Hauling Hay into Texas

You won't get 50k, especially if you had a small/light enough trailer to allow you to gross that much. 42-44k is probably more realistic, and that would probably require a 53 ft trailer.

 

There is a load already in the median on I-30 by Arkadelphia. The dully didn't make it and decided to layover and take a nap lol!!!

 

I'm usually a little sharper than I was in this thread, you got me for sure, I'm gone.

 

Only way you could get 50k is a 48' all aluminum flat and a daycab tractor, and that would be pushing it.

 

You can do it however you want if you are making money. Imho I would go with a 53ft step for max payload.

 

You wont get 50k on that way either hauling round bales.
Someone else mentioned a 53' step deck,the only advantage with a step is if you are hauling rds. larger than 5 ft.tall on the bottom deck,but then you can only single stack the top deck.
We have been in the hay business for 30 years here &
you are not going to get rich at it.

 

I was just talking about the weight, not the type of product. I have no clue about hauling hay, all I know is that when I come up on a truck with hay, I pass them very quickly. I have seen too many rolls sitting on the side of the road, and once I came up on one that had just been driven thru by a car at 70mph....was interesting LOL

 

We are hauling hay into Texas out of Louisiana. I'm pulling a 53' trailer and can only carry 38 round bales. 20 bales on the bottom and 18 on the top. I know when I was hauling for another company back in June it was paying $4.00 a mile but I think it has went down since. The guy I drive for now owns the baling equipment and goes around baling in other peoples fields. He pays them so much per bale for the use of the land. But he's coming out pretty good after he adds the haul rate to the sale price of the hay.