Garrett: Most smaller farmers would be much better off not owning any kind of truck. I am talking about cost wise to move grain.
Take the money you have in a truck an buy several gravity wagons and a grain auger. Have enough wagons to load a semi/900-1000 bushels. There are always guys with grain semi/trailers looking to haul grain. The cost per bushel would be way cheaper than what its costs to run and maintain a straight grain truck.
Just this last spring. I was at a consignment sale. There where 9 Dakon wagons on JD 1075 running gears. The wagons where rusty from setting out but not road salt. The running gears where good. I bought four of them for $1000 each. They hold 350 bushels each. The other five went a little cheaper. Any wagon under 400 bushels around here is selling cheap. The guys with big combines do not want them.
So $3000 would buy you three of these and that is semi load. You would never have to go on the road with them. Have an auger setup in you field or barn yard. Make sure and have at least an 8 inch auger. You can load a semi in under 45 minutes even changing wagons.
Too many guys says it costs too much to have their grain hauled. If they would figure their time, gas money( most old grain truck are gas) , insurance and license they would find out that it is costing them more to haul their grain with that truck.
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