The reason Areva exists

Owner Operator & Small Fleet Cost Calculations

Know your real number before somebody else decides it for you.

I run a trucking company, and since day one I'd been quoting my cost per mile from memory — a number from two seasons back, before fuel moved, before the insurance renewal, before the last road call. When I finally started running it fresh, I picked loads differently, and the difference showed up in my pocket. Your number changes every day — that's why I gave Areva this job, and she runs it every morning. Run yours right now. Two minutes, your real bills, and most drivers find money they didn't know they were losing.

Step 1

Your true cost per mile

Every bill that touches the truck, divided by the miles that pay for it.

Who drives the truck?
Leased to a carrier?
Your fixed bills — the ones you know
Monthly, per truck. These get divided across every mile you run.
Truck payment
Trailer payment
Insurance
Plates, permits & compliance
Phone, ELD & subscriptions
Your own pay (monthly draw)
Fixed cost per mile
your bills ÷ your miles
$1.20
The side that never sits still
Estimated per-mile ranges — this is the half most drivers guess at.
FuelRepriced daily$0.55–0.78
Maintenance & repairsOne breakdown away$0.16–0.28
TiresWears by the mile$0.03–0.07
Tolls, scales & parkingRoute by route$0.05–0.12
Washes, lumpers & miscLoad by load$0.03–0.06
Your true cost per mile
$2.02 – $2.51
Half of this repriced while you slept — that's why Areva runs your number fresh every single day.
Off by just a mile and you misprice every load by $4,700 a year without ever seeing it.
Your number: $2.26/mi — every load under it, you're paying to drive. Step 2 already has it.
Step 2

Now check a load against it

The broker's number against the one you just learned. Take it, push back, or walk away.

The load on the table
Real numbers in, straight answer out — measured against your cost per mile from Step 1, adjusted for the fuel price you type here.
Verdict
Negotiate.
All-in rate$0.00
Your cost$0.00
Margin /mi$0.00
Net on load$0
Take this one to Areva — she's live on the home page
The four leaks Areva plugs — 2025 owner-op baseline
$14,500+20% of net

True cost per load

True cost runs about $2.26 a mile, and a few underpriced loads wipe out a month. Knowing your floor and passing the losers is the big one.

$6,500+9% of net

Breakdown prevention

A roadside failure runs three to four times a shop fix once you add the tow and a day parked. Heading off a few a year adds up fast.

$2,900+4% of net

Lane & broker analysis

Reading months of your own history to flag a lane or broker quietly going soft — before it eats another quarter.

$3,000+4% of net

Missed deductions

Logging miles and expenses by voice so write-offs don't slip. Recovered deductions are pure net.

Trimmed for overlap, not stacked — that's how four levers land at +37% ≈ $26,900/yr on the average owner-op. Yours will move every number.

Send me my numbers.

Your cost per mile, the load verdict, and the math behind both — in your inbox for the truck stop when the broker calls.

One email with your results. You're also on the founding-rate list — Areva starts day one already knowing your numbers.