Posted by 2underage on February 23, 2016 at 07:06:54 from (64.19.81.242):
I recently purchased a grain vac and decided to check what the cost of having it trucked to me. While I know that truckers want to make some money I was not prepared for their rates. It has been some time since I hired anything hauled and then only when the machine was to heavy for my trailer or to far away. Those rates seemed in line when diesel was over $4 a gallon but now with the fuel about half that one would think the rates would be lower. What I am finding is just the opposite as some want over $2 per mile and others are a little lower but not much. I am not talking about a tractor trailer type of hauler but those hot shot haulers with their pickups and little trailers. You know the guys who follow you around at the farm auctions and try to sell you their hauling services. Again, I am not trying to knock someone's way of making some extra money but I believe their prices are chasing many a potential customer away. For your understanding the grain vac weighs under 2000 pounds and is on a factory trailer and not over width. I have my own truck and trailers and I will go and get the machine. The truckers wanted $2 per mile and I bet I will spend a lot less than $1200 on the 600 mile haul.
Have any of you been discouraged from buying something because of the excessive hauling cost?
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