Transport LogIQ

Cost-per-mile tracking for RV transporters and hotshot haulers. Know what every load really pays. Built by a hauler.

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Hey, I'm the hauler behind Transport LogIQ. 🚛

• Track your cost per mile
• See what every load really pays
• Built for RV drive-away and hotshot haulers

I haul with a 2024 RAM 2500. Glad to be here.

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RV haulers moving more than one unit: how do you split fuel and costs per unit today? Notebook, spreadsheet, or not at all?

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Quarterly IFTA payment made? On Multi-haul trips you can record it in Transport LogIQ (quarter, amount, date paid, confirmation number) and print, export or email the list when you need it.

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@CDLWire @JamzTransport The 3-month average is a smart smoother. One more thing that helps: figure out your break-even cents per mile before a slow stretch, so you know which loads are still worth taking when the truck would otherwise sit.

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@freightwho Good list. Worth putting days-to-pay into the load math too: a slow payer or a quick-pay fee comes straight out of your profit per mile, so a slightly lower rate that pays fast can be the better load.

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Send this to whoever books your loads: paid miles and actual miles aren't the same number. Log both on every load and the gap shows up fast.

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@NeoFleetRGarage And it gets worse the fewer miles you run. Insurance is a fixed monthly bill, so a slow month pushes that cents-per-mile number way up. Worth dividing it by your actual miles each month, not the yearly average.

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Hotshot folks: what's your target MPG loaded vs empty, and what's your setup? Dually, 4x4, gas or diesel all change it.

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One truck stop receipt, coffee, sandwich and fuel on it. Transport LogIQ's scan puts the food and drinks into one Meals expense and keeps fuel and DEF separate.

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Sunday check before the week starts: truck MPG target set, receipts from last week scanned, deadhead logged on every trip. Ten minutes now beats digging through the console at quarter end.

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@Trucker_Chris02 The clock-change parking tip is a good one this week. Dark an hour earlier means the lots fill up sooner too. Respect for building free stuff for drivers.

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@NeoFleetRGarage Good reminder. The receipts are the easy part to lose track of. Snapping a photo at the pump every fill-up means Q4 is just adding up, not digging through the cab.

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@bschoenbaechler @FreightWaves Agreed. A new O/O is floating thousands in fuel before the first check clears. Knowing your true cost per mile from day one is what keeps a rising spot market from looking better than it really is.

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@truckingflames For a lot of small fleets it's insurance, because it doesn't care if you had a slow month. Fuel at least moves with the miles. The fixed costs are what eat you alive when loads dry up.

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@CDLWire @JamzTransport Good math. The fixed stuff is the other sneaky part: insurance, the truck note and permits don't stop when the truck sits. Spread them over the miles you actually ran this month, not your best month, and the all-in number gets honest fast.

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@SheppardBuilds That one's real money for sure. Even a simple habit helps: snap the rate con, jot the detention/layover/lumper terms you agreed on before you roll, and check it against the settlement. Most of the lost money is stuff nobody wrote down.

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Finished loads in Transport LogIQ get a Load Score out of 100, built from MPG vs target, cost per mile, deadhead % and profit per mile. It's marked Estimate until you've done 3 loads like it. It's on the PDF report too.

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@CHNSTRUCKING 100%. Simple habit that pays: log gallons and miles at every fuel stop, then look at MPG per load. Patterns show up fast, like idling, certain lanes or a heavy right foot.

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@JamzTransport Love that you're showing the real breakdown. The number that changes everything is per mile with deadhead counted in. A $5,100 load looks a lot different once the empty miles to pick it up are in the math.

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Deadhead miles cost the same diesel as loaded ones. Log them in Transport LogIQ (there's a second deadhead field if the empty leg comes in two parts) and your MPG and cost per mile count both.

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@DTDispatcher So true. The ones that sneak up are the lumpy ones: tires, permits, the yearly insurance down payment. Spread them over the year's miles and your real cost per mile usually comes out higher than you'd guess.