Hot-Shot Load boards???

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by SHC, Sep 14, 2012.

  1. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    Yes , they do because there aren't enough true hotshot loads to make a living doing only hotshot . But as you said the loads on the board are LTL and not hotshot loads .
     
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  3. G/MAN

    G/MAN Road Train Member

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    Some of the loadboards have hotshot and LTL loads. There are also some brokers that have that type of freight. For instance, Jones Motor Freight has a hotshot division as does Bennett.
     
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  4. SHC

    SHC Spoiled Rotten Brat O/O

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    He has his own authority and is going to haul directly for Haulmark and a couple smaller trailer makers in the area, and wants to book stuff coming back. He was an OTR O/O for 7 years, so he knows the ins-n-out's of the biz, and where to go and where not to..... just trying to help him out as I thought he could do better locally in Chicago shuttling things, but maybe not. I know he can haul 20,000# with his trailer and be legal. Maybe he can just go off the truck load boards and move LTL stuff
     
  5. Old Man

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    Why not go on LS broker board, put in trailer type and max weight at 20,000 then find what would fit. My last flatbed full load was 4,000 lbs and 27' long, probably needs a small tarp to cover some loads. Probably can't rear load with a forklift, just call and ask.
     
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  6. SHO-TYME

    SHO-TYME Road Train Member

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    I don't waste my time with that show.
     
  7. SHC

    SHC Spoiled Rotten Brat O/O

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    That is exactly what I was telling him, and I even looked up rates on the LS board for him and they were not too bad. I told him I could him in contact with a couple agents I do LTL stuff for and they'd love to have someone on call like that.

    Since I've been doing some research on the topic, it actually doesn't seem like he's made a bad choice at all. He got his truck for $52,000 and the trailer ran him $12,000 but it is loaded up nice. That's half the cost of just a new class 8 truck alone. He doesn't need to make much to get by on when he's got that low of an overhead cost involved. Makes me wonder if maybe I should look into it myself sometimes.
     
  8. dannythetrucker

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    SHC, I've hauled quite a few loads out of the Chicago area on my stepdeck that COULD be hauled on a hot shot. (Also, to some of the other posters, yes sometimes "hot shot" refers to expedited freight, but it also is a generic term for a dually pickup pulling a flatbed trailer as well)

    I think he'd do okay using ITS or getloaded and just searching stepdeck or flat loads and looking at dimensions or searching the partial loads.

    I'm also considering getting a dually and trailer, partly because I'm about due for a new pickup, but partly I figure if I spot a good load I can probably have one of my neighbors or friends haul it for me and we both make some money. I guess the biggest expense would be plates. I'd probably just do insurance one trip at a time on something like that unless I really started running it alot.
     
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  9. WMGUY

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    a couple guys i know just grab LTL's off the load boards and make it pay they are pretty picky but get decent rates all together

    also check with insurance companies that need wrecked cars hauled and such also get approved by copart to move their auction cars around they pay good
     
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  10. Oscar the KW

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    SHC, I did the hot shot deal a long time ago, had alot of customers in northern Indiana. Made good money out of there, but not good enough to bounce back. Finding freight going back to that area was tough. And when plants would close down for weeks at a time to change up production lines that sucked. That's a very tough business to make money in, worse than what we do now.
     
  11. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    Many will consider paying $52,000 for a Ford a bad choice . What kind of shape will it be in and how much will he owe on it in 3 years when it should have over 400,000 miles on it ? He could have bought a good used Freightliner Class 7 single axle for half that and it would last twice as long as the Ford .
     
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