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Wow , things sure have changed since I retired , I was a Hot-Shot Driver for years , but it meant something different back then , most Hot-Shot Drivers drove CDL big rigs or sometimes a straight truck with a sleeper , From the pick-up point to the drop with no stops in between except fuel . You sleep between loads if you have time , or you could team up with someone , back then regulations were more relaxed , once I went from Minnesota to El Paso in 19 hours , back then if you were late you would be docked for time lost if you broke down the first thing you did was get a lease truck or what ever you needed to finish the load and go back for your truck later . Now I see these young fellows with pick-ups and goose necks and wish I was still driving , looks like fun .
Shoot, ya it’s heavily regulated now. But docked because you broke down. That’s like putting salt in a wound
That's cause these guys are running LTL not Hotshot. I don't know where the terms got mixed up but somewhere along the way it did. Hotshot is now not when you can or when your headed that direction. My guys all have a backpack in their trucks ready to go soon as the call comes. It doesnt matter of its semi, straight truck or even a 2500, you get paid a high rate to get there now.
Yep, I ran Hotshot back in the 80's. Most of my loads I could run with my F150 stepside, I installed a sleeper top over the bed. Point A to Point B! I ran mostly parts for PHI Helicopters, injectors, and governors for rebuilds. Don't miss the Helo leaving going offshore you never get another run. I still have my CDL. I would just rent a truck from Ryder if needed back then. Best runs I ever made, Harahan, LA to Venice, LA, load 3- o-rings in a bank size envelope 87 miles oneway $250.00. 7- MSDS {8 1/2" x 11"} sheets of paper Kenner, LA to Port Fourchon, LA, 90 miles, $285.00 had to be originals, not faxed not much email in the 80's. That was great money in the 80's. Then offshore went to $hit. Old habits are hard to break, still carry a small duffel bag for a overnight supplies and change of clothes.
That's pretty crazy! I work in wright WY!!!
@@jdog1392 why a backpack in their truck? lol this isnt jason bourne
For those wondering if you can start with a smaller setup yes i started with a Cago Van a chevy 1500 and a 20ft flatbed trailer and a GMC Yukon Xl sleeper setup in the back been in Hotshot for 18 years
What kind of loads were you able to run with the Yukon xl?
I got a 1500 Chevy Silverado 2007, could i get a trailer and actually do loads?
CDL changed my life in 2005. Now the problem of not having money is gone. Good money in trucking.
I make a ton of money moving and setting up travel trailers. Sometimes move from storage yards to campgrounds, sometimes from backyards. Set them up, turn on acs and give the customer a text when its ready. Most of my customers are retirees and they don't want to hook up tow or set up. I do it all for them, when theyre done they send me a text and I tow back. 150 within 10 miles each way. 50 bucks for each 10 miles beyond.
Good gig if your young and can setup trailers like u are I'm sure it's going to get a lot tighter. With what the gov wants to do
How do you get the biz? I’m getting set up to do this here in Florida.
My boss has 4 trailers he air bnbs that I have to run around and setup. And he makes a killing doing it. Basically like you said older people or we get a lot of tourists being in Canada. They want the experience and they’re willing to pay for it. And I get free road trips out of it
@@shotgunnar2586 big market for moving boats north and south in the spring and fall along the east coast.
I’ve been thinking about doing this. My family has a travel trailer that we use a lot, and towing is one of the parts of it that I actually enjoy. I’d be able to help folks move and set up trailers pretty easily. I can’t do 5th wheels or goosenecks because my 2500HD isn’t set up for those, but it could do pretty much any travel trailer. Glad to hear someone else doing it successfully. How do folks find you? I’m assuming referrals from RV dealers is part of it. Are there apps like Uber for trucks that can tow?
I just started up and my authority went active just under 2 months ago. I’m a non CDL out of Oregon so the freight over here isn’t always great. However, I hustled like crazy and that’s exactly what you have to do if you want to make it. I ran my first load on June 14th and in a 15 day period I grossed $12,415. The biggest advice I can give anyone just starting, either get your CDL and run it from the beginning that way, or get on the phone and get your own customers and a select few brokers that have great customers that pay well. Also, don’t give up 5% of your business to a dispatcher, find your own freight, just my opinion. Also, don’t lease on, you lose 25% of your business. I know that’s not possible for everyone, but it’s just my opinion that running under your own authority and dispatching yourself will pay you the most. All I pay off the top is 3% to my factoring company, and they only see the brokered freight I run and I bill my customers direct. This is a fantastic business guys, if you want to run hotshot then do it, being out on the road is pretty great!!
I need your phone number to talk to you direct, I have so many questions
This is something I'd love to get into since i love driving anyways, whats the best towing diesel pickup truck vehicle for these long trips? Dodge? Chevy? Ford?
@@synnie7820 you’re going to see most hotshot setups using a Dodge, and a lot of it is the new Ram’s are set up to be a towing machine. I’ve been very close to maxed out at 25,800lbs hauling some hot tubs out of the LA area and brought them up to Oregon and Washington, it absolutely dominated the mountain passes on the way up and on the way down. I personally wouldn’t use anything else, but I have a buddy that runs a F-250 and it treats him very well too, so I’d imagine it’s just preference.
@@Blue_Sky_Hotshots That's perfect because ive been thinking about possibly putting my foot in the door on this kind of job and im already a huge Dodge fan so thats a plus for me!
I've really been wanting to hotshot but i dont have a clue how to start
I’m a Dispatcher, if you would’ve a 40’ single wheel trailer you could’ve take longer loads like Drainage pipes for example and match his numbers for sure
You are right, but It’s tough out there right now no matter what. Do you have relationships with shippers?
We’ve have ADS as a customer for many years I concentrate on the local deliveries once in a while they’ll ask for a Salt Lake City pickup but don’t like the $5.50 per mile rate but in a jam ….
This video definitely gave me a lot of help since I’m trying to become an owner operator. Only thing I’m having trouble is finding loss and where I can find a book. Seems like you guys do it with ease
Good break down. Got me thinking more about going on my own. The partial hustle is smart
There is also more toll involved in PA-NJ so that should be accounted against expenses on this particular CLD route comparison while none-CDL route was in states without toll roads.
Nice work thanks for sharing this info with us
Maybe the east part of the US but not down south.It's too much competition here in TEXAS plus all these low rates have made some guys parked them trucks and started working for companies. What this gentleman is taking about is doable but best believe you wont have a life. Since so many truckers are getting out the business, the economy will pick up some where in the future hopefully!! What he isnt telling you is the HOT SHOT or PARTIAL loads are limited. You might be on the computer for two days just to book a load.
Offshore Boat Captain tapping innn. I'm buying my first set up come New Yrs!!! So you got a new subscriber and fan. Thanks and keep the content coming
I love your hotshot videos , please make more
I have a CDL Class A Permit, seeking to finish training then do Box Trucking and or Hotshot
got my CDL-A...Got my setup on its way. 2019 kenworth single axle and 40' hotshot wide deck. LET'S GO!!!!!!
I did hotshot for a year,started out during covid. It was tough. And November 2021. Give it up. I was a CDL with a 40 ft Bigtex. At first it was good. Then the brokers started getting greedy. Went for 2.50 3.00 dollars a mile to 1.00 1.50. And a Ram 3500 cost just as much as a 18 wheeler. Now back in a bid truck. Best of luck guys and gals.
I have a full fledge semi truck company. Our truck doesn’t gross 8.5k a week. You are 100% being truthful with you’re info. I have a pretty good feeling this guys a lie.
@@alangarcia4446so the trucking is good bussiness?
Thanks for taking the time to do this
Thank you for your willingness to share your knowledge. Thank you.
The moral of the story is you're getting as good a fuel mileage as an 18 wheeler. I don't know what kind of mileage you get but if you're getting ten miles to the gallon Hall in any load that means you're getting $10 to every $4 that you buy in fuel. What you really need to do is you need to buy a bigger fuel tank that away when you go through a state like Pennsylvania you can fuel up before you get to Pennsylvania and not have to buy fuel in Pennsylvania. Same with other states. Other people are just mad because they're not making the amount of money that they were making but you can still make a living by paying a truck note a trailer note and still walking off with a big profit every month.
That part!💪🏾💪🏾
Thank you For video. Please be safe 🙏🙏
Getting a cdl is a key to $100,000. Sysco, UPS, hotshot, fuel transport. All these will give you enough money.
thsnk you fir the video i will be starting my flatbed traning.. alot was saying you can😢make alot no more byt your video gave me motivation
Yes, you can make more money with cdl hotshot but the more weight you take the quicker you wear out your equipment...
As a retired A.S.E mechanic I can say with confidence that these medium duty diesel trucks are not made to last with the amount of weight you take with a cdl hotshot load...
I have a 07 E-450 cab and chassis and is very capable of hauling cdl hotshot but the maintenance costs and wear on the equipment in my opinion does not justify the difference between cdl and non cdl... this is just my opinion...!!!!
Good point. I’m going to try and watch out for heavy loads. Pretty much I’m going to capitalize on load I can now take because I can haul the length. Especially because of what your saying from experience with the wearing out of equipment. Thanks man
Buy commercial equipment. 650 or better. Better have a sleeper or hotel room recipient. Dot magnetic
Tire are more expensive then the 650 or better
I pull a 20 foot goose neck stock trailer with my IH eagle..Looks crazy but fook it...
Great content! Looking forward to jumping into the industry.
Wow. This is a great comparison. Probably the only vid that breaks it down any where close to being accurate. Great job. There are ways to reduce certain expenses as well. Especially on maintenance.
Hey man any info is good info! When you stop learning and have no interest in learning new things it’s time to pick a new career! Keep the videos coming brother!
Thanks man I appreciate that. I am definitely still learning and when I do I’ll share. Just got my cdl so I’m sure there are going to be some learning curves coming up. But the whole squire my cdl was a great experience I can wait to share because I’m about to tell everyone the secret to getting it cheap and not to go to these expensive 4 week schools or even worse sign a contract with a big carrier and have to work for them for 2 years. Anyways thank you once again I like hearing you remind me that the longer I’m a student the better
This is the info I’ve been looking for. Thank you
Thanks, I’m glad you took interest. I tried my best to make it not boring but I know one thing… it’s the truth
Thank you for taking the time to make this video and putting this information out
Thank you for taking interest. I appreciate you so much. Thanks for the compliment
Love to see you making the breakdown, you're working your ass off, bud. one of the things I like to do to keep my numbers honest for me is I'll keep my mileage based off of where I'm at rather than the quoted from the board. Pickup SandyLake(1400$) 82 miles >> Pickup Kittanny PA(900$) 61miles. Shortest distance is the Kittany drop in CharlotteNC so that's 490miles to get there. then Blue Ridge GA for the SandyLake drop 270miles. Total money was 2300$ and total miles was 903miles making the true rpm 2.457$.
I appreciate your videos.
Great info! Thank you!
Well done video and efforts. Very informative 👍
I have driven a big truck for a big company.. I have also driven loads paid by for family, I have never driven loads as professional cdl hotshot.... driving loads for family cost me out of pocket for breakdowns and would have left me stranded if not for me being a mechanic by trade and choice. I could fix my own truck and could check the surrounding area for people needing vehicle repairs so I could afford my repairs.
This video is Money 💰
Very value information for people like me that want to start in this industry.
Thank you!
Now that’s the most straight forward video I’ve seen yet on money. Thanks!
Thanks Luke! I appreciate that. I of course want to talk about all the little details but I tried very hard to cut out all the fat.
Great information and keep on trucking...!!!! Stay safe out there...!!!!
Hella ya nova thanks!
Let's keep in mind that having a CDL A/B opens a whole new world for delivery/transport services. If you're in that field, it's typically better to just get your CDL and make the extra money for doing the same job.
Yup exactly Thats what I figured out the hard way. if I started all over again id be running CDL from Day one.
@@Babylionhotshot When did getting a CDL for passenger trucks become a thing? I was a truck driver in the early 2000's and it was unheard of
@@jeffstrains4014 when people got smart and realized, you don’t need to run a $300,000 piece of equipment to transport stuff that I hundred and $20,000 piece of equipment can transport. Anything over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating need to CDL but I see me carrying more than semi’s every single day. Sometimes I wonder how some of the semi’s are even breaking even
@@Babylionhotshot we're not breaking even. The industry is in serious trouble. Self driving trucks will take over once all the tractor trailer guys go out of business.
@@HotOneRecordzself driving trucks is a myth they can barely make electric semi trucks. Plus self driving trucks will make deliveries late since it’ll have to charge up using a battery and who will be responsible for all of that? And besides it’s not like it’s self driving a semi truck it also has to drive with a trailer equipped. Let’s see how those electric self driving semi’s will run on a mountain.
Great information my brother. You broke this down better than any RUclipsr I've ever seen. Definitely subscribing. Going to get my CDL in a few more weeks. But I do want to own a few hot shots to start off my company.
Thanks Canes! I Appreciate that.
remember a trucking company is a lot to learn as far as getting it off the ground. make sure you start off small and slow. ask as many people in the industry questions you have. get a plan then when your ready execute. good luck Canes!
@@Babylionhotshot thanks bro
New subscriber and a like. Thank you!!
Dude just get you a 40ft non cdl set up you don’t need a cdl set up. That alone will change your gross. I run a hotshot company with two non cdl 40ft trailers and we do very well and have been since February of 2019. We do 3,000 miles or less every week and home by Friday evening every week. Work smarter not harder family time and everything else is more important. Keep at it brother
About How much would a good set be? And how do you find the work? I see these on the highway nonstop hauling like 3-4 cars(I live by the big 3 in Michigan).. Been wanting to change careers
How much do you pay the drivers a week
What's the stipulations on doing non CDL hot shot ?
How would you recommend a rookie get started?
Any non cdl hot shot companies or owners hiring in the Louisiana area ?
I drove a cargo van, expedition ( hot shot) for 11 yrs!! The guy I drove for had 3 vans and when he got out of it last yr, he says if he could have got drivers like me, I took all loads, never late pickup or delivery, didn't go home but every 3-4 months for 7-10 days max!! Yes he paid insurance and repairs, but I took care of his van like it was mine! And the owner paid the gas in advance, so it came out of my paycheck to keep the card up!! I also looked for all discounts I could for my gas! I was driving for Panther and did a 60/40 split with owner! And I kept all has and other expense receipts/records and average my take WK 900 -1500!! I loved it!!
So they had cargo van hauling the trailer
Something I would add is that if Hot-Shoting fails, having your CDL gives you additional options. I have a fairly close friend who has his Class-A CDL but does Class-B work. I'm right now going to get my CDL and when I "graduate" I'll pretty much have everything. Flat, Tanker, Hazmat, ect. I mean most of what I just listed is take a test at the DMV. Hazmat is a test you have to take every 2 years, which just so happens to also be about the same amount of time you need to redo your DoT physical.
Greetings: What is "flat"? New endorsement?
@@BatGS After going back to my manual / study guide its not an additional endorsement. That's my bad. But it's a type of trailer that is usually used for hauling materials like your standard Freight just without the "shelter."
@@TheBlankJoker Greetings: Thx 4 the correcting URself. Hopefully lesson learned 4 U.
Best explaining !! Strait forwards with A-Z facts
I’m trying to cut out all the fat. I want to say so much but I’m trying to stick to the facts. Thanks man
Thanks for the number it's a real help trying to get into the industry
Great video!
Hello Thank you so very much for your time and great information!!!
It would interesting to hear about setting up to haul non cdl as far as dot and all the other stuff that goes with it.
Yes cool job thanks
Stuart, I love your videos, bro I’m thinking of going hot shot myself I live in California your videos are inspiring. Thank you.
God bless you brother thank you for these videos
Shane, I appreciate that bro. I know cali has some different laws out there. Your definitely going to want to get your cdl if you don’t already have one. I made money as a non cdl but honestly leaving home and hustling hard, it started to not be worth it. Unless your out for like 3 weeks a month.
Dope love all the info
Keep up the great money videos EVERY WEEK!!!💯✊🏽
O shoot that would be hard as hell. But I will keep track over the next three weeks and bring the numbers to you. Especially now that I have a 53’ step deck
Liked and subscribed. Thanks for the video!
Nice info for the best part of the day and then something to be done with 🎉
Thanks man! This was a great video appreciate it!
Thanks man! I’m hoping to get better at showing the numbers and make it a little shorter.
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Love it man great video
Thanks David!
More info needed keep making videos 💰
Will do sir. Thanks for the support. I just got a new set up I’m going to go over and see how much I can make with that. I can tell you in my first year which is just finishing up I didn’t make that much but it’s picking up now. We will see
It was the perfect length. Well done
Thanks, I know it was a lot but I'll learn how to take up less time from peoples day but deliver them the same information. I appreciate your feed back. That so valuable to me, thanks Ryanware
Your brother sounds like one hell of a business man. That's the way to haul butt !!
Sweet video. I liked it. Love the break down
Thanks Sam. I’m glad people out there like you appreciate it. I’m going to do my best to bring more numbers and honest numbers to everyone about the hotshot industry
I have done it both ways I have always made more driving for someone else than owning my own equipment and the most was working by the hour pulling saltwater off the natural gas wells around Fort Worth Texas. Tanker without hazmat endorsement. My average $130K 60-70 hours per week.
I have my cdl exam next month .... Im aiming for this... Awesome work guys any recommendations on companies that hire new grads
Appreciate the honesty
I really appreciate you for saying that. That’s the point of my channel, honest wether I like it or not
👍🙏 thanks bro for the info
Yessss finally real info!!!!!
I got you mark and I’ll and I have some more coming. Now that I have a cdl set up I’ll know first hand to tell people you can or can’t make money.
Thanks for sharing.
Great video brother👍🏾
Thanks dash!
36k in first month! HOT DAMN SON!!!!
Always get your CDL. A ram 4500 and 5500 doesn't even get you a 10k gvwr trailer to stay under 26000 gcwr
I need to no more I have the 40 foot!I am trying to get started!
do it! its a tough job as I tell everyone. you have to be a hustler, negotiator, driver, office person and a few other jobs but if you learn it, its worth it till you level up. Maybe to a broker.
I’m just starting out with my new business hot shoting so I can use all the info I can get from u
No cdl for my co.
Will you make a video explaining fuel, lodging, parking, food allowances, various company tools and electronics when it comes to taxes and how it all works with deductions?
Seems that hotshot is a big huge magnet for dot inspections getting pulled in to every scale and targeted random. It is very easy to unwittingly go over your 26,000 lbs without knowing it, and get jammed up in a lot of trouble for it.
Hey ya ,great video and great to see you running the numbers.
By any chance did you manage to break down the total income less your expenses and figure out what your hourly wage would be?
I see that most of your work is done with open trailer. Which you can load higher due to its lower height. Would it be better to build a special trailer to do dry goods and freight that you normally hall. Would this open up more opportunities. Probably more work for the shipper. I would think that you would not want a tow motor racing in and out of it. Which means it would have to be loaded from the side and possibly have good canvas sides. Then a good securement plan. It would have to go together pretty quick to get in and out. Maybe even one hard wall with one soft for loading from one side. Just wondered if it could open up other options for load. Possibly double stacking. Possibly even dedicated space on a trailer for this. Seems everyone is going after the same type of freight. I would think a smaller truck would be more efficient and faster than a semi. Just food for thought. What would also be interesting to run the numbers on is the best power unit for the setup. I would think CDL without semi. This could be 40 ft trailer or under. Sure, is a lot easier to get a shorter trailer through the city. It sure would be nice to not be beat up by the truck because it so stiff to handle the weight. Gotta get those dollars somewhere. Pa has a lot of warehouses going up right now. Do they have yards that still pull semi-trailers into that need to be dropped at final destination. Which could be done with an older city semi-truck. Everybody has to find their Nitch. I know they have become really creative with the cattle trailer. Course the numbers will tell you if something is worthwhile. I wish you well in your findings.
Can you make a vid of how to fill the carrier’s package & the process of booking the load thx
Some people delete the bed off of the pickup for weight savings so that they can get a little more cargo on without being over that 26k# however....HOWEVER once that bed is removed from that frame for just a bare 5th wheel now it is considered a tractor( not a pickup) and falls up under FMCSA whereas a pickup does not necessarily under most conditions.
bingo
Awesome video sir
First Savings is When You buy a Truck, and Trailer While going Apportioned Plates. “ You Do Not Pay State Sales Tax on Trucks or Trailers “
great video.
Thanks im trying my best to bring my numbers to RUclips on a consistent basis. Thanks for subscribing by the way. I hope I can show you more valuable truthful info.
One more point is how confortable you sleep because driving for long hrs is hard the most importat for me is have a good room for sleep i respect the hotshoot industry but i can't see my self sleeping in the rear seat. 😎😎😎 100% respect🙏🙏🙏
It might be that your spreadsheet was "over simplified" for this RUclips video, but your calculations are incorrect when you have a partial load. You are adding up all of the mileage together, even though you had loads on the trailer at the same time. You need to keep track of your actual mileage driven from end of the previous load to the end of the final drop. That is likely lower than the total amount of mileage listed for each individual load and is greatly going to affect your net income numbers.
I dont know ehy but that tv on the wall in the backgrounds drivin me crazy
Power to you if your happy cdl, no cdl drive on money is money
Great info man
Thanks. I’m going to try and make the next one better. In the works now. Only my CDL numbers. With my new set up.
Great info
Good info bro 💯💯💯
Nate for president!!!
If you are pulling weight that requires a CDL you might as well do it safer with a big truck. IMO hot shot should only be non CDL. Leave the big stuff to the big boys.
Ya just got an f550. The f250 was not good but it got my foot in The door. We are about to see some real hotshot number with a real nice setup pretty soon.
@@Babylionhotshot You still paying for def and fuel. Now I drive a semi with 48 ft flatbed but when I ran hotshot I had a good setup. I had a 98 3500 with the 12 valve Cummins. It's mechanical indirect fuel injection pump so it will run wvo/used motor oil. I ran two separate tanks. My auxiliary tank was built in to a toolbox so to camouflage it. The auxiliary tank had a heater and once up to temperature I switch over to the used cooking oil. Before shutdown I always let it run on pump diesel. Being a 98 I wasn't subject to electronic logs or def. Guys would be butthurt crying because I would undercutting their rates and grabbing loads. "he doesn't know he's not making any money he just out here barely paying for his fuel". Well jokes on them dummies 😂
@@TaylorHaubrich ... you're still hurting the overall industry 🥴
@@MatthewMaranell idk how. It's a dog eat dog world man. You gotta take care of your family number one. If you can't figure out an edge to survive and take care of your family then that's your business.
@@TaylorHaubrich facts ain’t like they going give that money to the people but to put it into wars . Take them for everything give them nothing like Leonidas once said 😂
Hey there, I'm in Oregon and looking to start up, I have a crew cab pickup and looking to get a flatbed trailer that I can pull until I can get a bigger one to use my class a..
I had my cdl for about 13-14 yrs up in IL but lost them over 10 yrs ago.. ive been in SC since '16 workin couple diff jobs but not makin money 🙄.. ive heard some about runnin hotshot loads and I think itd be a great option for me right now until I could figure out if I can obtain my cdl down here.. find someone to haul non-cdl loads for until I can get cdl again or possibly get my own set-up.. problem is I dont have a perfect driving record which worries me some..
The oil field freight is the best you can find
I ran a box truck to expedite carpet and other stuff from 2006 to 2008 or so. Then I sold the box and ran my 2006 Chevrolet 3500 dually with the Duramax with an enclosed trailer. GCWR was 25,000 and I ran magnets with company name and DOT numbers. When I was not loaded, I took them off. That was 2010 or so, and the DOT started going overboard on expediters and small trucks. So I just pretty much ran without any sort of markings and avoided the scales. Then people started cutting everyone else's throats and hauling for less than fuel and other expenses and many people had to quit because they couldn't make money. I stopped for different reasons. I fell asleep one night in Bristol, Tn after only 3 hrs of driving going from home to Baltimore and sideswiped a van at 3 am. Her honking probably saved my life. Then I took a load to Abilene, Tx and made it out there fine on very little sleep because every rest stop was full. On the way back, I nearly fell asleep several times. I would stop and climb back into sleeping area over my gooseneck, but I could not sleep because I would have nightmares that I was falling asleep at the wheel, and I would wake up screaming after only sleeping for a couple of hours and be wide awake. My wife got me a hotel in Louisiana and I made it home, but it was close a few times.
Don't ever drive when you are too tired, it's not worth it to put your life at risk and others on the road. I nearly killed myself and put other at risk.
@cragre
It’s a good thing you got off the road.
As the saying goes
If you can’t stand the heat Get out of the kitchen.
There is no SLEEPING in TRUCK DRIVING.You are either a DRIVER or you’re NOT.
That’s OK because Walmart needs greeters.
you don't need miles, you need money
@@marshallcollins8634 I have ADD and when I tell myself I need to do something, my body does exactly the opposite. So when I knew I was going out on a trip or when I was out driving and knew I needed to sleep, I could not sleep. Then when I needed to be awake, I would get so sleepy. I have lost both my sisters, with my last sister passing away in 2012 at age 37, so after that I did not want my parents to lose all their children, so that's when I stopped driving for good.
job not for you man,sry
great info
Cdl hotshot here. 5k a week at 40 weeks a year. 2k to 2500 miles a week. Reset n repeat.
Hell ya! Love it
Just a small topic I haul hay for personnel I go about 180 miles round trip it cost me at current fuel prices no maintanance figured in just fuel and time10 mpg loaded with about 15 empty one way.
18 gallons of fuel at 3.99 a gallon then ad insurance tires maintenance and add depreciation on truck and trailer I don't see how you can make much at those prices. Especially if you have a major breakdown transmission axle motor front end is considered maintenance wear like tires. Your at 2.23 per mile. If you all keep this up we all are going to go completely broke. No joke. Plus itl be a requirement that no one can pull a trailer without training and a special license u think in just talking look at Europe and other places it's about control all over the world.
I am super new to this trucking/hotshot stuff. I am REALLY looking to do this. I counted ACTUAL drive days which was 13, but you are saying it took 22 days, is that because you were not at home and having to find the right paying loads"? Thank you great info!
Your heath has taken a tole bud. This adventure has been hard on you my friend
Yes it has. Deffinetly going to start watching that aspect of the job. going to start going back to the gym. thanks for the reminder.
You'll make a whole lot more money hot shotting!!!
My def gauge doesn’t work, and the exhaust fell off on my truck but I drive a ram 6.7L Cummins after the exhaust fell off, it got a lot better fuel mileage and has a lot more power and that’s with no power added
Not hating but you gotta understand.
"Just took it to get home" One of the biggest reasons rates are so bad. Taking a low paying run lowers the rate for that whole lane. Really like the breakdown and comparison. Great info.
Some not so good side of a CDL.
1. Loose all rights for privacy within you truck. The police can almost do as they please.
2. Insurance for my private car increased.
3. DOT
Awesome video, im doing local car hauling in Chicagoland area but want to go more over the road to make moves like you guys.
How's the money in the local car hauling?
@@LBWilliams. I'm curious to know as well
Me too & how did you get the connects?
@@LBWilliams. I make from 300-500 on a average a day, that’s gross. My best day was $650 that was 4 pickups n drop off in one day. I’m home every night tho with kids
@@makemeorbreakme1832 great to hear, thanks for the answer