New Driver - Where To Get Hotshot Experience?

What is a hotshot company?

 

Freelance drivers that haul for any carrier without signing any contracts.

 

Check out uship, they are hot shot heaven, you don't need anything to run there. My son signed on there but never run a trip, trips go as low as .44 per mile. Most of those guys don't have the needed DOT or MC# numbers or insurance they just bid on freight and the lowest bid gets it. My son never pulled a trip and I bought him a new truck and he is making good money running the North West.

 

From here

Expedite was sometimes referred to as hotshot. Currently expedite refers to vans, straight trucks and T/T's delivering time sensitive freight. There are no set lanes. The trucks are on standby for immediate response. However, with the state of the economy expedite carriers are accepting regular LTL shipments to keep their trucks busy.
True hotshot is like flatbed expedite, mostly one ton or medium duty trucks pulling trailers and hauling time sensitive loads. There are many O/O's with rigs like this running freight that pays lower rates and is not hotshot by the true definition.

 

o boy. this is going to open up a can of worms!

 

Most hot shot out fits are mom&pop kind of company mostly one truck and trailer the one's that hire hot shot's are not big enough to hire drivers there are heavy restrictions on hiring company Drivers such as

Required Employee Benefits



Employee benefits play an important role in the lives of employees as well as their families. For that reason, the benefits you offer can be a deciding factor for a potential employee’s decision to work at your business.
There are two types of employee benefits must provide by law those the employer must provide by law and those the employer offers as an option to compensate employees. Examples of required benefits include social security and workers' compensation, while optional benefits include health care insurance coverage and retirement benefits. Both required and optional benefits have legal and tax implications for the employer.
This guide helps employers understand what they need to do to supply employee benefits required by law.
Social Security Taxes
Every employer must pay Social Security taxes at the same rate paid by their employees.
The following sites from the Social Security Administration can help you comply:

• Information and Resources for Employers
• Social Security: Business Services Online
• Employer W-2 Filling Instructions and Information
• Instructions for Hiring Employees Not Covered by Social Security

Unemployment Insurance
Businesses with employees may be required to pay unemployment insurance taxes. If your business is required to pay these taxes, you must register with your state's workforce agency, which can be found on our State and Local Tax page
Workers Compensation
Businesses with employees are required to carry Workers' Compensation Insurance coverage through a commercial carrier, on a self-insured basis, or through the state Workers' Compensation Insurance program. Visit the Workers' Compensation page for more information.
Disability Insurance
The following states and territories require businesses to provide partial wage replacement insurance coverage to their eligible employees for non-work related sickness or injury:

• California
• Hawaii
• New Jersey
• New York
• Puerto Rico
• Rhode Island

Leave Benefits
The majority of common leave benefits offered by employers are not required by federal law, and are offered to employees as part of the employer's overall compensation and benefits plan. These leave benefits include holiday/vacation, jury duty, personal leave, sick leave and funeral/bereavement leave. However, employers are required to provide leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Family and Medical Leave
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitles employees up to have 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period for any of the following reasons:

1. Birth and care of the eligible employee's child, or placement for adoption or foster care of a child with the employee
2. Care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) who has a serious health condition
3. Care of the employee's own serious health condition

FMLA requires group health benefits to be maintained during the leave as if employees continued to work instead of taking leave. FMLA applies to private employers with 50 or more employees, and to all public employers. Visit the Department of Labor’s website for more information.

 

If it opens up a can of worms I can't help it, it's the truth. All one has to do is go to uship and where they are bidding off freight just click on the transporter and it's there for the world to see. uship claims that they are just a web site the brings shippers and transporters together and it's not their job to check and see who is legal that they just run a web site. I don't see how they get away with what they do as it would seem as they are brokers. There is a lot of cars that are shipped from their web site and the transporters will list that they have insurance of say like 50,000 but to transport a car you must have 1,000,000 insurance and have authority but when I run their name it comes back with no records.
Here is one with the name xed out:
xxxxx SHIPPING, LLC. is a corporation not a person trying to make a dollar cutting corners and not paying fees for required commercial vehicles. xxxx has the required $300,00.00+ insurance threw Progressive which is registered with Washington DC. in order to obtain a MCS#. Because each vehicle is under 10,000 lbs there is no DOT#. All fright will be hauled in a heavy duty enclosed trailer. Rear door is a ramp able to hold 5,000 lbs. It was built by a trailer mfg in 2012 and is brand new. Its design is for transportation of vehicles with D rings in the floor to strap down all 4 wheels. It is not limited to vehicles. It is 8' high by 6 1/2' tall and 24' long (26 1/2' to the nose). It has 2 heavy duty axles with brakes. It has lighting on all sides in order to meet the legal specifications in all 48 states. It is pulled by a Ford F350 DO SUPERDUTY POWERSTROKE TURBO DIESEL. It's the perfect match being that it is rated to pull over 20,000 lbs. Were door 2 door providing overnite service!!!!!

You find anything wrong with that?

 

Nope! What ever works for you! Are you trying to convience me? Or yourself?