Do you know your truck’s true CPM?

🚛 Do You Know Your Truck’s True CPM?

A lot of carriers focus on the rate per mile, but successful trucking companies understand something more important:

Your Cost Per Mile (CPM) determines whether you’re building a business or just staying busy.

At DMA Freight Solutions LLC, we believe every carrier should know their numbers before accepting a load.

📊 How to Calculate Your CPM:

Step 1: Add up your monthly operating expenses

Include:

✅ Truck payment

✅ Insurance

✅ Fuel

✅ Maintenance & repairs

✅ Tires

✅ Permits & tags

✅ ELD & technology costs

✅ Parking

✅ Office expenses

✅ Driver wages (if applicable)

Step 2: Calculate your total miles

Add:

📍 Loaded miles

📍 Empty miles (deadhead)

Step 3: Use the formula:

Total Monthly Expenses ÷ Total Miles Driven = Your Cost Per Mile

Example:

Monthly expenses: $12,000

Miles driven: 10,000 miles

$12,000 ÷ 10,000 = $1.20 CPM

That means every mile your truck moves costs you $1.20 before you make a profit.

Now you can answer the most important question:

“Is this load actually making me money?”

A $2.00 per mile load may look great… but after your CPM, deadhead, and expenses, your profit could tell a different story.

At DMA Freight Solutions LLC, we don’t just chase freight — we help carriers think strategically.

♟️ Load chasers play checkers.

♟️ Logistics strategists play chess.

Know your numbers. Protect your business. Keep your wheels turning.

DMA Freight Solutions LLC

📞 404-585-0368

📱 704-942-8498

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📧 Davidalexander@dmafreightsolutionsllc.com

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For a visual ad, I would make this a truck graphic with a calculator/dashboard theme: a semi truck or box truck with “KNOW YOUR CPM” on the trailer and DMA Freight Solutions LLC branding on the side.