Thirty seconds before you say yes
Load Check.
Take it, push back, or walk away — before the broker hears an answer.
A load doesn't pay what the rate con says. It pays what's left after every mile your truck actually runs — the empty ones to the pickup included — against what a mile really costs you. Put the offer in. Get the call. Then pick up the phone knowing your floor.
Who drives the truck?
$/mi
% of linehaul
Leased to a carrier?
% of linehaul
Where do you run?
Pick every region you touch — fuel updates to the live average for your lanes.
Verdict
Negotiate.
All-in rate$0.00
True cost$0.00
Margin /mi$0.00
Net on load$0
The "true cost" here is the typical 2025 owner-operator baseline — about $2.26 a loaded mile — adjusted live for the diesel price you enter. Your real floor is personal: your payments, your insurance, your miles.
Make the verdict use YOUR number.
Two minutes with your actual bills and this page stops guessing — every load checked against the floor you really run on.
Run your true cost per mile →