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 .
Hot-Shot Load boards???
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by SHC, Sep 14, 2012.
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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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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. -
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.SHC Thanks this. -
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.
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