Larry_minn - 11/2/2025 13:27
hillfarmer - 11/3/2025 09:36
tmrand - 11/2/2025 11:05
Guessing they want the grain..........to enhance their primary income.
No way anyone is profiting hauling grain alone for 7 cents/bu.
Guy here is paying $35 to haul wheat
212 miles no backhaul
makes $0.07 in the same ballpark
212 loaded miles for $35? So even if round trip.
212 miles 6mpg? Times $3.60 gallon? Is $127 for fuel. Let’s say modern truck, he has tailwind *both ways* gets 8 mpg. That’s still over $95 in fuel.
So I am assuming you missed the period. He is charging $.35 Á bu? So $350 a load? 106 loaded miles, $4 a mile would be $424. But if decent loading, unloading, easy drive just under $3.50 Á mile is not bad.
So if 212 round trip, and $.35 bu. Reasonable. But if $35 total, or 424 miles both ways. How can he afford it?
What are grain hauling charges for semi trucks commercially?
