How Much Does a Dump Truck Cost? New and Used Prices by Size and Configuration
Key takeaways
How much does a dump truck cost? New dump trucks on dealer listings ran about $58,000 to $311,000 in October 2026, and used ones commonly asked $38,000 to $245,000, depending on size, axles, and miles.
- Size sets the price tier, so read the GVWR before the model name.
- Used heavy trucks under 100,000 miles asked a median of $209,995. Past 400,000 miles: $99,900.
- Pricing a new truck over 33,000 pounds? Ask whether the 12% federal excise tax is in the quote.
- More than four in ten new heavy dump trucks we read showed no price at all.
Type “how much does a dump truck cost” into a search bar and you’ll get a range wide enough to park a quad-axle in. That’s because the label covers a one-ton Ford hauling mulch and a five-axle rig hauling asphalt. Same name. Different business.
So we skipped the blended range and read actual listings on October 31, 2026, sorted by size and then by miles, with used right beside new. Used gets equal space on purpose. Dealers and manufacturers often run promotional financing on new trucks, which can change how a new truck stacks up against a used one, so you want both prices in front of you. Lining up the money is a separate job, and our page on dump truck financing handles it. We finance equipment, so weigh what we say about buying with that in mind.
What a Dump Truck Costs by Size
A dump truck is a chassis from a truck maker with a hydraulic dump body mounted on its frame, usually built by a separate body company. Its gross vehicle weight rating, or GVWR, is the loaded weight the maker rates it to carry. That number decides the price tier more than the model name does.
The Department of Energy’s weight class chart, sourced to the Federal Highway Administration, draws the lines: Class 3 stops at 14,000 pounds, Class 6 at 26,000, and Class 8 is anything over 33,000. New light and medium trucks below come from the Ford Pro Locator, which showed 1,110 dealer-listed Ford dump trucks. We read the first four pages per model and took each listing’s final price. Heavy trucks come from Soarr’s dump truck listings.
| Truck | New, listed price | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Ford F-350 | $57,820 to $95,489 | $74,505 |
| Ford F-450 | $65,747 to $114,975 | $85,468 |
| Ford F-550 | $70,361 to $139,272 | $89,988 |
| Ford F-600 | $74,868 to $131,400 | $95,425 |
| Ford F-650 | $90,739 to $141,990 | $115,927 |
| Ford F-750 | $84,987 to $146,999 | $120,787 |
| Mack Granite | $162,950 to $311,000 | $252,950 |
| Kenworth T880 | $198,500 to $311,092 | $266,149 |
| Peterbilt 567 | $268,999 to $298,000 | $290,000 |
Ford isn’t the whole light and medium market. Just the cleanest read of it. Chevrolet, Ram, Isuzu, and Freightliner sell similar trucks.
Heavy trucks are murkier. Of 496 new heavy dump trucks on Soarr, 212 showed no price. We kept model years 2025 and later, and the T880 row alone is 213 trucks, while the Granite row is 23 and the 567 row is 18. Call-for-price is normal up here.
Inside one model, the body and the dealer’s upfit move the number more than you’d expect. Two 2026 F-550 regular cabs on the locator, both 4WD diesel with the same 10-speed: one with a 9’7″ dump body in Pataskala, Ohio, at $88,990, and one with a 9-foot stainless body in Hartford, Wisconsin, at $136,429. That’s $47,439. For a shorter body. Compare the build sheets.
What a Dump Truck Costs by Axle Setup
Once a truck reaches Class 8, axles start driving the price. Federal limits explain why. Under FHWA’s Bridge Formula guide, gross weight tops out at 80,000 pounds, a single axle at 20,000, and a tandem at 34,000, and the formula then allows more weight as you add axles or spread them apart, which is how three axles spanning 20 feet get to 51,000 pounds. More axles, more legal payload. More money too. Your state’s rules and permits sit on top of that, so check them before paying for axles you can’t load.
| New 2026 setup | Mack Granite | Kenworth T880 |
|---|---|---|
| Tandem | $188,750 | $195,000 |
| Mid-range, tri-axle and quad | $220,500 to $272,672 | $235,995 to $259,900 |
| Five-axle | $366,665 | $324,000 |
That table is secondhand, and you should know it. It’s ThePricer’s pull of TruckPaper listings, updated September 4, 2026, because TruckPaper blocks our checker and Soarr doesn’t label axle counts. The ranges do overlap. Soarr’s lowest priced new T880, at $198,500, sits right by that $195,000 tandem.
Used Dump Truck Prices: What the Listings Show
Miles sort this market better than model year does. Here are 97 priced used heavy dump trucks from Soarr with an odometer reading, grouped by miles.
| Miles | Used, asking price | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Under 100,000 | $139,900 to $244,900 | $209,995 |
| 100,001 to 250,000 | $99,995 to $225,000 | $169,900 |
| 250,001 to 400,000 | $54,900 to $159,950 | $119,995 |
| Over 400,000 | $37,900 to $150,000 | $99,900 |
$159,950
median asking price across 98 priced used heavy dump trucks, read October 31, 2026
Dealer lots skew late-model, and only four of those trucks were older than 2015. Private sellers and auctions can run cheaper. So treat these as the dealer end of the market. Miles won’t settle it alone, either:
- A 2024 Kenworth T880 with 184,104 miles asked $214,995. A 2025 T880 with 13,276 miles asked $175,000. Older, more miles, $39,995 more.
- Same model, nine years apart: a 2016 T880 at 495,000 miles asked $99,900, and a 2024 at 89,944 miles asked $209,950.
- $54,900 buys a 2005 Mack Granite with 379,185 miles on it. Ready for a paving contract? Go find out.
- Down at $19,500, there’s a 2006 GMC C8 with 271,543 miles.
Two different trucks can wear one model name, and the axles, body, and engine spec fill that gap. Medium trucks were thin on the site. Eleven priced International MV, Freightliner M2, Kenworth T370, Peterbilt 348, Mack MD, and Isuzu NQR trucks ran $44,000 to $94,950, with a median of $59,900, among them a 2020 MV at 124,910 miles for $64,900 and a 2017 M2 at 59,509 miles for $58,500.
Light trucks were thinner still. Two priced: a 2023 Ford F-350 at 51,556 miles for $46,500, and a 2016 F-550 at 18,751 miles for $52,650. Two trucks aren’t a market. Call local dealers.
These are asking prices. What they sold for, nobody here publishes. Negotiate accordingly.
A dump body takes a beating an odometer doesn’t record. Cycle the bed all the way up and down, and watch the hoist cylinder for leaks or a hitch in the lift. Check the floor and tailgate for thin spots and patches. Crawl under. Read the frame rails for cracks and welds, then ask for the PTO and emissions records, because both can run into real money on an older diesel.
Private sale? Add a step. A lender that financed the seller’s purchase may still hold a lien, which on a titled truck usually shows on the title, and a UCC-1 can sit on file as well. Our page on UCC-1 filings explains the search. Do it before any deposit moves.
The Tax Line on a New Heavy Truck
12%
federal retail excise tax on the first retail sale of truck chassis and bodies, excluding those suited to a gross vehicle weight of 33,000 pounds or less
Source: IRS, Publication 510, Excise Taxes, revised December 2025
Plenty of cost guides skip this. Some heavy-truck quotes don’t include it. ThePricer found a 2026 T880 quad listed at $248,700 with the tax excluded, and worked out $29,844 on top if the whole price is taxable. So ask one plain question. Is FET in this number? Get the answer in writing.
Used trucks are usually past it, since the tax falls on the first retail sale. There’s a catch for anyone rebuilding one, though. Publication 510 says the tax can apply again when repairs and modifications cost more than 75% of a comparable new truck’s retail price. Heavy trucks on the road also owe a separate annual use tax above a weight threshold, filed on Form 2290.
All of this is for 2026 as we read it. It’s general information, not tax advice. Consult your tax advisor about your own purchase.
Off-Road Trucks Are a Different Purchase
Articulated haulers aren’t in any table above. They don’t run on highways, and they don’t price like trucks that do. ThePricer’s read of used Cat 740 GC articulated trucks ran $220,000 to $570,000 depending on year and hours, so a used one can top a new tri-axle. Quarry work might justify that. Hauling gravel to a driveway won’t.
Reading the Number on a Quote
Compare two quotes only after you’ve broken both into the same pieces:
- The chassis and the body, as separate lines if the dealer will show them.
- FET, in or out.
- Upfit: tarp system, hitch, plow prep, lights. These stack up.
- Registration, delivery, and any dealer documentation charges.
- On used: what’s actually been rebuilt, with invoices, not a line in the ad.
One more cost never shows on the quote. Under 49 CFR 383.91, a single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 pounds or more falls in Group B for a commercial driver’s license, and that line sits right between Class 6 and Class 7. Cross it and every driver you hire needs the license, which changes who you can put in the seat. Sometimes a Class 6 truck is the cheaper buy for that reason alone. Run that math first.
What Buyers Ask About Dump Truck Prices
What does a used dump truck actually go for?
Median asking prices on our October 31, 2026 read were $159,950 for used heavy trucks and $59,900 for medium ones. Those are dealer asks, not sales. Expect room to talk, and expect the cheap end of any group to need work.
Does a tri-axle cost that much more than a tandem?
New, it usually does. ThePricer’s read had a 2026 T880 tandem at $195,000 and T880 tri-axles and quads starting at $235,995, a gap of $40,995. Used, it’s harder to say, since few listings we read state the axle count.
Is the 12% excise tax owed again on a used dump truck?
Usually not. The tax falls on the first retail sale, so a truck that’s already been through one generally doesn’t owe it again, unless rebuilding costs pass the 75% line in IRS Publication 510. Consult your tax advisor on any rebuild.
How much can a dump truck legally carry?
A truck’s legal payload is whatever’s left after you subtract its empty weight from the lowest limit that applies, whether that’s its GVWR, the federal axle and Bridge Formula limits, or your state’s rules. Weigh it empty. Then do the subtraction yourself. Dealers quote capacity in cubic yards, and a yard of wet sand weighs far more than a yard of mulch, so a full body can still be an overweight body.
Who needs a CDL to drive one?
49 CFR 383.91 puts any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 pounds or more in Group B. So a Class 7 or Class 8 dump truck calls for one. Below that line, most trucks don’t, though hazmat loads and state rules can change the answer.
Can a dump truck from a private seller be financed?
Wrong first question, slightly: can the seller deliver clean title? Sort out the lien search and the title, because any lender you ask will want to know. Whether a given lender will take a private-party truck at all is up to that lender, so ask before a deposit changes hands.
Next Steps
Got a size, an axle count, and a number you trust? Then it’s about paying for it. Read how dump truck financing works, see our heavy and construction equipment financing overview, or check how construction equipment lenders compare. Pricing other iron too? We’ve got excavator prices, forklift prices, and a box truck cost guide. Ready on a specific truck? Start an application.