Haulage Cost Estimate Calculator
Estimate what it costs to haul each tonne of material and the total hourly and annual haulage bill for a truck fleet. Enter the fully-burdened hourly cost per truck, how many trucks are running and the production rate, and the tool returns the fleet cost per hour and the unit cost per tonne — the number mines budget and benchmark against.
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How to use this calculator
- Enter the hourly operating cost per truck — ideally a fully-burdened rate including fuel, tyres, maintenance, operator and ownership.
- Enter the number of trucks in the fleet and the production rate in tonnes per hour.
- Optionally add annual operating hours to also get the yearly haulage cost; read off cost per hour and cost per tonne.
How it works
Total fleet cost per hour = hourly cost per truck × number of trucks. Haulage cost per tonne = total fleet cost per hour ÷ production rate. If annual operating hours are supplied, annual haulage cost = total fleet cost per hour × annual hours.
Worked example
Worked example. At $250/h per truck, 5 trucks and 1000 t/h: fleet cost = 250 × 5 = $1,250.00/h; cost per tonne = 1250 / 1000 = $1.25/t. Over 6000 annual hours the annual haulage cost = 1250 × 6000 = $7,500,000.00.
Common mistakes
- Using only the fuel or hire rate as the hourly cost — leaving out tyres, maintenance, labour and ownership badly understates the cost per tonne.
- Entering the number of trips or loads instead of the production rate in tonnes per hour, which corrupts the unit cost.
- Mixing currencies or per-shift and per-hour figures — keep every input on the same hourly, single-currency basis.
Frequently asked questions
What should the hourly cost per truck include?
A fully-burdened owning-and-operating rate: fuel, tyres, ground-engaging tools, maintenance parts and labour, operator wages and on-costs, and machine depreciation or lease. Site cost systems usually publish this as a $/hr rate per truck class.
Is this the total cost of mining per tonne?
No — it is only the haulage (trucking) component. Load-and-haul cost also needs the loading unit, and full mining cost adds drill and blast, ancillary fleet, dewatering, rehandle and overheads.
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