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QUOTING FOR BAGGEDMATERIAL TRANSPORT.
30th April 1937, Page 96
30th April 1937
Page 96
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— QUOTING FOR BAGGEDMATERIAL TRANSPORT.
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We have been asked to quote for the delivery of bagged materials from a local depot to neighbouring farms, using a 2-ton lorry, the maximum lead being 14 miles. Each load will, as a rule, be split up into four or five drops, and the total mileage will approximate to 400 per week. We are asked to quote a flat rate per ton."
You have omitted the essential information as to the number of tons that you expect to deliver during a week. Calculate it from the following:—The all-in cost of operating a 2-ton lorry for 400 miles per week will approximate to £9 Ss. A fair minimum charge for the use of a vehicle for that mileage would be 113 7s. per week. In order to ascertain the at rate per ton, you should divide 113 7s. by the number of tons.