Load price

Works out to be roughly $100/round trip after fuel. I couldn't do it. At least not for long. Eventually something's going to break and the money won't be there for the repair. Welcome to bankruptcy.

 

They'll find somebody. It's the free market at it's finest. Run Intermodal for a while you'll see it too. Lots of disposable trucks and the scourge of the earth driving them.

 

Isnt that what you say when you buy fuel?

 

First off, how much weight on that sand? 15 ton on a 18 wheeler by volume maybe?

We used to earn by ton of rocks, sand etc in addition to a certain amount for the driving (Me, payroll, truck fuel and a markup)

Remember a smart business owner will not just charge for weight of cargo, they will charge for miles run, fuel and you the driver payroll for that load plus a markup.

Now if this is sand in a end dump for what? 200 dollars cash earned over a 140 mile trip that's done in 3 hours and dumped? That's not too bad. You can do three of those at least for a good day's work with a semi. Call it 600 dollars gross. 840 miles run midnight to midnight. Maybe even a thousand on 800 gross and 160 to 180 gone in fuel. That leaves you 620 to 640 net. If it's you driving your own truck. Otherwise at .50 a mile it's 500 dollars to the driver, 120 to 140 net to you. You are better off driving it yourself.

Anything else I might say just babbling. I don't know anything about the situation. If it is all charged 11 dollars a ton and nothing else is charged, miles run and fuel plus a markup etc then it's stupid and loses money.

People will not pay a dollar more than they have to. They might skip hiring you to haul that sand and find someone else to do it cheaper.

 

I am the last person to ask. But let's work this problem.

How far are all of your customers. What is the average loading point to delivery?

I have more but let's look at your outfit what sort of work are we dealing with here? I don't care about the details like names of companies, just a ball park for distance loaded.