There are a lot of variables in your question. Here in Michigan and Ontario we have a completely different set of rules for truck weights and if you have enough axles under a trailer you can haul nearly 2000 bushels of corn or beans. All you need to do is multiply that by the market price or the price that a farmer contracted his crop for to get the value of the load. A good dependable truck is a necessary evil on any farm that grows any amount of any commodity just like a combine, tractor, planter or any other piece of equipment. Most other states a person is limited to 80,000 pounds gross limit which most of the two hopper dump trailers are built for and that will limit a load of about 8 to 900 bushels depending how much the truck and trailer weighs. As far as flattening out the crown of the road, I have never seen that happen. The heaviest thing on any road that I have ever seen is a loaded grain cart where eight hundred to a thousand bushels where most all of the weight will be on two tires where if it were on a truck that weight would be spread out on 18 to 40 truck tires. When you own your own truck and deliver to what is known as a terminal elevator or an ethanol plant you eliminate the local elevator and the trucker and put their profit in your pocket.
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