Tools / Prices as of 21 October 2026
Coal truck and freight calculator
Say how many tonnes you need and which truck you use. It counts the trucks, turns your freight quote into a cost per tonne, and shows whether your own transport beats a delivered price.
1 How many tonnes do you need?
2 Which truck?
3 Which coal?
4 Freight quoted per truck
What your transporter charges for one truck from Quetta to your site. Leave empty to just count trucks.
Fine-tune the figures
Load per truck
Leave empty for a typical 45 t on a 22-wheeler.
Ex-Quetta price for Duki lump
Leave empty to use ours, Rs 38,000 a tonne.
100 t of Duki lump on 22-wheelers
3 trucks
About 33.3 t on each.
- Coal ex-Quetta
- Rs 38,000 a tonne
- Our delivered Punjab price
- Rs 47,000 a tonne
No black box.
Trucks are charged per trip, so the count comes first: tonnes divided by what each truck carries, rounded up. A 22-wheeler typically carries 40 to 50 tonnes, a 10-wheeler 25 to 30.
Freight per tonne is the freight per truck times the number of trucks, divided by the tonnes. Add the coal price ex-Quetta and you have the landed cost at your site.
Results are estimates for planning. Coal prices are indicative and confirmed when you contact us.
What people ask.
How many tonnes does a coal truck carry?
A 22-wheeler typically carries 40 to 50 tonnes of coal and a 10-wheeler 25 to 30 tonnes, within axle load limits.
What is the freight for coal from Quetta to Punjab?
It moves with the diesel price and the season. On our current rate card, the difference between ex-Quetta and delivered Punjab is about Rs 9,000 a tonne.
Is it cheaper to buy ex-Quetta or delivered?
Ex-Quetta can be cheaper if you have a good regular transporter or a truck coming back empty from Quetta. Delivered is simpler: one price, and you pay on the weight at your gate.
More tools and reading
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- Boiler coal consumption calculatorCoal per hour, day and month from your steam output, with the monthly bill.
- Switch to coal: fuel cost calculatorPut in what you pay for gas, LPG, diesel or wood and see the same heat from coal.
- Coal analysis converterAs received, air dried, dry and ash free in one table, with NCV and kcal to MJ.
- Coal freight from Quetta: what it costs to get coal to your siteOn a long haul, freight can be a quarter of what you pay for a tonne of coal. Diesel has moved a lot this year, and so have truck rates. Here is how the cost is built.
- Buying coal by the truck: a checklistA short list of what to agree before a truck leaves Quetta, so the coal that arrives is the coal you paid for.
- How to check coal quality when the truck arrivesMost coal disputes start after the truck has been tipped. Ten minutes of checking before you unload saves arguments later, and suppliers take buyers who check seriously.