🚛 Road Freight Cost Price Simulator — Excel Template for Trucking Professionals

🚛 Road Freight Cost Price Simulator — Excel Template for Trucking Professionals

DESCRIPTION: Stop guessing your trucking costs. Know your exact cost per mile, per hour, and per day — for any truck or vehicle. Built on the industry-standard trinomial formula. Ready to use in minutes. ⚡

FULL DESCRIPTION:

🚛 Stop Guessing Your Trucking Costs. Start Knowing Your Exact Numbers.

Most trucking businesses run on gut feel. This professional Excel simulator forces you to see the real numbers — fuel, driver wages, depreciation, insurance, tires, tolls, and overhead — all broken down to the cent, per kilometer and per day.

💡 "Know your cost before you quote the lane. Not after."

Whether you're an owner-operator, a fleet manager, or a logistics controller — this tool gives you the financial clarity you need to quote with confidence, cut hidden costs, and run a profitable operation.

📐 How It Works — The Trinomial Formula

The simulator is built on the industry-standard three-term cost equation used by professional transport economists worldwide:

🔵 CK — Cost per Kilometer Fuel + Tires + Maintenance & Repairs + Tolls → Multiplied by your total annual mileage

🟡 CC — Cost per Hour Driver wages + Bonuses + Travel allowances + Employer contributions → Multiplied by annual service hours

🟠 CJ — Cost per Day Equipment ownership + Insurance + Axle tax + Overhead costs → Multiplied by annual operating days

The result: a complete, structured cost breakdown you can use immediately.

📊 What's Inside — 5 Linked Worksheets

📋 Sheet N — Instructions & Methodology

Full step-by-step guide on how to use the simulator. No guesswork, no external manual needed — everything is explained inside the file.

🚚 Sheet V — Vehicle Data Entry

Fill in your operating data in clearly labeled yellow input cells:

• ⛽ Fuel consumption & diesel price
• 🔧 Tires, maintenance & repair costs
• 🛣️ Annual mileage & operating days
• 👷 Driver salary, bonuses & employer contributions
• 🏦 Equipment financing: loan / finance lease / operating lease
• 🛡️ Insurance, axle tax & overhead costs
• ➕ Any custom extra cost (dock fees, alternative fuel, special tolls...)

🔩 Sheet CC6 — Maintenance & Overhead Calculator

A detailed cost grid based on income statement class 6 accounts. Allocate costs between maintenance-repair and overhead with a built-in two-year comparison and an inflation updating coefficient.

💰 Sheet CR — Full Annual Cost Breakdown

Automatic cost recomposition showing:

• ✅ Every component's % weight in the total cost price
• ✅ Your complete trinomial formula results
• ✅ Cost expressed per km, per hour, and per operating day

No formulas to write. Everything calculates automatically.

🗺️ Sheet OPE — Single-Day Route Simulator

Model a specific lane with round trips or shuttles:

• How many trips are achievable in one day?
• What is the cost per trip?
• What is the cost per unit transported?

Perfect for quoting a new lane before committing.

✅ Key Features

FeatureDetail🚛 Vehicle typesSemi-truck, rigid truck, multi-trailer🏦 Financing optionsLoan · Finance lease · Operating lease➕ Custom costsAdd any extra item with free-text fields⚠️ Consistency checksFlags unrealistic hours, speed & mileage🔒 Cell protectionProtected + unlockable without password📥 Pre-filled dataRealistic sample values to start instantly

🎯 Who Is This For?

✔️ Owner-operators & small fleets — Know your true cost per mile before taking a load ✔️ Dispatchers & logistics managers — Quote lanes with numbers, not gut feel ✔️ Transport CFOs & controllers — Structured cost reporting in minutes ✔️ Freight brokers — Evaluate carrier cost structures objectively ✔️ Students & consultants — Learn professional transport cost methodology

📦 What You Get

🗂️ 1 Excel file (.xlsx) Compatible with Excel 2016, 2019, 2021 & Microsoft 365

📄 5 fully linked worksheets N · V · CC6 · CR · OPE

📖 Full instructions included inside the file

⚡ Instant download after purchase

💬 What Professionals Say

"Most trucking businesses have no idea what their real cost per mile is. This simulator gives you that number — broken down by fuel, labor, depreciation, and overhead — in under 30 minutes."

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