What is the cpm you would want for this type of work?

A appoirtioned tag with only 2 states should be half that much unless you are talking some serious over weight permits like A or B trains up north. Road use taxes are 550 a year for federal, unless the state you are hauling in has some extra fee's for the individual state.

9000 dollars a year is a very unrealistic number for maintenance though. I had a dump trailer for about 18 months, and even with me doing all the work my self, I spent over 40,000 bucks that year trying to keep a 2 year old truck, and trailer up to spec. I had no major break downs other than a clutch. I can tell you from experience that pulling a dump trailer is the hardest thing on a truck as far as maintenance goes. It seemed like everyday something went wrong. Blow an airbag, chunk of metal in a tire, something fly up and knock a brake chamber off, broken hoses, bent bumper, lights, tarps, ripping mud flap's off, I mean everyday it was something.

 

My uncle did something similar to this,only he hauled stone dust for a blacktop company for about 18 years.At least 10 loads a day about 12 miles one way.He would start about 6 am and finish about 7pm. Tandem axle dump truck Ford L900 534 gas engine 5speed and 4 speed aux transmission SQHD rears.Very seldom got above 40 miles an hour,would load 32 to 33 ton of stone dust then empty back to the quarry.He always had something broke or worn out from hauling so heavy. He made a ton of money doing this,but he would lay under that truck all night sometimes and even fall a sleep under it . So he goes out in 1985 and buys a Rd600 mack with the 350 mack and 12 speed transmission.Got a speeding ticket with it on his first load and payed a 500 dollar fine for refusing to weigh.he used to say he hated that mack and it caused him to get drunk every day.Now he could haul more and go faster but he made much less profit and had no one to help him. It may work for you but remember it will be all day every day and nights will most likely be spent working on the truck so you can work tomarrow

 

For a dedicated run like this pulling a dump on short miles i would do nothing less than $225. a load. I did this type of work for over 5 years and if you can not make $650 or more a day its just not worth it. I had some of my best years doing short local dump work untill some one see's how good your doing and cuts the rates. My repair cost where the same for the dumps as running my flats the only thing the insurance will cost more for pulling a dump trailer because of the roll over chance.

 

1000 a month is about what I put away for my road truck, for maintenance. I only run 100,000 to 125,000 miles a year now and I set aside 10% for maintenance. I like to have more than enough to cover an engine overhaul, a tranny, or a rear end at any time if I need it. I already have that money stashed away. but keep adding to it because you never know what might happen. I also like to have 3 months of operating expenses put away, in case the any thing happens which it always does, you will be financial capable of surviving it.

I hauled a lot of sand for concrete companies, did some grain hauling for farmers, and a good bit of rock for different people as well. The rock quarry we hauled out of was a 12 mile dirt road, that was real rough. Most everything else was less than 1000 feet off the black top nothing real rough though. I know I had a road truck and let some friends talk me into selling it and buying a dump trailer because of all the money they claimed to be making. I grossed about the same per year, but my maintaneance cost went up 400%. I was lucky to get 100,000 miles out of a set of drive tires because of all the twisting and turning, that I normally got 350,000 out of. Every weekend I had atleast one of the tires off the truck or trailer doing brakes or a wheel seal. I mean it was something every day. I sold that rig after about a year and a half, and bought me another flat bed. I get more time off being on the road, atleast I come home and take a couple days off. when I had my dump trailer there was never a day off. If you weren't driving it I was under it working on it. I lost my butt trying to pull a dump trailer, and I will never even consider that mess again.

I still say 1000 a month is gong to be very conservative for pulling dump trailers. Road trucks that would probably be OK.

 

By the hour.. If you work 3 hours bill for 3 hours.. Or 14 hours bill for it.local work there is so much that can delay, screw up, wait, etc..and pay yourself by the hour.. Not the load or the miles or you will go broke unless you are getting alot and I mean alot of money.

 

I dont see anyone paying over $160 per load. The only down side is the 4 load days. Is there a way to get the 4 loads moved in less than a whole work day? Local runs go way cheap. All someone needs is a tractor and insurance, dime a dozen, we got guys here that run dumps for $68 per hour. This is for providing just the tractor.

ETA: I forgot to add the other part in my original number.

 

You could easily have $85/load just in fuel. I would figure $75 for driver. So you're not even close at $160. But my big concern here is still the drop trailer thing. I don't know the details, but if you have to drop a trailer that tells me that they must have no way to load a trailer quickly. If they have no way to load a trailer quickly how can you sure it will be sitting there loaded and ready when you get there ? This could turn into a nightmare of waiting 2 hours for every load. Also, if they have no way to load quickly, does that also mean they have no stockpiling of product ? Does that mean you may have to go pull a load out at midnight if they get it loaded ? IDK, you have the details, I don't. I'm sure there is plenty you wish to keep a secret. I know you think $300 is high, and $375,000 seems like an awful lot of money, but you could drop $150,000 of that just on fuel. If this winds up being an on call 24/7 think gonna need two guys making 60k to pull 12 hour shifts. you're down to $105,000 and we haven't even paid for anything yet.

 

If you don't know trucks run on diesel or fuel NOT gas I'd find a different job. And You gotta pay taxes too don't forget.