Quote me a rate.. Not a load yet.. Need rate

Aug 25, 2015 at 04:13 PM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. I need a rate for a Hopper load from KY to AL running 219 miles... What would you pull it for? It will be around 51,000#

Aug 25, 2015 at 04:13 PM CST

Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.

I need a rate for a Hopper load from KY to AL running 219 miles... What would you pull it for? It will be around 51,000#

Replied on Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 07:47 AM CST + 1
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. tell them it cost the shipper $1.58 - $2.01 to move a truck without a driver or the price of fuel. Then ask them to tell you what the price of a driver and fuel would be per mile. Then tell them to add 20% to that number for the trucking companies profit. Then they can add their 20% on top of that if they can get the shipper to bite. That is how it should be working. Here is how that works: $2.01 baseline rate .50 per mile driver .50 per mile fuel $3.01 subtotal .61 trucking company proit $3.61 per mile to trucking company $4.33 per mile to broker (20% markup not cut) So your answer would be $948.27 for a legal load 25T or $37.93 per T (that is for grain in a hopper, for meals throw on another $250.00) Everybody would be happy except the shipper.

Replied on Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 07:47 AM CST

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Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.

tell them it cost the shipper $1.58 - $2.01 to move a truck without a driver or the price of fuel. Then ask them to tell you what the price of a driver and fuel would be per mile. Then tell them to add 20% to that number for the trucking companies profit. Then they can add their 20% on top of that if they can get the shipper to bite. That is how it should be working.

Here is how that works:

$2.01 baseline rate
.50 per mile driver
.50 per mile fuel
$3.01 subtotal
.61 trucking company proit
$3.61 per mile to trucking company
$4.33 per mile to broker (20% markup not cut)

So your answer would be $948.27 for a legal load 25T or $37.93 per T (that is for grain in a hopper, for meals throw on another $250.00)

Everybody would be happy except the shipper.