Anyone here have a Kaufman dump trailer?

[McMXi]

The Kaufman 30ft gooseneck trailer that I ordered on March 10th is currently being painted and should be ready for pick up sometime next week. Looks like I need to pencil in a 3,000 mile roadtrip. If anyone needs anything hauled from Beaver City, NE out west then let me know.

I'm planning on combining a work trip with picking up the trailer. The company pays $0.70/mile and they seem to be ok with that. Flights, car rental, airport parking and gas typically cost them $1,800 or so each trip, and I made it clear that I'm not looking to make money from this endeavor, just trying to offset the cost of picking up the trailer by rolling it into a work trip.

I am really looking forward to this trailer. I could have used it last weekend to be honest.

 

[The Evil Twin]

The Kaufman 30ft gooseneck trailer that I ordered on March 10th is currently being painted and should be ready for pick up sometime next week. Looks like I need to pencil in a 3,000 mile roadtrip. If anyone needs anything hauled from Beaver City, NE out west then let me know.

I'm planning on combining a work trip with picking up the trailer. The company pays $0.70/mile and they seem to be ok with that. Flights, car rental, airport parking and gas typically cost them $1,800 or so each trip, and I made it clear that I'm not looking to make money from this endeavor, just trying to offset the cost of picking up the trailer by rolling it into a work trip.

I am really looking forward to this trailer. I could have used it last weekend to be honest.

Out of curiosity, why are you picking it up so far away?

 

[McMXi]

Out of curiosity, why are you picking it up so far away?

Kaufman has two locations for factory-direct pricing and pickup. One is in Beaver City, NE and the other is in Lexington, NC. Shipping to my location would be $1,350 but I would need to have equipment to unload a 7,000 lb trailer with a 30ft deck. No doubt arranging for the proper equipment or business to do that would add more cost.

I received confirmation from the CFO this afternoon that they'll give me $0.70/mile for the round-trip based on the shortest route in Google Maps. This amounts to $2,177 and change. So that's my break-even budget for fuel, accommodation and food for six days and a little over 3,000 miles. I can't imagine it costing that much, and I won't even need to use any vacation days for this trip. I'll put in a week of work before heading home via Kaufman's facility.

I love road-trips so this will feel like a vacation, and I get to pull a nice, new trailer home.