What to charge for delivery

[Jsmith2211]

Hello chaps. What do people charge for delivering haylidge? I've got a maxxum 125 and teagle titan with bale extension, get about 18 bales on a load if you cram them on, probably more like 15 with wrapped bales, though ive yet to try it. Trying to work out the best way to charge, per mile or per bale - and how much! 17 miles mostly down big open roads.

Thanks in advance

 

[davidroberts30]

35 a hour

 

[chaffcutter]

That’s about right for tractor, trailer and driver. Include the time you are unloading especially if you have to wait for someone to get started

 

[M-J-G]

Forget charging per bale, otherwise you'll be delivering 2 or 3 bales every week instead of a dozen once a month.
Charging per hour encourages customers to take as many as they can.
It needs to be £35 per hour, charging from you leave the farm until you get back.

 

[Sid]

£40/hr if hauling 17 bales
£33/hr if hauling 14 bales
It's only fair to base it partially on trailer size
Some seem to think they can charge the same with a small trailer

 

[puppet]

35 a hour

plus diesel?

 

[AftonShepherd]

£40/hr if hauling 17 bales
£33/hr if hauling 14 bales
It's only fair to base it partially on trailer size
Some seem to think they can charge the same with a small trailer

I sort of get your point, but surely in this case the OP is more than likely using the same trailer regardless of the size of the order.

 

[M-J-G]

£40/hr if hauling 17 bales
£33/hr if hauling 14 bales
It's only fair to base it partially on trailer size
Some seem to think they can charge the same with a small trailer

And what if someone asks for 4 bales every week?

 

[Henarar]

Hello chaps. What do people charge for delivering haylidge? I've got a maxxum 125 and teagle titan with bale extension, get about 18 bales on a load if you cram them on, probably more like 15 with wrapped bales, though ive yet to try it. Trying to work out the best way to charge, per mile or per bale - and how much! 17 miles mostly down big open roads.

Thanks in advance

17 miles each way ? if so stick another 6 quid on a bale for a 15 bale load, won't be far out

 

[M-J-G]

17 miles each way ? if so stick another 6 quid on a bale for a 15 bale load, won't be far out

And if they want 5 bales?

 

[nick...]

£40/hr if hauling 17 bales
£33/hr if hauling 14 bales
It's only fair to base it partially on trailer size
Some seem to think they can charge the same with a small trailer

You need to charge so much an hour regardless if one bale or 20.we all do far too much for sod all.ring a delivery firm and ask them.it’s ridiculous charging a differant amount for differant size loads.
nick…

 

[Henarar]

You need to charge so much an hour regardless if one bale or 20.we all do far too much for sod all.ring a delivery firm and ask them.it’s ridiculous charging a differant amount for differant size loads.
nick…

so you would charge the same amount for delivery to take one bale on a bale carrier on the back of the tractor as 20 on a big trailer ?
If you charge by the hour then a bigger load is going to cost more as it will probably take more time to load, tie down and unload and probably a bit more time on the road given a few hills

 

[Gerbert]

I deliver woodchips every now and then and charge by the hour. I have had people sending me a message asking if I can deliver 100 km. I think they assume I do it for €50 full stop, not €50 an hour.
I did do 50 odd km a few times.

 

[Sid]

You need to charge so much an hour regardless if one bale or 20.we all do far too much for sod all.ring a delivery firm and ask them.it’s ridiculous charging a differant amount for differant size loads.
nick…

It's about efficiency.
5 bales on a 250hp tractor and 36ft trailer is going to cost more than a 100hp with a 12ft trailer.
My point is that some with smaller trailers think they can charge the same as larger trailers.

so you would charge the same amount for delivery to take one bale on a bale carrier on the back of the tractor as 20 on a big trailer ?
If you charge by the hour then a bigger load is going to cost more as it will probably take more time to load, tie down and unload and probably a bit more time on the road given a few hills

But less per bale.
That's the true cost

 

[hoff135]

And the big problem is if the contractor charges enough to make a profit the job is un economical for the farmer. If the the contractor charges an acceptable rate for the farmer he is probably doing it at cost or worse at a loss. Its a no win scenario

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Charge per mile

 

[Gerbert]

And the big problem is if the contractor charges enough to make a profit the job is un economical for the farmer. If the the contractor charges an acceptable rate for the farmer he is probably doing it at cost or worse at a loss. Its a no win scenario

So let the contractor do it. If your problem is that others can do something for less you either drop your price or go do something else.

 

[Barleymow]

Ordered 2 Inc's few yrs ago they wanted extra £25 for a timed delivery , for each on even though there were on the same truck , you could try that too

 

[Grassman]

Remember if you charge separately for haulage you have to charge vat if registered.

 

[Grassman]

Best just estimating the time taken to do the round trip.
If its 2 hrs then at £35hr you need to work that into the delivered bale price.
So the more bales you deliver the cheaper per bale for the customer.