Silage work

$3.25x30T=$97.5

200mi x 0.25=$50

So a 200 mile run pays $147.5

what’s your average length of haul?

200mi is an easy 3hrs drive time plus load & unload time. Sounds like your working for peanuts to me.

would that even cover your expenses??

 

I haul ag products a lot , lots of miles on dirt roads beats the crap out of your truck and trailer.
It will eat air bags like a XXXL driver at the Petro Buffet.

 

Do you mean .25 per ton mile or in other words 30 ton,
pays 7.50 a mile.
So a ten mile run, cutter to pit pays 75.00 mileage, plus the 3.25 times 30 ton or 97.50 as mentioned.
That brings a load or full round paying 172.50. So if you make a round every 90 minutes, there is a buck at it maybe.
Sileage takes time to load and getting on and off the field. Then there is the unload time at the pit. Haul should be fairly short as 2x2 said. .25 a mile sounds like that is a ton mile rate, such as used in the gravel world. Be sure before rigging up for it, IMHO.
Good luck

 

Funny, just sent my reply at the same second. Think the numbers used will apply to what ever the local market allows. In our market it is short haul and usually by the hour. So a haul like that is a different story. You know your costs and when it's all said and done the big thing is will you get paid and did you cost it out right.

 

Yes the patch is in a class of it's own. Know about the 90 day payment terms they like. Always liked the ag business in general. Get clear on the payment terms. If you invoice for the weeks hauling on Friday, when is the check being handed over? Like the smell of that fresh cut silage, but pretty dusty conditions for the truck.