Pay options to haul grain

Remember that grain mills will get backed up at times,and you may have to wait an hour or two to unload. Paying % can be good, but this time of year, with bad weather, getting in too big a hurry can be a bad thing. Take the hourly pay, slow down a little, and be a little safer.

 

Hourly you get the benefit of being paid if the elevator is backed up with trucks. Equipment breaks as well which can put you out a run real quick. On the other hand, percentage might be good if you can keep running all day and not end up being fourth in line at the elevator and wasting a good 2-3 hours real quick (this really depends on how fast/big the pit is though).

I'm hauling corn right now. Getting paid 18 bucks an hour to wait on the side of the road and surf TTR. ... 27$ actually because I'm in my overtime hours .

Had one more thing but the truck was full and I had to take off ... percentage will also depend on how much your hauling. Out here the average is 9$/ton. 49 ton (don't ask lol) gives 441$ per load which means I'd be makin 88 bucks at 20 percent. Loading my third load today right now (late start) but im 13 hours in so 88$ x 3 loads = 264$ vs. 27$ x 15 hours = 405$

I'm hauling heavy so the difference would be even greater if I'd be hauling what I was allowed to. If your hauling legal weights take the hourly pay and don't rush like a mad man. Much safer that way and it makes the job much more enjoyable.

 

20% is a low ball rate anyhow, you made the right decision.

 

especially for a 60 mile round. going rate around here is 24-26% of gross DOE but that's for long haul.

 

rate around here is 25%

 

That short distance, NOT GOOD for percentage. You did a wise decision.
Be safe.

 

I hauled corn and Milo in North Texas last year.I ran at 20 percent with housing and pulled in about a thousand a week.I did a short halls, about 20 miles rt. It was rainin about every 10 days and that would shut us down for 3.so if it had been a dry falll my weekly would have been better.I was pulling about 1200 bushels for 10 miles 9 loads day. Long days sombody told me i set a record there, 247 runs i think it was, for the corn/milo harvest. so i dont know what average is but i got $9000 for 2 months.