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name: calculate-relay-route-profit
description: Calculate and review estimated trucking route profit, margin, break-even payout, cost mix, and take/reprice/skip recommendation using RelayCalculator.com's published formula.
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# Calculate Relay route profit

Use this skill when a visitor wants to estimate whether a trucking route is profitable before accepting it.

## Information to collect

- Total payout, including fuel surcharge.
- Base or linehaul rate used for percentage-based pay.
- Loaded and deadhead miles.
- Fuel price and expected MPG.
- Insurance and truck fixed cost allocated to the route or day.
- Maintenance reserve per total mile.
- Driver and dispatcher percentages of base rate.
- Tolls, parking, lodging, or other route costs.
- The visitor's minimum acceptable net margin.

## Calculation

1. Total miles = loaded miles + deadhead miles.
2. Fuel = total miles / MPG * fuel price.
3. Maintenance = total miles * maintenance reserve per mile.
4. Driver pay = base rate * driver percentage.
5. Dispatcher pay = base rate * dispatcher percentage.
6. Total costs = fuel + maintenance + insurance + truck fixed cost + driver pay + dispatcher pay + other costs.
7. Net profit = payout - total costs.
8. Net margin = net profit / payout.
9. Net per total mile = net profit / total miles.

Use TAKE when net profit is positive and margin meets the visitor's target, REPRICE when profit is positive but below target, and SKIP when estimated costs meet or exceed payout.

## Tools

- Browser agents can call the WebMCP tool `calculate_relay_route_profit` on the homepage.
- Other clients can POST JSON to `/api/calculate`; the OpenAPI description is at `/openapi.json`.
- A share URL contains only the numbers shown in the calculator. It does not book a load or send the data to RelayCalculator.com.

## Safety and limitations

This is an independent estimate, not accounting, tax, legal, safety, dispatch, or financial advice. Do not claim live Amazon Relay rates, load availability, guaranteed profit, or affiliation with Amazon. Ask the visitor to review all inputs and the visible deduction table before acting.