How many of you guys running pickups and flatbeds also add vehicles?

we got 2 an are prolbaly going to buy another. were realy going to
start rakin it in.

 

Are you planning on having your own authority and adding drivers ? You'd be subject to the same driver requirements as the large carriers - inquiries to former employers , prehire and random drug tests , annual MVR , reports , the whole nine yards . Even O/O's with their own authority and 1 truck have to keep a driver file for themselves as a driver .
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=391.51

 

yea already got the authority. were good to go. it took awhile to get it all together.
now hopefully i can get my bank account built back up, if ya know what i mean.

 

Are you asking about auto hauling ? It requires $1,000,000 liability rather than $750,000 . The reason is vehicles with internal combustion engines have a hazmat classification but don't require placarding or a hazmat endorsement . http://me3con.com/?p=183
Although there are quite a few haulers pulling 3 car wedges with a 1 ton it isn't recommended . Most loads will put you over 26,000 lbs . And 3 car loads are a favorite target at the scales .
There are very few good paying auto loads anyway unless you have an enclosed trailer and haul antiques or exotic vehicles .

 

Not now . I hauled RV;s back in the day before they closed plants in CA , TX , MD , OR , KY ,and PA . When those plants were open contractors could get a decent percentage of backhauls
I was in the process of getting my own authority when my former employer called me back saying they had been able to get a rate increase .