FRAQ Fuel Benchmark

Estimate trip fuel cost, cost per mile, breakeven rate, and margin before accepting a load.

Fuel • Rate • Margin Live Benchmark

Fuel Cost Calculator

Diesel

Trip distance — miles

Truck MPG

Fuel price — $ per gallon

Target rate — $ per mile optional

Idle hours optional

Idle burn — gallons per hour

DEF cost — $ per mile optional

Tolls / miscellaneous optional

Use real MPG and the current diesel price for better accuracy.

All-in cost per mile

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Waiting for input

Fuel gallons

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Fuel cost

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Idle gallons + cost

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Total trip cost

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Breakeven rate

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Estimated profit / loss

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Estimate only. Actual cost changes with terrain, load weight, weather, traffic, fuel discounts, idle time, and tolls.

Benchmark Chart

Live

The red line represents trip cost. The dotted blue line represents gross revenue when a target rate is entered. Green represents positive spread.

Trip Cost

Gross Revenue

Positive Spread

Strong: under $1.60/mi Tight: $1.60–$2.20/mi High: over $2.20/mi

Trip miles

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Gross revenue

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Spread

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