Built by an active regional CDL driver

Practical trucking math, without rebuilding it every trip.

Check a scale ticket, compare a run with the clocks left, estimate company-driver pay, or price a trip.

Calculators

Pick the tool you need. Each calculator opens on its own page.

Smart Tandem / Scale Assistant

Estimate a trailer-tandem slide, then use a reweigh ticket to calibrate the next move for this load.

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Can I Make It? HOS Trip Calculator

Compare a trip estimate with your remaining drive, 14-hour, and 60/70-hour cycle time.

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Company Driver Paycheck Calculator

Estimate company-driver gross pay from paid miles, accessorial work, hourly pay, and schedule assumptions.

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Fuel & Trip Cost Calculator

Estimate road fuel, idle fuel, tolls, and other entered trip expenses.

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Driver guides

Short explanations for the decisions behind the numbers.

Which Way Do I Slide My Tandems?

A direct way to choose the direction of a trailer-tandem move from the heavy axle group.

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How Many Pounds Move Per Tandem Hole?

Why pounds per hole varies and how two scale tickets give a better number for the current load.

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How to Read a CAT Scale Ticket

Use steer, drive, trailer, and gross readings to decide what kind of weight problem you have.

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How to Fix an Overweight Drive or Trailer Axle

A decision process for determining whether a tandem slide can actually correct the ticket.

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How to Tell Whether You Have Enough HOS to Finish a Trip

Estimate the trip, compare it with every remaining clock, and identify the tightest margin.

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How the 11-Hour, 14-Hour and 60/70-Hour HOS Limits Work Together

Understand why each HOS limit can independently stop a property-carrying driver from driving.

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Made for the cab and the scale house.

CDLMath started with calculations Kev needed while running regional. The tools are free, mobile-first, and meant to support the ELD, scale ticket, current rules, and a driver's judgment.