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HOW TO MAKE CATTLE HAULAGE PROFITABLE.
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" I have two .30-cwt. vehicles, principally employed on cattle haulage, and I should like to know how I should calculate my charges for that class of work. The markets are usually within 10-20 miles' radius and the average mileage per week is 500-600."
We calculate that the bare cost of operation on each of your vehicles is 4Acl. per mile. To that sum you should add provision for overheads and contingencies, say, another id. per mile, and the most meagre profit will result from a charge of 6d. per mile run. As you may not always have a full load, to even matters out you wilt have to charge rather more than the above rates for the full load, so that you will be in a position to accept somewhat less for a part load. If the amount which you receive averages less than the sum that we have already quoted above, you will not be making a profit from the transaction at all.