Reading a Weekly Settlement: What Each Line Means

Every Friday, a statement lands. Here's how to read one quickly and know whether your truck had a good week.

A weekly settlement is the single most important document an investor reads. It's also short — most fit on one page. Knowing how to read it in 60 seconds is part of being a confident owner.

The top of the page

Gross revenue, loads completed, total miles. These three numbers describe what the truck did. A strong week is high gross with reasonable miles — meaning the truck moved freight that paid well, not freight that paid a long way.

The deductions

• Management fee — fixed percentage covering dispatch, factoring, authority, insurance, ELD.
• Driver pay — percentage of gross or per-mile, depending on the agreement.
• Fuel — itemized by fill.
• Maintenance reserve — small per-mile contribution to the reserve account.
• Tolls, parking, and any one-off operational costs.

The bottom line

Net to owner is gross minus all of the above. We send it via Tank — instant transfer, no waiting period. The dashboard shows the same numbers in real time so nothing on Friday is a surprise.