WFG Simple Leasing Calculator V3

🪵 Step 1 — Select Mat Type

Mixed Hardwood (MH)

vs.

Eucalyptus (WFG)

🔗 Mat types linked — MH and Euc switch together Unlink to compare mixed configurations (e.g. MH Pipeline vs. Euc Powerline)

⚡ Mixed configuration active. You are comparing MH Pipeline vs. Euc Pipeline. This models a scenario such as replacing a MH Pipeline mat with a Euc Powerline mat for light-duty or small-diameter pipeline jobs — where the thinner, lighter Euc mat is structurally sufficient and ships more mats per truck.

⚡ Strength-Adjusted Eucalyptus: A 6″ Eucalyptus mat delivers approximately the same Fb (bending strength) as an 11″ mixed hardwood mat — making a 6″ Euc mat a valid structural replacement for a standard 8″ MH Powerline mat. Because Euc is significantly stronger, you can choose a thinner Euc mat and still deliver the same field performance — and get a freight advantage (30 vs. 18 mats/truck) that compounds over the 4–7 year Euc mat life.

📥 Step 2 — Job Variables ▶ Defaults loaded — click to customize

— click title above to edit

🚛 Freight Economics

Freight Calculations Include freight margin Lease economics only

Off = pure lease profit only. On = adds WFG freight brokerage margin on Euc both legs. MH freight margin is always $0 — the MH vendor controls their own freight and keeps that margin.

Freight rate billed to contractor per mat, one way — derived from truckload cost, MH mats/truck, and markup:
Truckload Cost ÷ MH Mats/Truck (avg in/out) × (1 + Freight Markup%) = billed rate per mat
→ —/mat one way

📊 Economics Comparison — Mixed Hardwood vs. Eucalyptus Ongoing steady-state · Euc after ~6 months in field

MH Total Profit (Ongoing)

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Fleet · 2,500 mats

Euc Total Profit (Ongoing)

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Fleet · 2,500 mats

Euc Advantage / Deficit

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Line Item	MH — Contractor leases elsewhere MH vendor controls their own freight	Eucalyptus — Leased from WFG Eucalyptus Lessee controls freight · steady state	Euc Advantage vs. MH
Mats Per Truck — Ongoing Steady State (after ~6 months in field)
Mats/truck — inbound	—	—	—
Mats/truck — outbound	—	—	—
Total freight margin/mat (both legs) — MH = $0 always, vendor keeps margin	$0.00	—	—
Rental Economics (per mat, full term)
Revenue billed to contractor/mat — full term	—	—	—
Lease cost/mat (full term)	—	—	—
Rental profit/mat	—	—	—
Combined Profit — Ongoing Steady State
Total profit/mat — ongoing	—	—	—
TOTAL PROFIT — all mats, ongoing	—	—	—

▶ Show Freight Detail — How the per-mat margin is calculated Billed rate · actual truckload cost · profit per leg

Freight Line Item (per mat, one way)	MH	Eucalyptus	Euc Advantage
Billed to contractor/mat (one way)	—	—	—
Actual truckload cost/mat — inbound	—	—	—
Actual truckload cost/mat — outbound	—	—	—
Freight profit/mat — inbound (MH = $0 always)	$0.00	—	—
Freight profit/mat — outbound (MH = $0 always)	$0.00	—	—

Yellow = editable

Green tint = Euc WFG spec

WFG Green = Eucalyptus

Brown = Mixed Hardwood

▶ First Cycle Economics — New Euc Pipeline Mats Before Field Seasoning Full disclosure · Inbound at new-mat loading · Expand to compare first deployment

First Cycle — New Euc Pipeline Mats	MH	Eucalyptus — First Cycle New mats · pre-field seasoning	Euc Advantage vs. MH · first cycle
Mats Per Truck — First Cycle (New Euc Mats, Pre-Seasoning)
Mats/truck — inbound (new Euc, not yet seasoned)	—	—	—
Mats/truck — outbound (Euc now seasoned in field)	—	—	—
Freight Economics (per mat, one way) — First Cycle
Billed to contractor/mat (one way)	—	—	$0
Actual truckload cost/mat — inbound	—	—	—
Actual truckload cost/mat — outbound	—	—	—
Freight profit/mat — inbound	$0.00	—	—
Freight profit/mat — outbound	$0.00	—	—
Total freight margin/mat — first cycle	$0.00	—	—
Rental Economics — same as ongoing
Revenue billed to contractor/mat — full term	—	—	$0
Lease cost/mat (full term)	—	—	—
Rental profit/mat	—	—	—
Combined Profit — First Cycle Only
Total profit/mat — first cycle	—	—	—
TOTAL PROFIT — all mats, first cycle	—	—	—

📐 ROW Job Economics — MH Width & Euc Freight

ROW True to Size Off On

Compares a full ROW job as a lump sum bid. Euc uses true 48″ width (1,320 mats/mile). MH mat count increases because narrower mats cover less ROW per unit. Euc wins the ROW job only when Euc freight margin is large enough to offset MH's extra billable mats.

Mixed Hardwood Width (inches)

Actual measured width — MH typically 42–45″; Euc is true 48″

Job ROW Length (miles)

Right-of-way length for this job

MH — Mats Deployed

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at 43″ actual width

Euc — Mats Deployed

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at true 48″ width · same ROW coverage

Euc Net Profit Advantage

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on this ROW job

Lump Sum P&L — 1 mile ROW	Mixed Hardwood	Eucalyptus	Euc Advantage
Revenue — Lump Sum Bid (based on MH mat count · same price for both products — contractor delivers X miles of ROW coverage)
Inbound freight billed — mats × —/mat	—	—	Identical — same lump sum bid
Rent billed — mats × —/mat	—	—	Identical — same lump sum bid
Outbound freight billed — mats × —/mat	—	—	Identical — same lump sum bid
Total Revenue	—	—	$0 — same bid
Costs — Where Euc's Advantage Comes From
Inbound freight paid MH: billed = paid (MH vendor keeps margin) · Euc: — mats × actual truck cost	—	—	—
Mat lease cost MH: — mats · Euc: — mats — fewer mats needed for same ROW	—	—	—
Outbound freight paid MH: billed = paid · Euc: actual truck cost	—	—	—
Total Costs	—	—	—
NET PROFIT — full ROW job	—	—	—

The two sources of Euc's cost advantage on this ROW job:
📦 Fewer mats to lease — — fewer mats × lease cost/mat = — saved
🚛 Lower freight cost both legs — — Euc mats at actual truck cost vs. — MH mats at billed rate = — saved
💰 Total Euc cost saving = Total Euc profit advantage: —

Max Euc sublease rate before contractor prefers MH: — · —

Fleet utilization: At this ROW length — MH: — · Euc: — · Fleet size ÷ mats per job. A value less than 1 means the fleet is smaller than one full job.

Enable ROW True to Size to compare one full job as a lump sum bid — including MH width, Euc freight margin, and the truckload cost at which Euc wins.

✅ WFG Eucalyptus — The Known Advantages

More mats/truck from day one. Euc is lighter and stronger than MH — more mats load per truck even when new. After ~6 months in field, Euc dries further and loads even more mats/truck. MH never changes. The freight advantage is permanent and compounds over a 4–7 year mat life.

WFG lessee keeps the freight margin. MH vendor keeps theirs. When a contractor leases MH, the MH vendor controls and keeps the freight margin on both legs. When a contractor leases Euc from WFG, contractor earns freight brokerage profit on every truckload in and out — a revenue stream that most MH leases never offer.

True 48″ width, true 8″ thickness. Euc is true to size. Real 48″ width. MH typically measures 42–45″ actual width. Fewer Euc mats cover the same ROW — meaning fewer trucks, fewer moves, lower total job cost.

Strength-adjusted: replace a thicker, weaker mat with a thinner, stronger one. A 6″ Euc mat delivers the same Fb bending strength as an 11″ MH mat. Using a thinner mat that exceeds spec means dramatically more mats/truck — 30 vs. 18 at steady state — without sacrificing structural performance.

Rot resistance built in — no chemicals needed. Eucalyptus resists rot. Field and lab tested.

Ships New on first lease. Higher grade on re-lease. WFG's 10-Point Manufacturing Guarantee ensures every new Euc mat ships at New grade. Euc New is nominally equivalent to MH New — but MH mats are poorer construction and lower strength species. Most MH mats in the market are re-leased at A/B, B, or even C grade. Re-leased Euc mats are more likely to return at A grade because of Euc's superior durability. Lower grades mean more cleanup, more disputes, more cost at the job site — grade matters.

📖 How to Read This Calculator

Ongoing (Steady State) — main table. Shows economics after Euc mats have seasoned (~6 months in field). This is the primary comparison because Euc lasts 4–7 years — the first deployment is a small fraction of total mat life. MH mats/truck never changes with age.

First Cycle — expandable section. Shows the special case of brand-new Euc mats on first deployment, inbound at slightly lower mats/truck. Provided for complete transparency. Even in the first cycle, Euc's freight advantage is real — just smaller than steady state.

Mat Type Selector — linked by default. Choosing a mat type sets both MH and Euc specs simultaneously. Unlink to model mixed configurations — e.g. MH Pipeline job where the contractor substitutes Euc Powerline mats because they're structurally sufficient and ship more mats/truck.

Strength-Adjusted Euc. A 6″ Euc mat replaces a standard 8″ MH Powerline mat on structural grounds — Euc Fb bending strength exceeds MH at 6″. The thinner mat loads 30/truck vs. 18 for MH at steady state. This is the maximum freight advantage configuration.

MH Override. MH mats/truck is locked by default to standard spec. The override checkbox unlocks it with a visible warning banner — use only if your specific MH supplier deviates from standard loading. Override stays visible so results context is never lost.

ROW True to Size. Compares a full lump-sum job. MH width matters here — narrower MH mats require more units to cover the same ROW footage. The breakeven truckload cost shows the exact freight level where Euc's per-mat advantage overcomes MH's higher billable mat count.

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