Looking for some help with pricing

an old rule of thumb is need to make $500 a day to cover expenses and make a profit, your short haul loads will most likely need to be based on per load and you will to consider tarp pay if you need to tarp the top soil.

 

think about stop pay also,if you multiple stop per load.your first stop and last stop are part of the price but extra stops will often pay 20-30 dollars per stop,tarp pay will be around 30-50

 

Like critters said around 500$ a day for your short hauls. Unless we are talking right down the road like 20-30 miles away. Then like 375 is good especially if there are more then one per day. I've done topsoil loads and I think I was doing them for like 2.35 a mile but they were all over 400 miles. Anything under that I priced per load not per mile.

 

Yea if they want u to hurry back for another then just be sure to cover your miles coming back. When you say 750$ per day is that multiple loads? If so, I might go a little higher, all depends on how much time you gotta put in.

 

well if you run 400 miles a day 750 a day is about 1.87 per mile not to bad loaded pay great empty pay,it's a fine line you have to walk,not to over price your self out,so i would say somwhere between the 1.87 - 2.oo a mile range would cover time and miles. but that would depends on how many loads and miles traveled in the day,you get over that 400 mile mark and you to lose money.

 

Nah don't need to put up his rates here. You said it works well for you cause it's close to home. So it sounds like a good set up for you. Don't over price yourself out of a good thing, but make sure it's worth while. Topsoil is heavy don't wanna bang up your equipment for cheap freight. Sounds like you got it under control. Let us know how it goes.

 

Seriously? Work all day for $500 gross? I used to gross $500 a day doing short haul work in the 1990's. If I were working 8 to 10 hours a day if I couldn't gross $800+ it wouldn't be worth my time.