Dump Truck Hauling in Utah County & Salt Lake County
Dump truck hauling across Utah County and the Salt Lake Valley — material delivery, spoil and debris haul-off, and hourly trucking for contractors. One call covers the load in and the load out.
One truck, three jobs
Dump truck hauling breaks down into three kinds of work, and we do all of them out of Lehi:
- Material delivery — gravel, road base, fill dirt, sand, topsoil from local pits to your site. Browse the materials catalog for what we carry and what it costs.
- Haul-off — excavation spoils, old concrete, asphalt, and demo debris loaded out and taken to the right disposal or recycling site. Details on the site cleanup page.
- Contractor trucking — the truck and driver on your schedule, hourly or per load, moving whatever the job needs moved.
Most hauling companies want to do exactly one of those. The reason we do all three is economics: a truck that delivers base in the morning and exports spoils in the afternoon is earning both directions, and that shows up in the rate you pay.
Know what a load actually is
The unit of this business is the truckload, so it pays to know what one holds. A 10-wheel dump truck legally carries about 10–15 tons. By volume that’s roughly 7–10 cubic yards — heavy materials like road base (about 1.5 tons per cubic yard) hit the weight limit before the bed is full, while fluffy topsoil fills the bed first.
Practical translation: a 1,000 sq ft driveway at 4 inches of road base needs about 12.5 cubic yards, or 18–19 tons — call it a load and a half. Run your own numbers with the material calculator before you call, and you’ll know within a load how much trucking you’re buying.
Hourly vs per-load: the contractor math
If you run crews, you’ve been burned both ways — hourly trucks that crawl, and per-load pricing that punishes short cycles. Here’s how we’d advise you to buy it:
- Buy hourly when cycle times are short and unpredictable: mass ex with a close dump site, moving material around a large site, export runs under 15 minutes each way. You’re paying for the truck’s time, so short cycles are your friend.
- Buy per load when the scope is defined: 200 tons of road base delivered, 30 loads of spoils exported to a known site. You know your cost before the first truck rolls, and slow traffic is our problem instead of yours.
We’ll quote either way and tell you straight which one pencils better for your cycle times. Trucking brokers won’t do that; their margin lives in the gap.
Homeowners: one-off jobs are real jobs
You don’t need an account, a PO, or 25 tons. A single load of gravel for an RV pad, one haul-off after a DIY excavation, four tons of topsoil for the back lawn — that’s a normal Tuesday for us. What we need from you is simple: the address, what’s being moved, and a photo of the access if there’s a gate, slope, or overhead line involved. A 10-wheeler wants about 10 feet of width and 14 feet of clearance, and the bed swings 20+ feet high when it dumps.
Why local beats brokered
When you call a national marketplace, your job gets shopped to whichever truck is desperate that day. When you call us, you’re talking to the people who run the trucks, and we’re based at the north end of Utah County — Lehi, Saratoga Springs, American Fork, and Eagle Mountain are minutes away, not a deadhead charge. Short deadhead is the single biggest lever on trucking cost, which is why our best rates are right here in the neighborhood.
Call or text (385) 284-6232 with what you’re moving and where. If it’s a job for a different kind of truck — lowboy, side dump, belly dump — we’ll tell you that too, and usually who to call.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does dump truck hauling cost in Utah County? +
For material delivery, plan on the material price (road base runs $18–30/ton, most gravel $25–60/ton) plus trucking, which typically adds $10–25 per ton depending on distance from the pit. Contractor trucking is quoted hourly or per load. Call or text (385) 284-6232 with the pickup and drop locations and we'll quote the actual job.
How many tons does a dump truck haul per load? +
A standard 10-wheel dump truck carries roughly 10–15 tons, which works out to about 7–10 cubic yards depending on the material. Heavier material like sand and road base maxes out on weight before volume; lighter material like topsoil fills the bed first.
Do you do one-time residential hauling jobs? +
Yes. A single load of gravel to a driveway or one haul-off of excavation dirt is normal work for us, not a favor. No contractor account or minimum tonnage required.
Should contractors hire trucking hourly or per load? +
Hourly makes sense when the truck cycles short distances all day — mass excavation, on-site moves, short export runs. Per-load pricing is better for defined material deliveries where you know the tonnage. We run both; tell us the job and we'll price it the way that costs you less.
Can the same truck deliver material and haul off spoils? +
That's the whole trick. If your job needs base material in and excavation spoils out, we deliver, you load the spoils, and the truck leaves full instead of empty. You pay for one truck doing two jobs instead of two trucks doing one each.
Get a quote for dump truck hauling
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