Just starting out moving HH. What are somethings that I MUST know in order to quote right.

Don't low ball the rate. permits pilot cars rte surveys all cost money.. Plus us the hauler is a FOR PROFIT BUSINESS
Something that big is going to take a 13 axle setup.
What did you move before, produce.....

 

Oh and if you start getting in the 160k range.. Be prepared.. that's the big boy's loads.. Think 19 axles and most are not cheap..... Also think rate plus costs.....

 

You're in over your head.

The only thing you can do, because you seem like you have absolutely no idea how to quote stuff like this, is to get all the size information from your customer. All of it! Height on the ground, width, length and weight. Then start contacting companies that move these loads and ask them for a quote, then add your profit and see if your customer will accept it.

If I were a customer and a broker botched the first load I tendered to them, we would never talk again.

 

Ive been in the brokering business and heavy haul business for well over 10 years. I would NEVER quote a rate to a customer to move something like this then begin looking for a truck. You have to invest days/weeks of your time getting every single aspect of the load itself calculated THEN take that information to your carriers, get COMPLETE bids from them which will likely be time+costs then take that along with your fee to the customer for approval.

On the trucking side of this I have spent over a month putting together a quote for a single move only to have them go with with someone else. That was a month of having route surveys done, engineering work done all at our expense only to wind up not moving it. There appears to be "big money" to be made on this type of work but by the time your expenses are covered the pay becomes mediocre at best.

 

I see our one post wonder, never replied.. Hopefully they got out of the heavy haul broker stuff, one down. 15000 more to go. lol

 

I don't know how good my advice is since I've only brokered one heavy haul load but get the EXACT details of all the loads from your customer then get as many quotes from carriers that you can. Average the carrier quotes out, add your commission, then get that back to your customer. If you have the exact details it shouldn't take you too long to get accurate quotes from carriers. Just make sure they know when you call them that you're looking for a quote on a future load you have and not offering an active load. I've only brokered one heavy haul load and I was able to get a quote back and book it on the truck in the same day. The shipper gave me the exact load details, I posted it on load boards and put a note that I am looking for a quote (did not want to waste the time of carriers who were looking to book an active load) and gave them the exact description. I was able to get a few quotes, I averaged them out, added my commission, and called the shipper back and he gave me the load. I went back and called the carriers that gave me their quotes and booked it with one of them.