New guy looking for advice on booking loads

You should go and put in where you are in the side thingy! See my Signature! With you being in Indiana you should check the Camper companies in Indiana they would give ya work if you ad the proper Cargo ins. Good Luck.

 

https://www.sylectus.com/sylectus/ , Check out this board, They have alot of hotshot type loads on there. Good luck

 

Why not get your CDL A? Its not hard

 

I drive for S&S Nationwide Xpress and let them book my loads for me...it's worth the fee I pay them to keep my trailer loaded. I normally get loads that are close to my class limits for weight or for max space on the trailer. I have no worries about when or where that next load is going to happen. No sitting there waiting on bids from U-ship. You might want to give them a shout....

As for hauling campers....it's a lot of one way trips so that nice fee you see, cut that in half since you don't often get a return camper...I'm seeing more campers being loaded onto flatbeds so they can backhaul back home.

 

Any good way to find campers, boats etc in North East AR?

 

Youngtransport , I started out hotshoting leased to a guy in Piketon Oh. ( he is out of business now ) there was a guy in Baltimore Oh. ( he is out of business now) if you find somebody to lease with be sure they have their own freight, not just someone starting out getting all loads off the board.i agree don't spend money on trailer if you have one. However 25ft. trailer will handcuff you, I know, I ran one when I first was leased on, the guy that was running the said get short trailer ( he is out of business) start reading everything about hotshot you can find, you can do cars or freight. I talked to a guy in New Castle Pa. the other day looking for o/o I have his number can't verify him ( he might go out of business) the reason I keep saying that is if you are leased on to someone you have no control over the money. Hope this helps

 

Ya get a longer trailer. I was just using a 30' and was missing great loads cause they were a couple feet over 30. Went up to a 40' and couldn't be happier. There's a bunch of load boards out there, just start searching for them on google and you'll find one that works better for you. And don't worry about loads being only on certain boards, most brokers post their loads on posteverywhere. Just as the name says, that load is posted everywhere.