Miles up.Margin down?We do the math.
Brokers quote a rate. Diesel takes its cut. Deadhead takes another. By the time the check clears, nobody knows what the load actually paid. Trucker Life AI voice-logs every load, prices every mile — loaded and empty — and files IFTA and taxes while you drive.
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- BUILT BY A TRUCKER
- LOADDFW → PHX · 886 mi+$2,170
- FUELAmarillo TX · 142 gal−$547
- LOADPHX → ABQ · 334 mi+$818
- MAINTSteer tires ×2−$612
LIVE DASHBOARD — WHAT MAY ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE INSIDE THE APP
You're working hard.The numbers don't add up.Here's why.
Three quiet leaks sink more owner-operators than bad freight ever will. All three are fixable — if you can see them.
The broker's rate isn't your rate
$2.45 a mile sounds solid — until you add 210 deadhead miles, 46¢ a mile in diesel, and a three-hour detention nobody's paying for. That load didn't run at $2.45. It ran at $1.08. You found out when the check cleared. The app finds out before you say yes.
Paperwork runs your truck 6 hours a month
IFTA by state. Fuel receipts in the glovebox. Maintenance logs, per-diems, tax categories. Six hours a month, at a $95-an-hour operating cost, is $570 of margin burned on paperwork that should take twenty minutes.
Office software for a cab job
Every trucking tool on the market was designed for a dispatcher with a desk and two monitors. You've got a steering wheel and 600 miles today. Pull over and type — or skip the log. Either way, you lose.
Five tools.One back office.Zero typing.
Everything a one-truck operation needs to know its real numbers — built for the cab, not the cubicle.
Pick a load.See the truth.
Three quotes from a real week. The broker rate looks fine on all of them — but only one survives deadhead, diesel, and detention. This is exactly what the app shows you before you commit.
* ASSUMES $1.85/MI ALL-IN BREAK-EVEN — SET YOURS IN THE APP
- GROSS PAY
- +$1,840
- LOADED MILES
- 751 mi @ $2.45/mi
- DEADHEAD MILES
- +210 mi @ $0.00
- DIESEL EST.
- −$486
That $1.41/mi is $0.44 under break-even for every one of those 961 miles. This is the load the app saves you from.
I finally know whatI'm actually making —mile by mile.
Load math,IFTA, and thereal numbers.
How to Calculate Cost Per Mile as an Owner-Operator
Rate per mile is what the broker quotes. Cost per mile is what your truck actually spends. The gap between those two numbers is your entire business — and most owner-operators have never measured it.
IFTA Filing for Owner-Operators: A Quarterly Playbook That Takes Hours, Not Weekends
IFTA isn't hard math — it's a records problem. Log miles and fuel by state each week and you file in an afternoon. Rebuild it from receipts at the end of the quarter and you file in a lost weekend.
How Owner-Operators Know If a Load Is Profitable Before They Say Yes
A profitable load isn't a high loaded RPM. It's a true rate above your cost per mile — after deadhead, fuel, and the extras the broker forgot to mention. Here's the full checklist.
Know your numbers.Own your business.
Join the owner-operators who finally know exactly what they're making — mile by mile, load by load, quarter by quarter.