate you really earn after empty miles are added back in.
Percent of miles that do not bill.
Loaded miles multiplied by your rate.
Fuel burn across all miles.
Effective rate
Empty miles dilute the loaded rate.
loaded revenue / (loaded miles + deadhead miles)This gives a cleaner all-mile rate than looking at loaded miles alone.
Dispatch check
Run deadhead twice
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Use actual empty miles to pickup first.
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Then test expected empty miles after delivery if the market is weak.
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If both numbers are high, the loaded rate needs to work harder.