I need to find out how much a consignment costs to be hauled 300 miles by an HGV?

Question

My husband and I are thinking about setting up our own haulage business and need to find out how the jobs are priced, whether it be £ per mile or on weight etc. He has worked in the industry for many years but always for someone else and is trying to get a business plan together, but we need to know what income we would be generating.
Many thanks in advance

Answer 1

You will need to calculate a lot more than just £s per mile and weight. First and foremost, you need to calculate the driver's wage. To do this, you have to allow for delays (traffic jams etc.) as well. Once you have calculated that, you need to break down the overheads (cost of the vehicle purchase, road tax, road tolls, repairs and maintainance, including tyres, breaks and oil etc.). Next, you need to calculate the fuel costs per mile, per ton. The more weight, the more fuel needed. Now, you have to calculate the salaries of yourself and any support staff (secretaries etc.) and follow this by a calculation of business overheads (rent, electricity, corporation tax, land rates, business rates etc. etc. Finally, you need to add your profit margin (around 30%). I would reckon that you need to calculate all costs based on an 800 mile round trip as that is around the maximum that would occur on the UK mainland. Therefore, you divide the total cost of an 800 mile round trip by 400 and multiply it by the actual number of miles. Remember that on a motorway, a driver can cover 60 miles in one hour. Therefore his cost will be around £15 -:- 60 (25p per mile) for a motoway journey but in heavy urban traffic, the cost could be as high as £15 -:- 5 (5 miles at £15 per hour). When you finish your calculations, you should be charging by weight and mileage (both). Finally, you need to have a surcharge for light loads, to cover losses.

Answer 2

i know very little about this, but i suppose, (from expierience) it would all depend on how big the item is, because the bigger the item, the heavier it will be, it takes up more room, and will cost more on fuel. so i would assume form that, the best way to price things would be £ per kg per mile. prices would need to reflect running costs and fuel prices obviously

Answer 3

i paid London to Belfast 1 pallet 75 pounds Think twice about starting up the rs many going bust every week

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