Reliable driver?????

Well where are you located? I would think a percentage would be best, You are going to need to get said driver a room nightly to legally run this rig interstate. Depending where you are located I may be interested. Thanks.

 

Don;t forget that the driver will be an "employee" and you will have to file tax payments for/on them. Unless you find someone willing to work for cash, but then you loose the "reliable" part of the situation usually.

 

Most car haulers pay percentage. The norm is around 25% for an experienced driver. I have known of some who pay as low as about 20-22%. It may be difficult to make much with only 4 cars when you have a driver in the truck. I have had success finding drivers using my state employment office. You can also advertise on some of the trucking forums and with www.thetruckpaper.com. Your best drivers usually come from word of mouth. Another way to find drivers is to post the position on the drivers board at local truck stops. I would suggest you find a driver that lives near you. With only one truck it can be difficult to stay on top of your maintenance when you don't see the driver. If he lives close, then you know that he will want to get back home.

 

link to this please??

 

A 10 hour break is suppose to be taken in a sleeper. Here in Indiana, when a driver gets a level 3 in a "hot shot" style setup, and no sleeper is on the truck, the officer will request a copy of the hotel reciept. They do it all the time here especially with those that pull campers. Then again, you can just say that you stayed with a friend. Not site about all the legality of it all, but a hotel would be very important for the driver to get a good nights rest and be safe in MY opinion. But everyone has different views

 

Lately I've seen a few hotshots with little flattop sleepers stuffed between the cab and the body. Looks a little odd. It would satisfy a place to rest tho.

 

Not anymore. They changed the off duty logging rules last February so that there is no longer a time limit for logging off duty in the truck. You can now just log off duty instead of sleeper and “rest” in the truck legally for your 10 hour break. The sleeper birth provision rules only seem to apply to teams now.

Item 7-A-(2) at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos/qanda.aspx is as close to an explanation of the change that I can find from FMCSA.

There had been lots of discussion on this when the rule change was made on the auto expeditor’s forum and some on this forum (briefly referenced in post 37 at http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...01664-dodge-4500-good-used-single-axle-4.html). You could also get one of the sleeper conversions they have for some trucks back seat if you want but they are no longer required due to the rule change.

 

You can make him a contractor, just get a contract and 1099 at the end of the year.