Hotshot Market Sizing

This sounds very much like al the guys that went out and bought snow plows for their pickup truck and the guys that bought zero turn mowers. Can't blame them for trying to make a living,
but the problem is now too many people for the amount of work available so everyone works for very very low wages. OH WAIT A MINUTE ISN'T THAT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DEREGULATION CAME IN.

 

Not really, it wasn't deregulation that was the cause of it, it was the internet.

 

We aren't in the fleet, but load as we wish through being an approved outside carrier....

 

Hi Big Country,

Do you run much in the Bay Area?

 

Shipping Wars is a joke. Anybody who thinks they can make money hauling 3 tons of cargo from LA to Boston for $20 in 36 hours needs to get their head examined or dodge a drug test. You can make money running hotshot, it just takes time, patience, and common sense. Folks don't realise that many "reality" shows are staged and the only reason the Shipping Wars drivers can do their hauls so cheaply is because they are getting paid for the show and it is tv crap. Last time I checked HOS rulesapply to hotshots and I have hauled to New England from Minnesota and it took me 3 days because of HOS. I agree, that there is an overload of hotshots out there which are making the pay drop. but eventually many will get out and those who stick it out will survive.

 

Acme is one of the first and oldest hotshot companies and that is why they have a large part of the market. I am from Houma, LA and they widened their brand and went through a huge expansion over the last 20 years. They are a major force in hotshots and will be for a long time. I may be new in the business but I hope to one day be a much larger company. I moved to Minnesota 3 years ago and folks up here only know about hotshot trucking from what they see on Shipping Wars which is far from an accurate depiction of the industry.Once they get a grasp of the difference between reality and reality tv, I think that we should all do ok.

 

I know this post is way old...

As some one who owns multiple plow trucks that i sub out... Trust me on this, Your comment couldn't be more wrong. Us plow guys, who are actually good at what we do, make big $. The problem is that it's a seasonal job and when the snow ends so does the money. And landscapers make good money as well if they are good and not competing with the illegal immigrants doing residential.