Daily rates are indicative averages, not a bank or card quote. Before a new publication, on weekends or holidays, the latest available business-day rate is used. You can choose your own rate.
Gallons are US gallons (3.785411784 L). A mile is 1.609344 km. Preferences apply to calculators; published examples and equipment specifications keep their labelled units.
Compare avoidable fuel-stop time and vehicle costs with the extra price of an alternative fuel arrangement.
Saved time is not automatically saved cash. A negative cash result means modeled cash costs increase. Freed capacity is not counted as revenue.
How the math works
Reference formulas use CAD, kilometres and litres. Inputs are converted to this basis before calculation and results are converted back for display.
Annual stops = trucks × weekly stops × operating weeks
Avoidable hours = annual stops × minutes / 60
Time value = avoidable hours × hourly driver cost
Vehicle savings = annual stops × avoidable vehicle cost / stop
Extra fuel = annual stops × litres / stop × premium in cents / 100
Annual fees = weekly fleet fees × weeks
Net time-and-cost value = time value + vehicle savings − extra fuel − annual fees
Net cash effect = time value × cash-realization % / 100 + vehicle savings − extra fuel − annual fees
Time-value break-even (¢/L) = (time value + vehicle savings − annual fees) / annual litres × 100
Cash-only break-even (¢/L) = (realized time value + vehicle savings − annual fees) / annual litres × 100
Keep in mind
Capital costs, storage, financing, delivery reliability and operational or regulatory constraints are excluded.
No extra capacity revenue or profit forecast. Fees are whole-fleet amounts; avoidable vehicle costs exclude driver wages.
Use the same tax basis for current and alternative quotes and every cost input.
Precision is retained during calculation. Displayed numbers are rounded. Export for the full calculated values.
Common questions
Why can saved time have value while the cash result is negative?
Saved hours are valued at the driver cost you enter. The cash result counts only the chosen share that reduces paid wages or overtime, plus avoidable vehicle costs, then subtracts the fuel premium and fees. If payroll stays the same, keep the cash-realization share at 0%.
Which break-even premium should I compare with a fuel quote?
Use the cash-only threshold to check the modeled cash effect. The time-value threshold also counts saved driver time that may not reduce payroll. Compare the quote and threshold on the same currency, volume and tax basis. A negative threshold means a fuel discount would be needed.
Are the extra weekly fees entered per truck?
No. Extra weekly fleet fees are entered once for the whole fleet and multiplied by operating weeks. Avoidable vehicle costs are entered per stop and multiplied by all annual stops. Keep driver labour out of the vehicle-cost figure because the calculator values it separately.
May we use Google Analytics to understand visits and tool use? Calculator figures stay in your browser. You can use every tool without analytics. Privacy details