Trucking and hauling
The trucks are ours. That matters on a schedule, because a broker can tell you a truck is coming and we can tell you which one, and it matters on a bid, because the haul is usually the largest single line in a dirt job and we are not marking up somebody else's.
| 10-wheel dumpTight sites, driveways, short hauls | 10 CY | 8loads |
|---|---|---|
| End dumpSpoils and demolition debris | 18 CY | 5loads |
| TransferThe valley workhorse for base rock | 22 CY | 4loads |
| Belly dumpWindrowing base along a road on the move | 24 CY | 4loads |
Planning numbers, not a quote. Weights move with the pit and the moisture. Rock and soil you buy are figured loose, because base shrinks about a quarter when it is rolled and the finished thickness is what you measured; material you dig is figured with swell, because a hole never gives back the yards it measured. Tell us the job and we will price it by the ton or by the hour.
What we haul
- Class 2 aggregate base, drain rock, road mix, and cobble
- Bedding sand, plaster sand, and fill sand
- Topsoil, compost, and amended soil
- Excavated soil, out or in
- Broken concrete and asphalt to a recycler
- Green waste and orchard removal debris
- Equipment on lowbeds, to 55 tons
- Water for dust control, compaction, and fire watch
Which truck fits your site
A transfer carries about 22 yards and needs room to set the trailer down and pick it back up. A belly dump spreads a windrow on the move, which is how base rock gets placed on a long road without a loader touching it. An end dump goes where a transfer set will not fit and is the truck for wet or sticky spoils. A 10-wheeler is the one that fits down a residential driveway.
If you are not sure, tell us the access and the material and we will send the truck that fits. Sending a transfer to a site it cannot turn around in is a wasted hour for both of us.
Rates
Aggregate and soil are usually priced delivered per ton, which folds the material, the haul, and the fuel into one number. Spoils haul-off, equipment moves, and anything with an unpredictable cycle time go hourly, portal to portal, with a minimum. Both get quoted before a truck rolls.
Water trucks
Two thousand and four thousand gallon trucks, for dust control on a haul road, for moisture conditioning ahead of a compactor, and for the days in a North State August when the fire watch requirement in your contract is not optional. Available by the day or on standby.
What trucking runs
| Item | Range |
|---|---|
| Class 2 aggregate base, delivered | $38 to $62 per ton |
| Drain rock, delivered | $45 to $75 per ton |
| Topsoil, delivered | $40 to $70 per ton |
| Transfer or end dump, hourly | $135 to $185 per hour |
| Water truck, per day | $900 to $1,500 |
| Lowbed equipment move, local | $450 to $1,200 each way |
Unit ranges are what this kind of work has been going for in the Sacramento Valley, put here so you can sanity-check a budget. They are not a bid. Quantities, access, haul distance, and the spec move every one of them.
Questions we get
Yes. One load of base rock for a shed pad is a normal call. There is a minimum charge that covers getting the truck there and back, and past two or three loads the per-ton rate takes over.
Length times width times depth, divided by 27, and the calculator on this page does it and tells you the loads. As a rule of thumb, a 12 by 50 foot driveway at four inches of rock is about seven and a half cubic yards, or a bit over eleven tons: one 10-wheeler.
Yes, and it goes to a recycler rather than a landfill, which is usually cheaper. Keep it clean of dirt, rebar is fine, and tell us if there is anything in it that is not concrete.
Regularly. A fair share of our truck hours are for other contractors who need trucks for a week and do not want to own them for a year. Call the yard with your dates.
Photos are stand-ins until our own job photos are up: public domain images from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service, plus freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons (CC0 and CC BY-SA 4.0).
Request a bid: trucking and hauling
Scope, rough quantities, the town, and when the site is available. If there is a bid date on it, put the date and time in and we will confirm receipt the same day.
- The yard
- (530) 555-0142
- Bids and plan sets
- bids@northstateconstruction.com
- Where we work
- Butte, Glenn, Tehama, Colusa, Shasta, Sutter, and Yuba counties
- Yard at 4180 Midway, Chico, CA 95928
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