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Chris Jones

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Just curious what everyone thinks a fair per mile delivery fee would be for an item using a full size pickup truck. I"m selling some stuff on Craig"s List and some things people would like to buy but can"t because they don"t have a way to transport it (large dog house, gocart, lawn tractor, etc.)

I would require the buyer visit and pay me in cash for the item up front--because I"m not eager to drive things around for people to look at and change their minds. Once paid for I"d get the delivery address and charge them based on Google Maps or GPS mileage to that address (one way mileage) but keep in mind it"s actually a round trip for me.
 
Around here the old order Amish are paying 1.15 per loaded mile for pickup haulers. +.35 per mile for an added small trailer and .65 per mile and up for a car and driver, plus a 5.00 per hour waiting fee.
 
Round here most selling things and offering delivery charge 1.50 a loaded mile over a certain distance, generally 5-10 miles.

Rick
 
With a pickup it is not a big item.Dont get complicated with X/mile;fee this/that.....Just $5;$10;$20....enough to cover gas.Or offer to haul as a (community)'service' to sell your item.
 
In the case of a dog house or lawn mower, I would probably just deliver it for free within a few miles. If we are talking 10+ miles one way, then maybe $25 extra and so on. I've sold cows and tractors before and I have delivered for free if they didn't bicker on price.

Casey in SD
 
I usually deliver it for free if they seem like decent people and they pay the asking price. Those who charge in my state,NY, risk being liable for damages if something goes wrong. The free delivery is usually limited to under 25 miles. I just ask for a few dollars for fuel after that.
 
My opinion is that if they can't round up a friend/relative to haul then you will probably find out that they will NOT be interested when you tell them they have to come look and pay first if you git my drift. If they are legit then you at least need to get expences or you may as well have lowered your price to begin with and sell to someone local who could come get it. If it's 10 mi then do it free but something tells me it's a lot more than that. Do what you want for your labor time but you at least need fuel + mileage. You wouldn't feel to good if you had an accident or ran over some nails in their drive way or any other money costing event that you wouldn't have had if they came and got it.Not being negative, just reallistic.
 
I would add in $20 to the cost and offer free delivery for 20 miles or so. If people come pick it up take the $20 off.

Like someone said, don't know if you will make many sales from people that can't round up their own pickup, you will just get shoppers that want you to bring it to view.....

Paul
 
I bought an IH tractor from a guy many years ago and he delivered it for free......75 miles one way.
I just paid him the price he wanted for the tractor, $1,500. This was on a trailer pulled with a GMC full size 2500.
 
I use to charge for hay delivery buck a mile x 2. another words to go and come back. I had one customer that paid me additional $40.00 bucks to deliver. But in my case I gave most of delivery customers up.. By the time I added in travel, time to load and unload based on the bale price I could afford to deliver..
 
I charge a tank of gas,that is not cheap but its a lot less they they can rent a truck at U Haul.(CL is local not quite like Ebay)
 
I've had the same question and wonder if it's even legal
for me to charge to deliver since I'm not a licensed hauler.
I'm usually selling and delivering tractors or equipment
using a pickup and car hauler or deck-over trailer.
I usually tell them the delivery is free, just cover the fuel.
Or I'll lower the price if they arrange their own transport.
 
2.00 a mile, each way. They can rent a u haul, hire an expediter, or borrow a friends truck if its too high. Doesn"t matter if its my pickup, road tractor, or car.
 
Thank you everyone! A wide range of opinions all justifiable. I wanted to make sure I wasn't out of my mind asking $1 a mile to deliver something. Even that would vary based on what I'd be delivering, where and for whom which also accounts for the variance in opinions. Generally people do come up with their own transportation--which is good.
 
I can't imagine having to pay someone to take me place to place. I come across people that use taxis from time to time and that's expensive. But on the other hand getting $5 an hour to wait for someone isn't getting anyone rich--that's easy to figure they make $5 and hour. Even driving someone in a car somewhere they'd have to cover a lot of ground fast to make any real money. Companies are reimbursing about 56 cents a mile now for incidental use of personal vehicles on the job just to compensate for gas, tires, wear and tear. If someone is making a living driving Amish in a car for 65 cents a mile they're not making much of one if they are paying taxes on their earnings and have appropriate "business" insurance. There is no wonder taxis charge so much.
 
I deliver the hay I sell, one customer is 70 miles away. I charge .75/ bale for the extra distance, or local I charge .50/ bale. The one farther away is happy to pay it, and she's buying 500+ from me. It's gonna be 3 troops by the time I'm done.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
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