Hot-Shot Load boards???

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 .

 

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.

 

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.

 

I don't waste my time with that show.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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 .