The article discusses approaches to assessing the effectiveness of the use of heavy vehicles on the example of equipment for the transportation of bulk cargo. The modernization of the existing methods for assessing the effectiveness of its application and the choice of specific operating conditions in the presence of uncertainties and existing restrictions in the environment is pro-posed, a methodological approach to solving this problem based on the classical theory of linear programming is proposed. As a result, within the framework of the indicated practical problem, the range of optimal solutions for the value of the load-carrying capacity utilization factor has been determined. The modernization of the existing methods for assessing vehicles based on determining the efficiency of their operation, thus, can be recommended for use by the engineer-ing and technical personnel of motor transport enterprises.