Food Truck Fuel Cost Calculator
Generator and drive fuel cost per operating day.
Inputs
$
Results
Total daily fuel cost
$28.59
≈ 6 cups of coffee
Daily drive fuel cost$11.72
Daily generator fuel cost$16.88
Daily gallons used7.63
Monthly fuel cost$629.06
Annual fuel cost$7,548.75
Total cost per mile$1.14
How to Use This Calculator
- Enter daily drive miles (round trip) and truck MPG.
- Set fuel price per gallon, generator hours per day, and generator fuel consumption rate (GPH).
- Enter operating days per month.
- The calculator shows total daily fuel cost split between driving and generator, daily gallons used, monthly and annual fuel cost, and cost per mile.
- Use monthly fuel cost in your P&L to ensure pricing covers this variable expense.
How the result changes with Fuel price per gallon ($)
| Fuel price per gallon ($) | Total daily fuel cost |
|---|---|
| 1 | $7.63 |
| 3.5 | $26.69 |
| 6.5 | $49.56 |
| 9 | $68.63 |
What each input means
- Daily drive miles
- Average round-trip miles driven per operating day.
- Truck MPG
- Fuel efficiency of your truck. Step vans average 6-10 MPG.
- Fuel price per gallon ($)
- Current price per gallon for gasoline or diesel.
- Generator hours per day
- Hours your generator runs during service (cooking, fridge, lights).
- Generator GPH
- Generator fuel consumption in gallons per hour. Typical: 0.5-1.5 GPH.
- Operating days/month
- Number of days per month your truck operates.
What each result means
- Total daily fuel cost
- Combined driving and generator fuel cost per day.
- Daily drive fuel cost
- Fuel cost for driving to/from locations.
- Daily generator fuel cost
- Fuel cost for running the generator during service.
- Daily gallons used
- Total fuel consumption per operating day.
- Monthly fuel cost
- Total fuel expense per month.
- Annual fuel cost
- Projected yearly fuel expense.
- Total cost per mile
- Fuel cost per mile including generator amortized over distance.
How this is calculated
Worked example, using the default values
- Identify Input Parameters4 parametersDaily drive miles = 25, Truck MPG = 8, Fuel price per gallon ($) = 3.75, Generator hours per day = 6 = 6 input(s) provided
- Calculate Total daily fuel costTotal daily fuel cost = dailyDriveFuel + dailyGenFuel28.59 = $28.59
- Calculate Daily drive fuel costDaily drive fuel cost = dailyDriveGallons * fuelPricePerGallon11.72 = $11.72
- Calculate Daily generator fuel costDaily generator fuel cost = dailyGenGallons * fuelPricePerGallon16.88 = $16.88
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