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<blockquote data-quote="El_Putzo" data-source="post: 111082" data-attributes="member: 1017"><p>How many bales can he haul, how far is Grain City?</p><p></p><p>I know where Grain Valley is and that would be a pretty good truck from your place. I'll check with my neighbors that buy alfalfa from Kansas and see what kind of trucking fee that they get charged. </p><p></p><p>$4 a loaded mile seems pretty steap to me. Figure he gets 5 miles to the gallon loaded, that's about 50 cents a mile for fuel at today's price. That means he wants to charge you $3.50 a mile for his time and wear and tear. Let's see at 60 mph...... he's making about $210 an hour, minus wear and tear of course. Divide that in half to account for the trip back home. That's still $105 dollars an hour. Heck, the guys that run dozers and highlifts around here don't even make that much per machine hour. It's more like $80 to $90 per hour. I would think it has to be cheaper to run a road tractor than it is to run a dozer. Sounds to me like this guy may be trying gouge you. Bad part is, some people will take that deal instead of just selling a few cows to make it through the drought.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to ramble, just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="El_Putzo, post: 111082, member: 1017"] How many bales can he haul, how far is Grain City? I know where Grain Valley is and that would be a pretty good truck from your place. I'll check with my neighbors that buy alfalfa from Kansas and see what kind of trucking fee that they get charged. $4 a loaded mile seems pretty steap to me. Figure he gets 5 miles to the gallon loaded, that's about 50 cents a mile for fuel at today's price. That means he wants to charge you $3.50 a mile for his time and wear and tear. Let's see at 60 mph...... he's making about $210 an hour, minus wear and tear of course. Divide that in half to account for the trip back home. That's still $105 dollars an hour. Heck, the guys that run dozers and highlifts around here don't even make that much per machine hour. It's more like $80 to $90 per hour. I would think it has to be cheaper to run a road tractor than it is to run a dozer. Sounds to me like this guy may be trying gouge you. Bad part is, some people will take that deal instead of just selling a few cows to make it through the drought. Sorry to ramble, just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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