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title: "Freight per carton · BuiltByEstrada"
description: "Split the truck rate for a load across its cartons, with fuel surcharge and extra stops, before you set a delivered price."
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# Freight per carton

Free tool · Produce

This splits the truck rate for a load across the cartons on it, with any fuel surcharge and extra stops. Check it for each destination city before you set a delivered price.

Freight per carton

$3.80

Freight for the load

$3,800.00

An estimate for planning. Check the numbers with your accountant before you decide.

## How the math works

Freight per carton = (truck rate × (1 + fuel surcharge %) + extra charges) ÷ cartons per load.

Rates change by destination and by week. USDA AMS publishes South Texas reefer truck rates every week at ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvwtrk.pdf, so you can check your lane before you quote.

The example is a $3,800 load with 1,000 cartons and no surcharge. To see freight inside the full cost of a carton, with broker, inspection, cold storage and shrink, use the landed cost per carton calculator or its free Excel version: builtbyestrada.ai/downloads/landed-cost-per-carton-free.xlsx