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James Howell

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Fellow has asked me to possibly deliver 10 round bales.

One way delivery is approximately 60 miles.

For those of you that sell and deliver hay, how do you determine what to charge for delivery?

Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
 
When I help the farmer down the road he carges a $1.00 extra per bale put in their barn on local deliveries.
I would figure by time and equipment operating costs.

Vito
 
You can quote a charge by the "loaded mile". Remember you have to get home though. Just figure out the diesel cost for the round trip, double that. Then add 20 dollars per hour for yourself. total time, from ranch back to ranch including waiting while it gets unloaded. Bllpark, Diesel-
30 dollars, labor 80 dollars ( 1 hour to load it up, three for the trip.$110. Or let him come and get it.

Gordo
 
When I haul horses one way with my 2 horse trailer, I get $2.25 per mile, one way. Using that figure would give you $135 for the hay hauling or $13.50 per bale.

The problem is, often times people want something for nothing. When I run across those people, I politely tell them to find someone else, I don"t haul for a living and I didn"t solicit the business.
 
I charge 70 bucks per hour for truck and trailer. Actually... I charge that for the tandem truck. The trailer is just kind of a bonus if I need it.

60 miles each way... should round out to about 3 hours. That should cover you for some unloading time.
Don't bargain yourself too cheap. There's always unforseen things that happen in these deals. If someone else thinks they can do it cheaper, let him fill his boots.

If you happen to be going in that direction anyway then you can look at doing something on the price... but I wouldn't make a special trip at a special rate just because some guy only wants 10 bales.
Got into enough of that with firewood... hauling 1 cord on a 6 cord truck every damn month to the same place just because it was convenient for them. There are plenty out there who will pull that stunt... not because they can't afford to get ti in one load. Just because they're difficult. It gets old. Quickly.

Rod
 
Yes, professionals will charge around $2.00/mi., but that's a bit salty for some folks. What you want to charge will depend on how well you know this person, or if it's just some guy. Do you expect future buisness from him? Is he paying a fair price for your product or did he talk you down lower than you wanted to go?

120 miles roundtrip at say, 12 miles/gal., you'll be spending roughly $25-$30. He'll know this too and may not consider your time and slight overhead for a pretty short trip, but it all adds up, tires, oil changes, etc. 10 big bales, that's a good load, (for your "new" 1 ton Ford wasn't it?).

A buck a mile, (loaded), would be a very fair deal for him, and twice what you will spend in fuel. You could then add $20 or so for your time and incidentals if you wanted to, or just go $1.25 or $1.50. The more important factors are, IMHO, the future buisness aspect.
 
How big are the bales how many can you haul at a time. does he have a source near by that is cheaper. Lots of things to consider.
We charge $20 to haul about 2 ton close by not over 20 miles. We ask that they help unload but that's not always possible so we usually help them out if they are good customers.
Should take about 2 minutes per bale to load and 30 seconds to unload everything If loaded correctly.
Walt
 
Round bale delivery is $65 an hour with a straight truck hauling up to 4 bales and $75 an hour for pickup and gooseneck with up to 14 bales.

I do offer a local "special". 1 bale or 2 bales in county is $10 per bale delivery, plus the cost of the hay, over 2 its $5 per bale, up to 14.
 
I figure the price of fuel for the trip, round trip, plus $20. Divide that by the number of bales you will haul at a time and figure it in as a price per bale. Usually works out to $3-$10 per bale depending on the distance.
 
For instance. 60 miles. My truck get 10mpg loaded. 60miles times 2 is 120 miles. 120 miles divided by 10mpg is 12 gallons of fuel at $2.50 equals $30 plus $20 is $50. I haul 10 bales at a time. I would add $5 per bale. You wont make anything off of the hauling, but if it helps make the sale...
 
Jeff, you may not realize it, but you are losing money at that rate. You are not even making minimum wage for the time envolved. Your total charge for 60 loaded miles is only 50 dollars that is 83 cents per loaded mile. At 83 cents per mile you are losing money, plus working for free. Tom
 
$2 per loaded mile. I can haul anywhere from 1 to 11 round bales for that price. If they don't want to pay that, I encourage them to find someone else or buy there own truck and trailer, purchase insurance and license, and maintain them both. Suddenly $2 a loaded mile looks pretty cheap.
 
$2.00 a loaded mile up to 100 miles(in state) for round bales, 1 bale or up to 14 bales. More than 14 they pay a semi, Last I checked that was $3.50 a loaded mile. Local regular customers/friends get a better deal (usually my costs). I get too many calls from people 50 miles away that want 1 bale delivered for the price of the hay. They are still looking for hay.
 
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