Irish Yobbo wrote:
I'm surprised it would be that high. I have little experience with transporting companies, but I have towed a horse float from the south of Tasmania to the north and back (a return trip of about 700km), and that cost about $130-$140 in fuel in the trusty (rusty) hilux. If you're transporting 1500km (guess), that would work out to be less than $300 worth of fuel (each way, of course).
Yeah, I know, running a truck costs a lot more with rego and paying the driver and such, but I thought the purpose of the big trucks was to reduce the cost of transporting large items. It seems strange that someone with a diesel hilux and a car trailer can probably do it for half your quoted price and still make a reasonable profit out of it. It just doesn't seem right to me.
I'll disagree here. Not the case mate. DRNCOOPERS and people like myself can appreciate the sheer running costs of a truck. We own 4 Heavy Rigid's and to do a trip like that would easily be that. Our rego and insurance for just the 4 trucks each year, is something like 20,000... thats even before you step onto the roads.. add fuel, oh and what happens if you blow a tyre or two on the trip? Do you know how much a tyre is for a large truck? kiss your profits goodbye if that happens..
You have to understand that unless we can find a job that matches, your destinations, time, and dates, it works out to be no cheaper than doing yourself.
Running trucks interstate on the cheap only works if you have a huge amount going from A to B that will fill the truck, OR.. if you are completely flexible with your moving dates and can wait until another job/s comes in so that you all can share the price.. its called backloading
im sure you've heard of it before...
9 times out of 10 people in this world want everything now... or in the coming weeks.. errr not good enough... expect things now.. expect to pay the sheer costs..
not having a dig at you, but unfortunately that's the way it is.
if not it's a LONG trip!!
