Manure Hauling

Hey everyone,
   Quick question, I have an opportunity to haul pick up truck loads of manure from a horse farmer 5.5 miles away and he has offered to pay me for hauling it. He asked how much I'd like and I just told him whatver he thinks is fair and we can work something out as I have no experience hauling for payment. I have tried searching on google but havent found any information on basic price hauling that makes sense to me so any suggestions are appreciated. Is $10 a load offensive to ask for or am I selling my self short for the gas involved and the time it takes me to manually unload the manure?

Are you hauling it just to help him get rid of it or also for your use/benefit?

If it's just a "job", I'd base it off the mileage and time required.  In your case, I'd assume primarily the time since it's only 5.5 miles.  Unless it's a horrible dirt road or something.  Figure out what your time is worth and charge accordingly.  

If you're getting a similar amount of benefit to what he's getting from doing this work, just take the number you'd want if it was a job and divide it in half.

If I had an excessive pile of horse poop and couldn't find people to take it for free, I'd probably be willing to pay $10 to get rid of a large truckload of it.   But I don't have horses...

Mike Jay wrote:Are you hauling it just to help him get rid of it or also for your use/benefit?

If it's just a "job", I'd base it off the mileage and time required.  In your case, I'd assume primarily the time since it's only 5.5 miles.  Unless it's a horrible dirt road or something.  Figure out what your time is worth and charge accordingly.  

If you're getting a similar amount of benefit to what he's getting from doing this work, just take the number you'd want if it was a job and divide it in half.

If I had an excessive pile of horse poop and couldn't find people to take it for free, I'd probably be willing to pay $10 to get rid of a large truckload of it.   But I don't have horses...

Thanks Mike, I do want it for my own benefit to use to make soil and add to our compost. The road is unfortunately horrible winding dirt mountain road, but $10 a truckload was right around what I was thinking. Thanks very much

Glad I could help.  I got the $10 from your post, each person has their own idea of what they'd pay to eliminate a steaming pile of manure.

Beware of manure:  http://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/category/aminopyralid/