Delivery cost question

Levibridge · Mar 19, 2023

Hey im selling a 2 row AC corn planter and i have a guy wondering what i would charge to deliver it. I have a flatbed f250 so i wont nedd a trailer. Im looking at 470 miles round trip, 9 hrs total. Im struggling to figure how to charge for delivery. Im thinking $2.00 a loaded mile and $1 per empty mile plus fuel. Am i too high or too low? First time in this situation. What do yall think?

504 · Mar 19, 2023

Empty miles is the truckers problem.

JWalker · Mar 19, 2023

$2 per loaded mile you lose money. Do you like to work for nothing? This should be a business not a charity.

Figure your time, fuel, depreciation, insurance maintenance etc, price from there.

john in la · Mar 19, 2023

The national average to the truck in February was $2.71 per loaded mile.
The price you pay will be higher because the broker needs to be paid but you get a full flatbed trailer.

Empty miles your problem.
Fuel driver and truck cost your problem.
Getting caught hauling for hire without proper license your problem.

So somewhere in the $2.50 to $3.00 per loaded mile range will be fair to both of you.

ss55 · Mar 19, 2023

I think your delivery fee is competitive, but if the delivery fee is more than the price of the planter it could cancel the sale. If the buyer can't find reasonable transportation, find another buyer.

If you have farm plates on the truck 235 miles one way could be way out of your range limit.

caterpillar guy · Mar 20, 2023

Look at LtL type carriers. IT could go as a partial, and should be cheaper than a full load program. Yes there are even flatbed ,stepdeck and, RGN partials. Though most RGN's are full load carriers. Hotshots will also look at the partials if you are in an area where there is not a lot of freight. Another words if your in WY freight is scant and nobody wants to end with a load there so it is either at a higher rate to be able to deadhead out or cheaper since there are fewer trucks available to load there. Most are passing through. Though when I had my authority I would have stopped, to pick something like that up as I passed through if it was not a long way out of the way, or put me in a better location for the next load. Unless you have the interstate credentials I would look at letting him pick it up or sell to somebody else or find a truck to put it on. I believe you will find the cost of hauling will exceed the value of the planter.

showcrop · Mar 20, 2023

I agree that the cost of hauling could exceed the cost of the planter but I don't think that the buyer will care that it is.

Levibridge · Mar 20, 2023

Thanks everyone. Yea the delivery fee was higher than the planter cost. Hes gonna pick it up himself instead

mmfan55 · Mar 24, 2023

504: not always. As a47 year veteran driver: there are times that a customer will pay empty miles. Generally a dedicated contract status. Other times if a driver is heading into a know poor freight or rate area: the loaded miles pay are increased to cover returning empty.

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