Dump Truck Hauling Bid & Quote Calculator

Price a hauling job from your rate and round-trip time, then print a clean quote for your customer.

Truck type

Starting numbers are examples. Enter your own.

Job size in
In tons.
In tons.

Typical for this truck, varies. Check your state's limits.

In dollars per hour.

From the hourly rate calculator (20% markup on your costs).

In dollars per hour.

From the cost per hour calculator.

In trucks.
More options
In minutes.
In minutes.
In minutes.
In minutes.
In hours.

Minimum hours billed for the whole job.

In percent.

Shown as its own line on the quote. Enter 0 for none.

In hours per day.
In dollars per ton.

Compare quoting the job per ton.

In dollars per load.

Compare quoting the job per load.

Quote details for printing

Your business details are saved with "Save my truck". Customer details are not saved.

In days.
Enter total tons to see your result.

How this is calculated

  • Loads = total tons ÷ tons per load, rounded up (or the number of loads you enter).
  • Truck-hours = loads × round trip hours. Billable hours = the larger of truck-hours and the minimum.
  • Hauling price = billable hours × hourly rate. Fuel surcharge = price × surcharge %.
  • Your cost = truck-hours × cost per hour. Profit = price − cost.
  • Days = loads ÷ (trucks × full loads per truck per day), rounded up.

Worked example: 500 tons at 22 tons a load is 23 loads. With a 2.5-hour round trip that's 57.5 truck-hours; at $119.70 an hour the price is $6,882.75. At a $99.75 cost per hour the job costs $5,735.63, leaving $1,147.13 profit (16.7%). One truck doing 4 loads a day needs 6 days. A 5% fuel surcharge adds $344.14, for $7,226.89.

Questions

How do I bid a dump truck hauling job?

Work out how many loads the job takes, how long each round trip is, and multiply the truck-hours by your hourly rate. This calculator does that, applies your minimum charge, and shows your profit against your own cost per hour. Get your rate from the hourly rate calculator first.

What does the minimum charge do?

It sets the fewest hours you bill for the whole job. With a 4-hour minimum at $119.70 an hour, a single 2.5-hour load is billed as 4 hours: $478.80.

Should I add a fuel surcharge?

That's your call and your customer's. If you use one, it shows as its own line on the quote, as a percentage of the hauling price, so the customer can see it is a pass-through. Enter 0 for none.

How is the number of days worked out?

Each truck finishes as many full round trips as fit in the work day. A 500-ton job at 22 tons a load is 23 loads. With a 2.5-hour round trip and a 10-hour day, one truck does 4 loads a day, so the job takes 6 days; 2 trucks take 3 days and 3 trucks take 2.

When should I quote per ton or per load instead?

Enter a per-ton or per-load price under More options and the calculator shows what each would bring in. For the 500-ton example, $14 a ton is $7,000 and $300 a load is $6,900, against $6,882.75 hourly, so per ton pays the most.

When will I get paid?

One source says dump truck invoices go to general contractors, aggregate suppliers and municipalities, and that pay cycles run 45–90 days (Small Fleet HQ). Put your payment terms on the quote.

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