Rv transport

2007 Dodge 3500 5.9 diesel

If you are not getting 10 while loaded, it eats into your bottom line.

Empty anywhere from 16 to 20.

 

It depends on the area you live in to make a go working a 1 ton dually.Here in the Houston TX area business is picking up.Been hotshotting going on 4 years and by the grace of GOD will continue to do so.

 

If you guys want more information on this subject, google autoexpeditor. They have a good forum on this.

 

I was leased on with an RV transport company out of Indiana in 07, and they also have terminals in Oregon, which was my home terminal. The requirement for trucks is; be no more than 5 years old at the time you start, at least 3/4 ton long bed, preferrably a diesel although I don't think it's required, I use a single rear wheel, work just fine, even for the 38 foot toy haulers. As far as backhauls, there are very few, maybe one out of ten. That's why I only did it for a year, I was going broke fast. Someone mentioned thinking they could make 40k per year, good luck to you.
I realized it was more of hobby for the retired guys that already had an income, which I didn't have. My suggestion for anyone who wants to try it is, get into the drive away division, all you need is an old beater to tow behind the motorcoach or truck your transporting, no expensive pickup payments and you won't wear out your truck, I put 75k on mine the first 8 months and just about half of that was paid miles. That's my two cents worth, it's all I have left.

 

I've been doing motorized driveaway for a few months now. I've been moving motorhomes, school buses, mini church and car rental buses, and delivery trucks. I have a tow car that I use most of the time, but for real long trips to the west coast I usually amtrak back. Timing the train with a reset really works out good. I drive for three different companies with a total of 4 depots in different parts of the country. I try to always pick loads that put me within just a few hours of one of these depots, so I have backhauls pretty much all the time. Figuring the 1 logbook for three companies is a pain but its absolutely legal and correct.

My minimum base pay right now is .86cpm (includes fsc), I've been clearing .40cpm and except for the 3 weeks I took off for the holidays I've been getting between 2200-3000 miles per week. It wasn't that good starting out but once one figures out the tricks it's fairly easy keeping busy.

For a motorized driveaway driver with a tow, the biggest startup expense (other than the car, of course) is having enough different hitches and light kits available on hand for the many different configurations you might see. And of course I had to buy a Sirius and 12v adapters for my electronic creature comforts! If u see a school bus toting a blue 2007 malibu with tennessee tags behind it honk and say hey.

 

Cagey; Can you tell us what kind of license you need and maybe how to find this kind of work? Thx

 

It depends on the company what license you need. Some motorhome transporters don't require anything but a regular operators license. However, the companies I deliver buses for require either an A or B CDL with passenger endorsement. I found them all by doing a google search for "rv driveaway" and "truck driveaway". Some of the links were buried in news articles but within a day I had about 12 or 13 places to apply to. Some of the top companies with the higher rates do want to see at least 6 months or more of commercial experience. Those are the companies that deliver boom trucks, fire trucks, stuff like that.

You gotta have more than one company though, (and not both of them based in the same place!!), to increase your chances for backhauls. Thats the only way to make decent money. Good luck!

 

JWT1962 has just posted some info you might need.
Starfleet, Mapletree, & Bennet are good Co.s but beware of Co.-ClassicTransport- they are lowest paying

 

There are a couple on " expedite insight " too. you would have to google that as well.

If you talk to them tell them about this place too. Never hurts to have more people over here.

 

There are other sites as well.

The post you quoted is one that they asked me to reference from there.