Tractor Delivery charges

nashranch · Dec 7, 2019

How much does everyone charge to deliver a tractor and how do you come up with your figures?

Hourly Rate? plus Mileage? X 2 for two men involved

Also do you figure for wear and tear on your vehicle?

We're talking about a 1945 John Deere A delivered aprox 300 miles Roundtrip

DR. EVIL · Dec 8, 2019

I hauled a similar tractor a similar distance back in 2006. FARMALL M with Stan-Hoist loader. Used My
F250 diesel, but had to buy & install a class 5 reciever hitch, buy a brake controller, trailer rental
for the 2 days was about $125. Averaged 13 mpg over the 375 miles so figure 30 gallons of fuel, paid $4
toll twice, could have gone another route with no tolls but more hills, MPG been much worse. I had chain
binders but bought two new 20 ft 3/8" class 70 chains and made them into four ten footers.

So I spent well over $500 hauling my tractor myself. With today's costs for fuel, insurance,
maintenance and figuring my and my son's time was free, if you got charged less than $500 you got a
bargain. A flat rate per mile is the usual method to charge. Either vehicle odometer or computer milage.

There are cheaper companies to move equipment, but they typically wait till they have a truck load,
or a back haul to run loaded both ways. A Buck a mile was a typical rate when fuel was 60 cents a
gallon, today with close to $3/gallon fuel better figure $2/mile.

NY 986 · Dec 8, 2019

Several years back when fuel was over 4 dollars per gallon the rate had moved to 4 dollars per loaded mile. That most likely assumed a separate back haul to cover all
costs. If making the return trip empty the trucker would most likely want additional money.

Kansas rhody · Dec 8, 2019

I bought a used 1949 A a few years back in central Ohio, had a trucking company bring it to Rhode Island, the trucker was also hauling some stuff to New England so it wasn t his only load. Searched on the internet for a trucking company and had probably 10-15 reply s within a day. The total cost was around 700.00$ which was much less than I was expecting and less than me driving there and back to pick it up, approximately 650 miles each way. Gave him a nice tip and bought him lunch

larryanderson · Dec 10, 2019

I have several tractors hauled and it makes a difference if it is a wide load [over 102 in]also it easier if they run and move under their own power. If you let trucker have time to work it into their route to save empty miles makes a lot of difference.I do haul a few myself and I charge $2 a loaded mile and that doesn't make much considering my time and fuel.The going rate for a semi is $4 a loaded mile but many divide it our per tractor.Many have a minimum charge.I have used hauling schedule on this site and sometimes it works out someone is going close to where pickup is and has room.

NY 986 · Dec 10, 2019

The few times I have inquired about a partial load the answer always came back 4 dollars per loaded mile. The truck was fully loaded but I was asking about one tractor or one smaller implement as part of that load.

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