Observed arrival · 2026-08-29
UFO Truckers: a cost-per-mile check from the driver's seat
A trucker-built worksheet and cockpit-style calculator for checking whether a freight load clears an operator's real cost floor.
Field notes
The project centers on a cost floor rather than a generic dashboard: drivers enter their own figures, see the arithmetic, and compare a load against the resulting redline. The page attributes the method to Bill Ihrie, a Hickory, North Carolina owner-operator who reports 6.64 mpg and kept receipts by hand for twenty years. Additional features, including parking information and a load check, are explicitly separated from the tools that are currently working.
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
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