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Truck Cycle Calculator
Work out truck cycle time and how much material your fleet can actually shift in a day.
Example inputs are editable. Use your project values. Enter 0 where no optional allowance is intended; blank fields pause the calculation.
Your inputs
Your results
- Cycle time
- 34 min
- Cycles per truck / day
- 14
- Total loads / day
- 28
- Volume moved / day (loose)
- 252 m³
- Idle time per truck / day
- 4 min
These free results do not automatically save or sync to a Fieldlink job.
How it works
- Cycle = load + haul + tip + return + delays
- Cycles/truck = working minutes ÷ cycle time (rounded down)
- Volume/day = loads × capacity
- Trucks required = target ÷ (cycles/truck × capacity), rounded up
Worked example
5 + 12 + 4 + 10 + 3 = 34 min cycle 8 hr day → 14 cycles/truck → 2 trucks = 28 loads = 252 m³/day
Assumptions and practical notes
Capacity is loose (bulked) measure. Check weight limits too — a 9 m³ bin of wet clay can exceed payload before it's full.
Working on the full job?
Include cartage and production assumptions in the estimate.