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Easy to understand. Mileage charges pay for equipment and windshield labor. Fuel surcharge to offset wildly fluctuating prices. Customers pay fees based on loaded, point A to point B, not from point C to get to point A to deliver to point B. That's where Frt. Brokers are used by some to facilitate you in avoiding deadheading. A man, a truck and a trailer usually works out to $75-125/hr. before expenses to make money. Fuel surcharges do vary for a variety of reasons.