Super Heavy Haul Costs

Minimum, very VERY minimum.

Close to half that is going to be just for a competent, professional lead driver.

 

How wide are those dual lane trailers

 

Wow, the ones I worked with didn’t make near that much. They need to look harder.

 

Well, by the time you take the drivers salary, company tax liability, benefits cost etc and figure all that into the cost to the company for the driver, it starts to add up.

This guy keeps saying 1099 and I wish him the best but I know several of this caliber of driver and it's going to cost him close to 1/4 mil on 1099 to even get their attention let alone get them to bite.

I'd say the minimum base salary for the guys I know is $125k and that's just their base if they don't move a thing all year. As soon as they start moving the money goes up. Driving the truck is the easy part of the job for these guys. If one were to hire just a driver, the empty truck "might" get to the project site but unlikely it would ever leave with the load. It might start moving but chances are better than not that it will break the trailer, topple the load or something like that.

The need for this capacity is growing every day due to larger and more complex industries being built. However the pool of "drivers" competent and capable is very tiny, as in a few hundred tiny and they are very well taken care of where they're at so that they will stay where they're at.

 

Depends on what it's built for. I've seen one custom 14' wide and others as wide as 18'. There is no hard and fast rule of thumb I'm aware of as to the size of a dual lane.

 

Dual lanes adjust from 10' overall width for transport up to 18' wide and even 20' wide in some circumstances, but depending on what states you are going to the overall width required to meet bridge weight requirements you may only need to expand out to 14' wide. Aspen and Trail Kings I would guess own the market on those types of trailers, but I seen a Cozad dual lane this past year also. I heard Diamond built one or maybe more then one, but never seen one.
When you see them and understand them you will quickly figure out a 19 axle is considered "outdated". As a matter of fact I have not seen or heard of a new 19 axle for about the last 10 years, but of course that does not mean there hasn't been one built. A good perspective is to ask Trail King out many dual lanes versus 19 axles they have built in the past 10 years. Their answer should give a solid confirmation if my comment is true or not.

 

Ya that's what you want, the cheapest price. SMH

 

Anderson had a trail King 19 delivered at the same time I picked up my trailer 4 plus years ago.

 

I do have an idea for the OP

Why not go out and acquire an existing company doing this - you get the people, the equipment and an existing book of business. Not the least expensive option but it would have a reasonable chance of some success. Think of it as vertical integration....

 

Do you have a hard time finding hats that fit?