Plan haul-off logistics with fewer surprises on site. Adjust capacity, efficiency, and travel delays easily. Print reports and share numbers with your crew fast.
| Scenario | Basis | Quantity | Truck capacity | Distance (one-way) | Trips | Total hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soil export | Volume | 300 cy, swell 1.15 | 14 cy, load 0.90 | 12 mi | 28 | ~22.3 |
| Concrete rubble | Weight | 500 ton | 18 ton, load 0.90 | 8 mi | 31 | ~18.6 |
These examples are illustrative. Update inputs to match your trucks, route, and disposal rules.
Haul-off trips influence schedule, safety, and cost for earthwork and demolition. This calculator converts material quantity and truck capacity into trips, then combines distance and delays into total hours. Use it early to test dump sites, haul routes, and truck sizes. Update forecasts when weather, access, or disposal queues change. Better forecasting reduces idle loaders and prevents surprises.
Volume inputs fit excavated soils, topsoil, and mixed debris where bodies fill before legal payload. Convert in-place bank volume to loose hauled volume using swell, then apply an overage factor for losses and rehandle. Weight inputs fit concrete, rock, and scrap where payload limits control each load. If both volume and weight matter, run both and plan using the larger trip count.
Rated capacities assume perfect loading. The load factor represents typical fill, accounting for operator technique, moisture, oversized pieces, and safety margins. A shrink or compaction factor can adjust volume when material is conditioned for transport. The overage factor adds allowance for cleanup, rejected loads, and uncertainty. Together, these factors shift the estimate from theoretical to field-credible.
Cycle time combines round-trip driving and fixed delays such as loading, queueing, dumping, and turnaround. Driving time should use realistic average speed, not posted limits, because grades, intersections, and congestion slow trucks. Queue time can dominate busy periods. Total hours equals trips times cycle time, which supports staffing decisions and daily production targets. Estimate trucks needed by dividing required trips by cycles per truck within available shift hours, then round up.
Costs merge time-based trucking, distance-based fuel, tipping fees, and a contingency percentage. Compare scenarios such as a closer facility with higher tipping versus a farther facility with lower rates. The breakdown helps isolate drivers: long hauls increase hours and fuel, while high tipping dominates short hauls. Export CSV and PDF to document assumptions and support change management.
Run the weight-based method using the legal payload limit. Use the volume method as a check, then plan for whichever produces more trips.
Use local geotechnical data, prior jobs, or measured truck counts from similar material. When uncertain, test a low and high swell to bracket risk.
Yes. Set it below 1.00 to reflect consistent underfills, tarp requirements, uneven fragments, or operator constraints that prevent full loads.
Increase queue time to match peak conditions. If queues vary by hour, run multiple scenarios and schedule hauling outside the worst periods when possible.
Yes. Use cycle time and your shift hours to estimate cycles per truck, then divide required trips by that value and round up.
Quotes often bundle fuel, standby, and disposal assumptions. Align your hours, tipping, and distance with the hauler’s scope, then adjust contingency to match your risk tolerance.
Important Note: All the Calculators listed in this site are for educational purpose only and we do not guarentee the accuracy of results. Please do consult with other sources as well.