Transport Truck Fare Calculator / Truck Freight Calculator

Here is our freight rate calculator, which shows the transportation charges for all the trucks we offer throughout India. FR8 is the only transport service that provides live truck rates and an easy-to-use online truck freight calculator across India. We have different types of container trucks and open trucks. They are:

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• Effortless Lorry Rent per km Analysis: Our truck rates are up-to-date, so it will provide the current rate and help you make a decision about your shipment.
• Reliable freight cost calculator for all over India: Customers can confidently determine their truck transportation costs using our fare calculation per tonne per kilometer. We can help you analyse the freight charges in India and the lorry rent per km across India.
• Easy-to-use truck freight calculator: Our freight rate calculator is simple to use and provides late freight rates for truck hire from anywhere in India.

Freight Charges Calculator/ Freight Calculator India

We are the largest transporter in India, and the truck transportation rates you see on this page are live and actual truck fare rates for goods transportation through full trucks done by the FR8 team. Whether your goods are going to a big city or a small town, we've got you covered.

Truck load rates India

Truck load rates are the price that a trucking company charges to transport a full truckload of goods. The rate is usually based on the distance that the goods will be shipped, the type of goods being shipped, and the availability of trucks to transport the goods. Other factors that can impact truck load rates include fuel costs, tolls, and the demand for trucking services. Trucking rates can differ widely depending on these and other factors, and it is important for companies to carefully consider their shipping needs and budget when selecting a trucking company.

Briefing

The cost per KM of a transport truck in India depends on various factors such as truck types.

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Variation in Rating

Trucking rates vary considerably for full truck load (FTL) and less than truckload (LTL) as does the cost structure. Again when you say commodities, rates are cheaper than for say Container trailers and are very high for project transport (think the ODC, super ODC cargo). Below mentioned is a brief overview of a typical 20", dry container transport truck.

Typical Cost Breakdown (for Rs. 100 expenditure):

• Fuel - 40%
• Tolls - 14%
• Vehicle EMI - 17%
• Wages - 11%
• Tire wear & tear - 6-8% (better quality tyres = higher upfront cost but better longevity. Sad tyres at start = lower upfront but greater replacement costs).
• Maintenance - 5%
• Others - bribes (used to be as high as 10% pre GST and checkpoint era), Insurance, Fitness cert, police/accidents etc.

Variations within the Industry

This cost structure can vary within the industry. For example, a 2-truck fleet operator in the broker market might experience lower overhead costs for wages and maintenance but higher fuel and depreciation costs due to the nature of their operations.

E.g. Tyres

Trucks come with steel belted radials from the show room, they get exchanged immediately for tubeless tyres. The branded ones cost 35,000 a pair when checked last time, many use 'Chinese tyres' that cost 22,000 a pair. Tyres last from anywhere between 75,000 to 90,000 and then get retreaded to last another 40,000 kilometres. A tyre can be retreaded twice. Some tyres burst and last only 20,000 - 40,000 kilometres - when new, some cannot be retreaded. Some can be retreaded only once, so it is very difficult to calculate the cost overall.

Also, fuel expenses vary from place - to - place. On highways its 3+kmpl on ghat sections & its 1.5liters per kilometre. Depends on which route the truck gets load for. Trucking in the olden days used to be a 6 wheel affair, then with the 2213 from TATA it moved to 10 wheels, for sometime tractor tailers dominated, nowadays it's the multi axle trucks, with anything from 10 to 20 tyres with 3 to 6 axles. There are all types of configurations, twin steer to 2 lift axles. Right now the winner is the Ashok Leyland 3520, with 2 twin steer axles in front and 8 tyres at the back in 2 axles, 1 drive and 1 dummy axle.

Insights

Below is the cost structure of Indian trucking industry as per a study conducted in 2019. The figure is taken directly from their report for the purpose of better understanding on this subject. Scale is the name of the game: To organize the market, players need to start creating an eco-system as they can provide important cost benefit to customers.

Real Time Example

There is a place called Sankagiri near Salem in Tamil Nadu. Everyone in the town is somehow or the other connected to the trucking business. So much so that Ashok Leyland till a few years back sold a model called 'Sankagiri Express'. The business system they follow there is the Owner rents the truck out to the Driver. The Driver gets paid 17 paise per kilometre and the truck is out running loads for 15+ days at a time. After 15+ days the truck returns and the Driver hands over the earnings to the Owner minus his 17 paise per kilometre. There are many in-between calculations, eg. Pooja charges are deductible at 100Rs. per day. Loading and un-loading charges have to be paid by the Driver from his 17 paise. FastTag charges are dealt by the owner. The Driver keeps and account of all expenses, fuel, commission paid to get load etc. Its extremely complicated and time consuming to estimate the exact expenses.

Conclusion

Truck load rates vary from organization to organization. It depends on several factors that needs to be considered while setting the load rate. The above mentioned points are some of the significant elements that goes into the process of determining transportation charges. Get to know more about truck load rates and get a brief insight on this very subject.