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Truck count • Tons moved • Cycle time • Material math

A contractor toolbench for planning the hauling day.

Estimate truck count, cycle time, daily tonnage, dirt removal loads, and material conversions before trucks show up. Then send the assumptions to Doyle Transit when the job is real.

Estimate trucks Earthwork logistics
Truck count How many trucks to hit a daily ton target
Cycle time Load, travel, dump, return, and wait modeling
Earthwork Yards, tons, loads, and duration planning

Pick The Question

Start with what the foreman or estimator needs to know.

How many trucks?Target tons per day, payload, route, and cycle time. What can this spread move?Truck count, loads, tons, and expected daily production. How many loads is this dirt?Yards, tons, material type, truck type, and target days. Where is the cycle slow?Load, travel, dump, return, wait, traffic, and site factor. Yards or tons?Convert material assumptions before tickets settle the final number.

Estimate Workflow

Model the day, then price the real job.

Each calculator creates an estimate summary with the assumptions that matter in the field: truck count, payload, cycle time, wait time, loads, tons, and likely bottlenecks. You can save it, email it, download a summary, or send it to Doyle Transit for pricing review.

  • Save Estimate for later comparison
  • Email Estimate to a PM, estimator, or foreman
  • Download Summary for planning notes
  • Request Doyle Transit Pricing when the work is ready to move

Truck Count Calculator

How many trucks does the day need?

Use this when the target is a daily tonnage number and the question is whether three trucks, five trucks, or more will actually keep up.

Daily Production Calculator

What can this truck spread move today?

Start with the trucks you have and estimate loads, tons, and cycles. This helps compare a short haul with bad wait time against a longer haul that moves smoothly.

Earthwork Hauling Estimator

Turn yards into tons, loads, trucks, and days.

Good for roughing in dirt removal, borrow movement, wet clay hauling, gypsum overburden, rock, sand, and demolition debris before the quote gets tightened up.

Cycle Time Estimator

Model the haul cycle before trucks show up.

Cycle time is the heartbeat of trucking production. A few minutes of wait time per cycle can change the truck count fast.

Material Volume Conversion

Convert yards, loose yards, and tons.

These are planning assumptions for early conversations. Tickets, scale weights, and actual material conditions should control the final number.

Production Visibility

The calculators are estimates. Live jobs are tracked by loads, tickets, and tons.

Planning math is useful before the job starts. On supported Doyle Transit jobs, the production portal can show what actually moved: loads, tickets, tons, assigned trucks, and job status.

EstimatePlan truck count and production before trucks arrive.
HaulTrack real loads, tickets, tons, and assigned trucks.
ReviewUse the actual day to tighten the next quote or schedule.

Need Doyle Transit to price this?

Send the estimate and project details to dispatch.

Use this when the planning math is close enough to start a real conversation. The email will include the calculator summary, assumptions, material, distance, and timeline.

515-715-7369 nick@doyletransit.com

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Use the calculators with real hauling services.