Well, that's a good question.
I'm not exactly sure what grain haulers are getting now days.but.25 cents a bushel, and you haul a dozen loads a day, or maybe 20 loads a day, (if you are hauling wet corn) at about 850-maybe not quite a 1,000 bushels a load, that's not bad. If that made any sense?.
Not all elevators have a railroad. Especially in the small towns. They hire these hopper bottom guys to come and haul their grain to the next biggest elevator that has a railroad. Those O/O's make about what I listed above.
Again... if that made any sense. I'm sorry for any jibberish. You gotta remember where I'm from. :eek2:
The guys that I used to work for, they told me this June that if I went with them, they would pay me $4,000 a month. That's not bad for a bunch of bull, and hauling grain, and eating dust. :hellno: