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Set pricing rules once; Tread matches the right rate to every Job. Invoices and pay statements build from the same rules — no re-keying rates ticket by ticket.

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What it is

A Rate is the price for a unit of work — per hour, per ton, per load, or flat. An Add-On is an extra charge line applied on top of a Rate; it lands on the invoice or the Settlement. A Fuel Surcharge is an Add-On whose amount adjusts with fuel prices.

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How Tread models it

Most pricing lives on the Project. Each project rate can be narrowed by pickup site, dropoff site, equipment type, and material — the most specific match wins on each Job. If no project rate matches, Tread falls back to your company rate cards: account-specific first, then defaults. Fuel surcharge has three components. All three are required. See Fuel Surcharges for the setup walkthrough.
  1. Fuel Price Index — the fuel price you track (a regional diesel average or a custom index). You update it on a cadence, typically weekly.
  2. Fuel Surcharge Schedule — the table mapping fuel price tiers to a surcharge, either a percentage of the base rate or a flat amount per unit.
  3. Add On — attaches the schedule to a Customer or Vendor rate so the surcharge shows up on invoices and driver pay.

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Common pitfalls

Skipping any one of the three fuel surcharge components — index, schedule, Add On — silently removes the surcharge from invoices. Test on a sample Settlement before go-live and reconcile against your existing fuel matrix.
Add-Ons go missing at go-live. Automatic customer fuel rates, material rates, and settlement add-ons each need explicit setup. If line items are missing from your first invoice cycle, audit the Add-On config first.
Rate cards are built and managed on the web, not in the mobile app. In the mobile app you can pick a rate card and adjust rates on an order or job form, but you can’t create or change the rate cards themselves. To do that from a phone, open the web app in a mobile browser.