LINE-HAUL TRUCKING COSTS IN RELATION TO VEHICLE GROSS WEIGHTS

A REPRESENTATIVE SCHEDULE IS PRESENTED OF VEHICULAR OPERATING COSTS. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHICH ARE CAUSED ONLY BY CHANGES IN VEHICLULAR GROSS WEIGHT, AND/OR CHANGES IN TYPES OF TRAILER COMBINATIONS. SUCH REPRESENTATIVE VEHICULAR COST DATA LATER CAN BE RELATED TO REPRESENTATIVE COSTS FOR HIGHWAY FACILITIES WITH DIFFERENT LOAD-CARRYING CAPABILITIES. THE REPORT DESCRIBES HOW THE DIFFERENT COST FACTORS WERE ADJUSTED FOR DIFFERENCES IN PRICES PAID FOR FUEL, WAGES, FRINGE BENEFITS, DEPRECIATION AND INTEREST CHARGES, AND NEW VEHICLES. THE DATA ARE PRESENTED IN AN EXTENSIVE SERIES OF CHARTS SHOWING THE VARIATIONS IN VEHICLE-MILE COSTS BY LOADED GROSS WEIGHT FOR ALL THE 23,384 TRAILER COMBINATIONS, ALL THE GASOLINE ENGINE POWERED TRAILER COMBINATIONS AND ALL THE DIESEL POWERED COMBINATIONS USING EITHER GASOLINE OR DIESEL ENGINES. OTHER CHARTS AND TABLES SHOW HOW UNIT COSTS ARE AFFECTED BY BODY TYPE, TYPE OF TERRAIN, AVERAGE DAILY TRAVEL MILEAGE, AVERAGE LOAD SPEED, AND OTHER OPERATING VARIABLES.

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbbulletin/301/301.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 301, pp 1-136, 50 FIG, 44 TAB, 33 REF, 1 APP Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • STEVENS, H
• Conference:
  • 40th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 1961-1-9 to 1961-1-13
• Publication Date: 1960

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 136p
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 301
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Diesel trucks; Economics; Gasoline engines; Graphics; Gross vehicle weight; Highways; Operating costs; Trailers; Trucking; Trucks; Vehicle miles of travel; Weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Graphical analysis; Mileage
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00201407
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM