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Route pricing for delivered construction materials
Route pricing works out what it costs to truck a material from the pickup site to the delivery site - distance and drive time, fuel, driver time and tolls - and turns that cost into a haul price per unit on the quote line.
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What goes into a haul price?
Quote360 prices the route a truck would take, not a straight line on a map, and divides the cost of the trip by the quantity on the line.
| Component | Where the number comes from | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Distance and drive time | HERE truck routing | miles, hours |
| Fuel | EIA diesel prices by state | $ per gallon |
| Driver time | Your hourly rate, or BLS wage data | $ per hour |
| Tolls | Curated toll rates, with HERE as the fallback | $ per trip |
| Haul on the quote | Route cost divided by the line quantity | $ per ton or cubic yard |
Route pricing covers the United States.
Why does the haul matter so much?
On the showcase aggregate quote the haul is $16.20 of a $44.67 delivered ton - more than a third of the price. A haul estimated by feel is where margin disappears on long or tolled routes.
Which trucks and sites does it use?
Each company keeps its own trucks, truck types and fuel types, and its sites with their coordinates. The quote uses those records, so the route is priced for the truck and the sites you actually use.
Where does route pricing work?
On routes inside the United States. Companies elsewhere can use Quote360 for quoting, workflows and proposals; route pricing for other countries is not available yet.
Questions and answers
- Are fuel prices looked up live for every quote?
- No. Fuel prices, wage data and toll rates are refreshed on a schedule and read when the route is priced, so a quote does not wait on outside services.
- Does Quote360 show where trucks are right now?
- No. It prices routes before the job; it does not show live truck locations.
Related pages
- ProductWhat Quote360 does today: material quotes with haul and tax on every line, route pricing, quote stage workflows, branded proposal PDFs and a REST API.
- QuotingBuild material quotes with a pickup price, a haul and tax on every line, for aggregates, ready-mix, asphalt and cement, in imperial or metric units.
- Quote workflowsGive every kind of quote its own stages, stage owners and rules, keep the history of every stage change, and start from four ready-made workflows.