geotex1 wrote:
As a data point as you gather from other advice here so far, that delivery fee is not off-base at all folks. Have friends that do the factory deliveries. bfast covered the standpoint per mile, but forgot to toss in the needed insurance and consideration of the premium for a 1-way delivery (i.e., nothing on the ball going home after the drop).
No......did not forget.......Those costs are all costs WE ASSUME hauling........I,nor any of us get paid each way,unless we have a "haul back"...(very rare)...
I also did not include costs for, Oil changes, Tire replacement, new vehicle every TWO YEARS if you haul full time........Food costs, ..........Commercial Plates, D.O.T. inspections (yearly)...
These are ALL COSTS.....We all factor into hauling...
As for the "gas costs",,,....90% of us run Diesels.....Diesel is still as much as $1.00 a gallon More than Gasoline....so,the statement of "gas costs that were sky rocketed"......holds no valid point.
The company that sets up the deliveries,takes a chunk of the Delievery fee..for their costs...so the "maybe $500 high".....takes all that into consideration. As that trailer was most likely made within 50-75 miles of Elkhart Ind.
So,being in calif, if the company dosent have a plant,in Calf..or Oregon,Washington state.......its gonna cost plenty to get it there.
