How much of a diesel spike does your surcharge cover?
Diesel jumps.
What’s left for you to cover?
Your numbers · 4 weeks
$5.97 → $6.97 per gallon, for 4 weeks.
What’s covered in this example?
Hedjee pays once, after four weeks, on how far the four-week average diesel price ends above today’s price, on every gallon your miles burn in those weeks. The fee is 2¢ a gallon on the same gallons, paid upfront. Your surcharge is never subtracted from the payment.
Your surcharge is worked out from your base price and MPG. It follows diesel one week late and is paid on loaded miles only, which is why it leaves part of a jump on you.
Fuel only, and illustrative, not a quote. Your pump price and the published average can differ a little.
Your surcharge today: $0.79 /mile
Your surcharge covers 64% of a $1.00 jump.
$1,667 extra fuel cost
Who covers the increaseNo surcharge
Your surcharge
With Hedjee added
Hedjee pays $1,667 for a $33 fee. Your surcharge ($1,062) is still yours on top.
$33 fee upfront · payment after four weeks. Illustrative, not a quote.
Keep your surcharge. Let Hedjee pay for the spike.
A surcharge runs a week behind, skips empty miles, and doesn’t always make it through a broker. Hedjee pays on every gallon when diesel goes up.
Pick the gallons you want protected and pay a small fee on each. If diesel jumps, Hedjee pays you the difference. No margin account, no cash deposit.
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FAQ
What does the calculator assume?
Diesel jumps by the amount you pick and stays there for four weeks. Your gallons are your weekly miles divided by your MPG. Your surcharge follows diesel one week late and is paid on loaded miles only, never empty ones. Your pump price moves with the U.S. average.
What is the surcharge base price?
It’s the diesel price where your surcharge schedule starts paying, printed in your contract or rate confirmation. Every cent diesel sits above it, divided by the schedule’s MPG, is your surcharge per mile. $1.25 is the most common base. It isn’t your pump price.
Why does a real surcharge cover less than the jump?
It pays late, usually on last week’s price, so the first week of a jump is on you. Empty miles earn nothing. And when a broker sits between you and the shipper, not all of the shipper’s surcharge always reaches you, so real coverage can be lower still.
How do fuel surcharges usually work?
Most start at a base diesel price. An MPG formula divides how far diesel is above that base by an agreed MPG to get a rate per mile; a step schedule adds a set amount per mile for each step diesel rises. EIA publishes diesel prices; it doesn’t set your surcharge.
What do the three bars show?
The same extra fuel cost three ways: with no surcharge, with your surcharge, and with Hedjee added. The part marked “yours to pay” is what’s still on you; with Hedjee, that includes the fee. It’s fuel only: your original fuel bill and other business costs are still there.
What does Hedjee pay in the example?
You pay 2¢ a gallon upfront on four weeks of your gallons. If the average diesel price over those weeks ends above today’s, Hedjee pays you the difference on every one of those gallons, once, after four weeks. If diesel doesn’t rise, there’s no payment. Your surcharge stays yours either way.