Any one go from 18-wheelin to hot shotting?

in what hauling i did with my chevy dually I found putting a bigger pan and bigger cooler on the tranny
kept the heat down and extended the life

 

I thought that I would break a million before the next oil change, but.......

It will only be at 999,465 miles.

 

I want to get into the hotshot trucking too… I'm bout to tired of driving the big rigs… been doing that since 2006

 

What you were saying about the deck on the trlr being in good shape. I have a friend that redecks his trlr every few years. He is a landscaper and cuts and saves longer white and red oak logs. At least 10'. He then takes them to a local saw mill and has them cut to dimension and then puts them on the trlr immediately before they start to dry and warp. The bolts hold them straight while they dry. You might get a better price on a trlr that has a bad deck. If you had a local mill and you were willing to do the work and the price diff was enough of a diff to warrant it.

 

So what did you decide drummer?

 

When I started I tried to find a decent trailer but they are hard to come by (looking in arizona). I went with a 2014 40ft big tex, 10k ish out the door. Big tex has them on their lots ready to work instead of having it built with someone else. They are a little heavy but not to bad, I'm at 14.5k with a 07 dodge 3500.

 

What kind of freight are you hauling Ned?

 

General load board stuff. But for some reason I'm stuck in Florida running trees around.

 

Another question Ned. What is your Big Tex trailer model and GVWR?

 

It's a 23gn with the torque tube, 35' + 5'. The gvw is 23k but they say it can do 30k safely.