3500 drw & wedge/flat bed info needed

when i did hotshot I slept in the truck alot logged off duty rather than sleeper birth was never asked to show any hotel receipts or anything like that even when i went threw a dot audit they skimmed threw my log books said everything looked good and moved onto the next thing. they didn't go threw my logs with a fine tooth comb or anything but obviously they didn't see anything that made them want to take a closer look.

i did see a hotshot rig a while back that i thought was really cool. they took a ambulance removed the rear body installed a small sleeper and a 5th wheel and ran a step deck trailer. 150 gallon semi fuel tank mounted left to right behind the sleeper.

as far as purchase price on a semi as the previous poster said a truck can be found for 10k or less. I have been thinking of buying a truck to put to work in the oil field, a pretty nice Volvo or freight liner 00-06 with 5-600k miles can be found for 24-30k if you want to go back into the 90's you can find higher millage trucks that have had in frames done for 10-20k seems you hardly see any volvo's in this year/price range. mostly freight liners, some kenworth t-600's and such are found in the >20k price range peterbiult 379's seem to always catch a higher comparable price for age/condition. personally I'm looking for something that's less than 30k with a min of 450hp with a 13 or 18 speed trans in decent condition I'm not real hot to buy yet and have run across a few trucks listed that fit what I'm looking for but they have all be sold by the time i got to calling on them.

 

I don't know of any owners of duallies with goosenecks employing drivers. (Many of these rigs are not truly hotshot . They are just smaller flatbeds or stepdecks ) The revenue just isn't there to provide decent income for 2 parties if you have your own authority or 3 parties if leased to a carrier like ACME .

 

You're right . I meant motel NOT required . Too late to edit now .
DEFINITION OF ON-DUTY TIME
On-duty time Includes any time in CMV except sleeper-berth. Does not include any time resting in a parked CMV. In moving CMV, does not include up to 2 hrs. in passenger seat immediately before or after 8 consecutive hrs. in sleeper-berth.
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos-proposed/hos-proposed.aspx

 

So the only time you need sleeper birth is if you try to run team hot shot, correct? or you need to stop at a motel.

 

I'd do this if YOU were planning to drive, but to start out with someone else driving it and you're not experienced in this, it could be a financial disaster very quickly.

 

Cool, I didn't want you to think I was bashing you, just want to make sure that things go right for you. I see too many think they'll jump in and make it big quick and they're gone in six months.