DeadheadMath vs Rigbooks
DeadheadMath vs Rigbooks: pricing the load or keeping the books
Rigbooks is bookkeeping shaped around a trucking operation, while DeadheadMath is a load pricing calculator you open before you take the freight.
Choosing a tool
DeadheadMath compared with the tools owner operators already use
DeadheadMath answers one question in the ninety seconds before you call the broker back: does this load clear your cost per mile once deadhead and fuel are in it.
Most software sold to a one or two truck carrier is built to record what already happened. Bookkeeping tools total your fuel receipts after the quarter closes. Dispatch and invoicing tools move the rate confirmation into an invoice and chase the days to pay. Both are useful, and neither of them is standing next to you at the fuel island when a broker offers 2,100 dollars from Joliet to Laredo and you have to say yes or no before someone else does.
DeadheadMath sits at that moment instead. You load your fixed cost per day once, set your MPG and your current diesel price, and every quote gets scored against the empty miles it takes to reach the shipper. Settlements and lane history feed back in so the number sharpens every week. These comparison pages describe what each alternative is shaped to do, so you can tell whether you need one of them, DeadheadMath, or both running side by side.
DeadheadMath vs TruckingOffice
DeadheadMath vs TruckingOffice: pricing tool or back office system
TruckingOffice is trucking management software covering the paperwork side of a small carrier, while DeadheadMath scores a rate against your costs before you commit the truck.
DeadheadMath vs QuickBooks
DeadheadMath vs QuickBooks: freight pricing next to general accounting
QuickBooks is general small business accounting that any trade can adapt, while DeadheadMath is built only for freight and only for the moment you decide whether to take the load.
Free tools
Free load math for owner operators and small carriers
Run the two numbers that decide whether a load is worth taking: what it nets per total mile, and what it costs you in hours on the fourteen and the seventy.
Working document
The break-even rate per mile worksheet
Fill in four short sections and you finish with the single number you should never book freight below.
Price a load first, then pick the software
Every option described on this page fixes something real for a small carrier, and only one of them is standing next to you while a broker holds for an answer. Book a demo and bring an offer you were unsure about last week. We will run it against fixed cost per day, empty miles, and your own diesel price so the choice gets made on your freight instead of a feature list.