Cost for Triaxle Hauling

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Formerly PaMike

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• Aug 8, 2011

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Any of you guys have any triaxle hauling done lately? I wanted some mushroom soil from a grower 38 miles away. They quoted me $300 per load for transportation! Mapquest puts it at almost exactly 1 hour, and 38 miles away. Say 2 1/2 hours round trip equals $120 an hour. Does that seem like a little much or am I out of touch?

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Aug 8, 2011

• #1

sounds about right to me.

 

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PhilMunsonNY

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• Aug 8, 2011

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Even with $4.00/gal diesel it would seem that $75.00 an hour should be plenty to haul LEGAL loads. Hth, best Yeoman

 

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chess

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• Aug 8, 2011

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Just for iformation a a caterpillar 475 hp uses 24.8 gal at peak hp. Transportation costs money.

 

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Formerly PaMike

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• Aug 8, 2011

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Wow, costs sure went up then. Loads only run about 7 ton per load.

 

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Wilson

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• Aug 8, 2011

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tri axel can leagely haul 20 or more ton

 

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Christopher S.

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• Aug 8, 2011

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In the heavy highway construction trades I have received quotes over the last month of $85 an hour. Plus the cost of material they are hauling.

 

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gmd

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• Aug 8, 2011

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Rental on tri-axle is about $100+/- per hour at 20-22 ton loads around here.

Fuel is not the only cost on a dump truck.

 

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Adrian Billheimer

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• Aug 8, 2011

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I, just this morning, ordered a triaxle load (usually 22 ton) of 2b stone to be delivered Wed. morn., quote was $350 delivered about 10 miles.

 

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Adrian Billheimer

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• Aug 8, 2011

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P.S. I'm in NE Pa.

 

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Formerly PaMike

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• Aug 8, 2011

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The stuff is bulky, but not that heavy. The truck fills by volume before it hits max weight.

 

jm.

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Location

Dover TN

• Aug 8, 2011

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Well there is three that leave here every morning, at least most mornings. Work is pretty good here in middle Tennessee. Actually some days we are double driving and getting about 20 hrs on the rigs. If we price day work by the hour rate $ 120.00 per hour . We can scale 26.5 tons do a lot of ton mile but it still averges about the same $ 120.00 hr or so. With a good driver might make a little more. Those that are working for $ 75.00 hr MIGHT be breaking even.
New truck $ 135,000 or more. Pair of front tires right now are runing almost a grand. Insurance,fuel,taxs all up. Lots of people have no idea what their per mile cost is.

 

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GordoSD

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• Aug 8, 2011

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That's about $1.40 per mile fuel cost.

 

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armand tatro

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• Aug 8, 2011

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Regardless of how light the load is you are still tying up a $135,000 truck with driver with benafits, libilty insurance, interest, license plates, repairs, and other expenses for 2.5 hours or more. If they have weather or any other non-working days for what ever reason the expenses still go on. In central Il. I figure If I work 200 days with dump trl.(5 axel semi.) I have a good year. Armand

 

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RodinNS

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• Aug 8, 2011

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You're out of touch...

 

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kyhayman

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• Aug 8, 2011

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Thats what I've been paying for triaxle loads. Single axle running around 85 and hour.

 

jm.

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Location

Dover TN

• Aug 9, 2011

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Last month based on fuel cost of $3.85 our per mile FUEL was right at .77 cents per mile.
Then you have to add driver pay, truck depreciation, insurance, ect before any return on investment.

 

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fixerupper

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• Aug 9, 2011

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My son is an independent operator who pulls a feed trailer delivering feed to hog sites so the longest one way haul is 60 miles. His fuel bill is $5000 to $6000 per month. The $500 figure for a steer tire is a little steep but it's not unreal. He runs super singles on the drivers and replacing four of them with new is in the $4000 range. He just replaced a U joint yoke- $250. And on and on it goes. Then he has to bring in enough after expenses to make house payments and support his family. Owning a truck is not cheap by any means. Jim

 

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fixerupper

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• Aug 9, 2011

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I forgot to mention the heavy road use tax, insurance and license. There goes another estimated $5000! Jim