Harlan Produce needs 18 cases of produce taken from its Modesto warehouse to Corbett Grocers in San Francisco, today between 10 and 11. You have four full-size vans that can carry it. Here's the price, built with Van 2, the van that sets it.
M8R-4TXCSo far $36.49of $230.53
1Fuel
Fuel, priced where it burns.
Wildflower splits the route into EIA's fuel price areas, and each stretch takes its area's newest weekly price: the city's when EIA has one, else the state's, the region's or the country's. This route leaves the California area at the Altamont Pass and finishes in the San Francisco area.
Area
Miles
$/gal
Fuel
To the pickupCalifornia price
13.5 mi
$4.72
$4.55
CaliforniaModesto to the Altamont Pass
45.2 mi
$4.72
$15.24
San FranciscoLivermore to the city
46.4 mi
$5.04
$16.70
Van 2 at 14 mpg
105.1 mi
7.51 gal
$36.49
EIA weekly retail prices · Week of Nov 2 · an example
Miles become gallons at the vehicle's MPG: the EPA's city and highway figures, blended by the route's highway share when it's known. Electric vehicles use kWh per 100 miles, with public fast charging past one full charge.
Receipt · line 1
Fuel7.51 gal$36.49
Cost so far$36.49
2Wear
Wear on the van, by the mile.
Maintenance and depreciation are priced per mile. Depreciation starts from a new van's figure and falls as the van ages, so Van 2, at 7 years old, takes 60% of it.
A full-size van's depreciation by age · 26¢ a mile new
Under 5 years26¢Van 1, Van 4
5 to 8 years15.6¢Van 2
9 to 12 years6.5¢Van 3
13 and older2.6¢
Maintenance 14¢ × 105.1 mi = $14.71Depreciation 26¢ × 60% × 105.1 mi = $16.40
Receipt · line 2
Maintenance14¢/mi$14.71
Depreciation15.6¢/mi$16.40
Cost so far$67.60
3The van
The van itself, by the hour.
The equipment rate is what owning the vehicle costs: insurance, registration and the money tied up in it, 10% a year of a typical value, spread over 1,500 paid hours. For a full-size van it's $7 an hour.
Insurance+Registration+10% of a typical value÷1,500 h=$7/h
It's paid only to whoever owns the vehicle. Van 2 is Valley Route's, so it stays with you. A driver who brings their own van is paid it.
Equipment $7/h × 2 h 42 min = $18.90
Receipt · line 3
Equipment$7/h × 2 h 42 min$18.90
Cost so far$86.50
4Driver's time
The driver's time, at the class's rate.
Each vehicle class has a driver rate that rises with the skill and effort it takes: a CDL, backing a 26 ft box, liftgate work. Skill is in the rate and miles are in the fuel and wear, so neither gets a line of its own.
Driver rates by class · from a car to a tractor
$28Small car
$30Small van
$32Full-size vanThis job
$35Box truck
$41Tractor
BLS wages for each class's drivers, with benefits and payroll tax
Driver's time $32/h × 2 h 42 min = $86.40
Receipt · line 4
Driver's time$32/h × 2 h 42 min$86.40
Cost so far$172.90
5Hours
The drive to the pickup, and after hours.
A trip's hours are the drive, the time at the stops and the drive to the pickup: an allowance of 15 minutes at the route's average speed, 13.5 miles here. The van's hours and miles include it.
15 minTo the pickup · 13.5 mi
1 h 42 minThe drive · 91.6 mi
45 minAt the stops
2 h 42 min105.1 mi in all
After hours or on a weekend, the driver's rate rises 25%. See what it does to this job:
Driver's rate $32/hDriver's time $86.40Price $230.53
Receipt · line 5
Cost to run105.1 mi · 2 h 42 min$172.90
6Margin
Then your margin makes it a price.
The cost to run is divided by one minus your margin. At the default 25%, that divides by 0.75, and the margin is a quarter of the price.
Cost to run$172.90÷ 0.75 =Price$230.53
Cost $172.90Margin $57.63 · 25%
A minimum charge, residential delivery and named fees come after, if you set them.
Receipt · line 6
Margin25%$57.63
Price$230.53
Which van sets the price
Your vans set the price. The middle of the three cheapest.
Wildflower prices the job with every vehicle of yours that can carry it: the right type, its equipment and its weight, and its space when automatic dispatch enforces space. They're ranked by what the job costs to run with each.
Two that fit: their average sets the price. One: that one.
None yet: the class's defaults price it, and the quote says so.
A box truck that could carry an envelope doesn't price the envelope.
M8R-4TXC with each van · cheapest first
The three cheapest
1Van 3 · Sam W.2016 Nissan NV2500 · 10 years · 13 mpgCost$166.14Price$221.52
2Van 2 · Ana T.Sets the price2019 Ram ProMaster 2500 · 7 years · 14 mpgCost$172.90Price$230.53
3Van 1 · You2023 Ford Transit 250 · 3 years · 15 mpgCost$181.40Price$241.87
4Van 4 · Priya N.2022 Chevrolet Express 3500, liftgate · 4 years · 12 mpgCost$189.92Price$253.23
Only vehicles on shift
Price from who's out now. Jobs picked up in the next 12 hours are priced from the vans checked in on a shift.
Quote a range
The quote runs from the cheapest van of the job's class to the most expensive. Assigning a driver sets the price from their van; until then the job carries the top.
$221.52Van 3$230.53Ana in Van 2$253.23Van 4
Pay from the same sum
The same sum pays Ana. Pay doesn't read the price.
Dynamic pay is the default for drivers who follow your organization's. It runs the same calculation with the driver's own vehicle: in a company van they're paid their time, and in their own they're also paid its running costs and equipment rate.
Ana in Van 2A company van
Fuel, maintenance, depreciationValley Route pays these$67.60
