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Finances · updated 2026-08-08

How to read the truck gauges in Finances

The "Truck gauges" card ("Your money, read like a dashboard") turns three financial ratios into dials styled like a truck's instrument panel, colored green, amber, or red as the needle moves.

  1. ## Profit margin
    "What you keep of every dollar." The dial runs from 0 to 100 and shows your profit margin for the selected period. It reads green at healthy margins, amber in the middle range, and red when the margin gets thin.
  2. ## Collection tank
    "Invoiced money already in the tank." Marked E to F like a fuel gauge, it shows how much of what you invoiced has already been collected. A full tank means little or nothing is sitting unpaid.
  3. ## Expense heat
    "Expenses share of what came in." Marked C to H like a temperature gauge, it shows expenses as a share of the money received. Cool (green) is good; a hot red needle means expenses are eating most of what came in.

What happens next

  • The gauges follow the same date range as the rest of the dashboard, shown next to the card title.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Dumpster Controls really free?

Yes. The software is free: dispatch, online booking, the driver app, invoicing, the Tresha AI assistant and every other feature, with no monthly fee, no trial period and no credit card to sign up. The only cost on the free plan is optional card processing when a customer pays by card through the platform: 2.99% plus $3.99 per transaction on the free plan. An optional Unlimited plan at $169 per month lowers that to 2.99% plus $0.30. Prices as published on dumpstercontrols.io/pricing on 2026-09-23.

Do you charge per driver, per truck or per order?

No. There is no per-driver, per-truck, per-user or per-order fee, and no order limit. A company with one truck and a company with twenty pay the same for the software: nothing.

Is there a contract?

No. There is no contract, no minimum term and no setup fee. You create the account yourself, and on the free plan there is nothing to cancel because nothing is billed. The optional Unlimited plan is billed month to month.

Which countries and languages are supported?

Dumpster Controls serves hauling companies in the United States and Canada. The app interface and the Tresha AI assistant are available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The public pages, such as the blog, the help center and the landfill finder, are in English.

How do I switch from another dumpster software?

Create a free account at dumpstercontrols.io/login, with no sales call and no credit card. Then import your customers from a CSV file using the template provided in the app; past orders can also be imported from a CSV. Container sizes and pricing are set up in Settings. The landfill database, with 1,750 active US and Canadian landfills as counted on 2026-10-01, is already loaded, so disposal sites do not need to be typed in. Step-by-step guides are at dumpstercontrols.io/help.