hauling cost

2underage · Feb 23, 2016

I recently purchased a grain vac and decided to check what the cost of having it trucked to me. While I know that truckers want to make some money I was not prepared for their rates.
It has been some time since I hired anything hauled and then only when the machine was to heavy for my trailer or to far away. Those rates seemed in line when diesel was over $4 a gallon but now with the fuel about half that one would think the rates would be lower. What I am finding is just the opposite as some want over $2 per mile and others are a little lower but not much.
I am not talking about a tractor trailer type of hauler but those hot shot haulers with their pickups and little trailers. You know the guys who follow you around at the farm auctions and try to sell you their hauling services.
Again, I am not trying to knock someone's way of making some extra money but I believe their prices are chasing many a potential customer away. For your understanding the grain vac weighs under 2000 pounds and is on a factory trailer and not over width.
I have my own truck and trailers and I will go and get the machine. The truckers wanted $2 per mile and I bet I will spend a lot less than $1200 on the 600 mile haul.

Have any of you been discouraged from buying something because of the excessive hauling cost?

jon f mn · Feb 23, 2016

$2.00/mile is not out of line. Your talking about a one way load with little chance of a back haul. The true pay per mile will be closer to $1.00 by the time they dead head to get the load then dead head to the next load after. Don't forget those guys pay over $50,000.00 for the truck, $10,000.00 on the trailer, they have to buy tires, brakes, and other maintainance, plus comply with dot regs. If you are near a major freeway amd large city so the next load is close then a bit lower fair might be exceptable, but otherwise they need that to make costs.

crawlerjohn · Feb 23, 2016

The only way a trucker can make money is have the trailer loaded. If you find someone who has a load going that way it would help make it cheaper to return.

Eldon (WA) · Feb 23, 2016

(quoted from post at 08:06:54 02/23/16) I recently purchased a grain vac and decided to check what the cost of having it trucked to me. While I know that truckers want to make some money I was not prepared for their rates.
It has been some time since I hired anything hauled and then only when the machine was to heavy for my trailer or to far away. Those rates seemed in line when diesel was over $4 a gallon but now with the fuel about half that one would think the rates would be lower. What I am finding is just the opposite as some want over $2 per mile and others are a little lower but not much.
I am not talking about a tractor trailer type of hauler but those hot shot haulers with their pickups and little trailers. You know the guys who follow you around at the farm auctions and try to sell you their hauling services.
Again, I am not trying to knock someone's way of making some extra money but I believe their prices are chasing many a potential customer away. For your understanding the grain vac weighs under 2000 pounds and is on a factory trailer and not over width.
I have my own truck and trailers and I will go and get the machine. The truckers wanted $2 per mile and I bet I will spend a lot less than $1200 on the 600 mile haul.

Have any of you been discouraged from buying something because of the excessive hauling cost?

The haulers will be unwilling to give up their previous rates, it is just human nature. I think it will result in just more people hauling the stuff themselves. I just drove 750 miles Saturday to pick up some items with my Dodge diesel dually, nice little road trip and cost me less than 10 cents a mile for fuel. I love low fuel prices!!

Jim in New Mexico · Feb 23, 2016

Hello, email me, mine is open. not sure where you needed something hauled! I'll give you a guy that is fair on his price's Jim in N.M.

ss55 · Feb 23, 2016

One thing to look into is if the trucker has insurance for your cargo.

If a truck gets 8 MPG and the cost of fuel drops from $4 to $1.50 per gallon, the fuel savings is only $0.31 per mile.

There is a hauling schedule in the left margin of this page.

ztrmower · Feb 23, 2016

sounds on cheap end to me paid over that way back in late nighties 2000 years to haul hay to different states only discouraged when try get out of canada

2underage · Feb 23, 2016

Jon, I said that these haulers were not driving tractor trailers and few are using a $50,000truck and a $10,000 trailer. I do own Ford dually [2011 model] and a gooseneck trailer with dual wheels that is legal to haul 24,000 ponds so I have a good idea of the cost of maintaining hauling equipment. What I am questioning is why the hauling fees have not gone down since the high cost of fuel was the reason for the big price increase. You will also notice that I did not question the right for the trucker to get all of the money they could.
My only question was if anyone decided not to purchase some machine because of the high cost of hauling.

tomturkey · Feb 23, 2016

As has been stated, a better rate might be available if the timing of delivery is flexible. Trucker could line up a few items to incorporate on the load, coming or going. I had a tractor(5000#) hauled from central Ill. to central Ia. at the time he hauled cheaper than I could have went and got it myself. So yes hauling prices have effected my purchases. I sometimes will not buy an item on internet because shipping is to high, in my opinion. gobble

jon f mn · Feb 23, 2016

Prices have dropped because those quotes would have been $3.00 or more when fuel was $4.00.

JRSutton · Feb 23, 2016

well - if that's 600 to you, that's also 600 home. That's 20 hours of driving, plus time hitching and unhitching, gas, tolls, inflated cost of food on the road, 1200 miles of wear on the truck, probably an a motel stay...

Sure you can do it cheaper yourself, but that's the idea. It's such a pain in the butt to do, sometimes it's worth paying somebody else to do it.

IF it's 600 miles round trip, 300 out 300 back, I'm more with you that it's a little high.

Never hurts to ask the person you're buying it from if they've got a kid or know somebody that'd drive it out to you for say 900 You might be surprised.

Lazy WP · Feb 23, 2016

Your 2011 Dually would have been 50 grand. I saw an ad on Craig's List looking for someone to haul a 7800 Case tractor 160 miles. I offered to do it for 2 bucks a mile. Never got a response, then I got to thinking that as far as I know there is no 7800 Case tractor. Not sure what the guy wanted hauled, but if he wasn't interested in 2 bucks a mile, it wasn't worth my time to do it.

JerryS · Feb 23, 2016

I recently bought a Ford 4000 about 175 miles away. It was too wide to fit between my trailer rails so I began considering my options. I could have moved the wheels in, but the logistics of time and distance told me I didn't want that hassle. I asked some friends about borrowing their trailer, but their trailers had the same problem. I considered renting a trailer. I called a hauler who quoted me $350 ($2 a mile).

Weighing these options, I decided that having the tractor delivered to my door for $350 was not a great deal more than I would be out on any of the other options, and a lot less wear and tear on me.

rrlund · Feb 23, 2016

Ya,it's holding me back. There've been several Gleaner combines that I would have been more than happy to have if I could have driven them home.

Dave H (MI) · Feb 23, 2016

Shop around a LOT. Do not be in a hurry. If you can work with a trucker on time he will reward you for your patience with a discounted back haul. Truckers come with two philosophies as regards to discounted back hauls. One group of guys will not do it under any circumstances believing that you are looking for a freebie or "something for nothing". The second group happily take your load back with them, grateful for a little extra money. The trip is paid for by the original haul. Anything received on the back haul is (mostly, not completely) a bonus.

Last year I bought a MF swather up in the thumb area. After I bought it I realized that no way would it fit on my trailer. I thought I was toast but actually ended with two truckers who wanted to haul it. One guy was going past the farm and offered to drop it off there for $100 if I drove the chase vehicle. He even loaded/unloaded it.

RandyB(MI) · Feb 23, 2016

Pays to be patient. I got a 970 Case hauled from east Texas to central MI 2 yrs ago for $ 1000 ! That's 1200 mi. Patience.

2underage · Feb 23, 2016

You may be right.

casecollectorsc · Feb 23, 2016

Local implement dealer still gets $4 a mile to go get equipment. Not overwidth either.

dzc3 · Feb 23, 2016

Think about the cost of ownership of the truck and trailer, include everything. I never complained when someone quoted me a fair rate and even picked it up close to my schedule. Almost always cheaper than me owning a gooseneck to go get it.

Farmall43 · Feb 23, 2016

how far are you willing to drive one? 6-8 hours?

JD Seller · Feb 23, 2016

I have many times not bought some thing because of the transportation cost. It is just part of the deal. I see fellows talking about equipment prices cheaper than the local ones here. Most of the time though by the time you get the item hauled the price is the same or more than the local item.

Bobl1958 · Feb 23, 2016

One thing that has not gone down is Liability Insurance a commercial carrier has to pay. It can easily get up to $10,000.00 a year. Parts haven't gone down, health insurance hasn't gone down, tires haven't gone down, wages haven't gone down, eqt hasn't gone down, etc. All of this has gone up. The cost of fuel is a small part of it.

If you look around you can probably get it done cheaper (hopefully he's insured), or do it yourself, but if you blow a $200.00 tire on the way you might think the price is not so bad. Nothing is really "cheap" anymore. Bob

urbancase · Feb 23, 2016

I had a few things hauled in the past year like what you are talking about, the rate was $2.00 a mile.

kub6040 · Feb 24, 2016

I use a half ton pickup most of the time and want 2 dollars a mile and want move unless I get 1.50 per mile. Not really in the hauling business but seal one that I have to deliver at times and I feel my time is worth something , I normally average .50 per loaded mile in fuel at these new lower prices but then throw in a motel and eating I still got a dollar a mile in it .

vscummins · Feb 24, 2016

Maintenance and fuel doesn't begin to take into account insurance which if your hauling commercial is about 800 bucks a month then you have to pay for your dot authority and if your licensed over 26000 gvw you have to pay ifta about 1600 a year and besides all that you have to keep track of all your mileage in each state and pay another tax for each mile

rrlund · Feb 24, 2016

No. Two hours maybe. Hate to drive it more than 50 miles or so.

K Effective · Feb 24, 2016

I was over checking out the neighbor's new-to-him JD 9610 combine, he bought it from a farm sale up in the Thumb and drove it all the way down here to Baroda, about 275 miles. I guess the previous owner used to drive it around the neighborhood just because he could.

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