Gravel Guys making money??

Ya right. Cheapest freight out there. Ety 1/2 the time. Too many in it with ratty broken down former road trucks with over a million miles on them.

 

Really cut throat. All brokered

 

Depends where you are....... Around here it's mostly direct work for the pits/quarries . And they set the rates.......

The best places to work have very little turn over and you'll never live long enough to make the top of the list.......

Going rates are like $70-80 per hour for a 4axle and maybe $100 for a 6 axle. Per ton rates are a crap shoot based off the hourly rates....
It's a tough road and you aren't going to get rich......

Hopefully we'll have a good season next year.......

 

Like others say, it's pretty cut throat. In Wis., it's usually bid on by owners of construction co.'s, and then they hire O/O's on a "as needed" basis, and it's usually the same guys year after year. Money is so-so, you don't burn a lot of fuel, maintenance is high and it's seasonal, and most of the guys go on hauling road salt for the winter, which, when I did it for a company, barely paid for the fuel. Good luck trying to get in on that racket.

 

When I did it in Chicago for 8 years it was mostly through a company that you leased on to. They lined up the work and told you what to haul and where to take it. I did it from 1997 to 2005 when fuel was cheap. I was making anywhere from $500 to $900 a day but knew it was like that for only 6-8 months of the year and it depended on the weather as well. I also hauled the salt, but it didn't pay squat and you waited for hours to get loaded. Once the season wound down, I switched to hauling rail cans to get through to the spring. I still have a few friends that pull end dumps on the south side and they say its almost not worth it. Up by you might be better though. Maintenance and insurance is high but you don't burn a lot of fuel or need IFTA if you stay local. It was the most fun I ever had driving though.