Introduction to the Industry

If you had a one ton truck you could lease on in the oil field, but I don't see anyone taking the Toyota

 

Per year. Holiday tips, I think my best one was $275.. a lot of $25-50-75 etc

 

Oilfield work you will want to lease on, getting work on your own would be hard.

If you want your own authority go here http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ and take the step by step registration help, it will tell you everything you need.

 

Hi Mike,
Read your long post about Swift and found this one. I'm sorry to hear your life has changed so much.
I've read where the guys nixed your Tacoma for the industry you were considering.

I have a suggestion. Look into being a Pilot driver for the wide load guys.
I do know you can google 'Pilot' and if your good at surfing the web, you will find all you need to know.

This is something I want to get into when we get enough $$ set aside to buy a pickup or SUV, so I can quit OTR with my husband.

The pay is good, the equipment you'd need can be found at quite a discount from others who are retiring, AND, there are mom & pop companies out there that have the equipment, but might like to have a couple wkends off a month.

Start googling, and then start calling people. They'll tell you if you need special permits or paperwork.

Hope this is a good lead for you.
The Best of Luck to you.

 

The FMCSA site above is where to start. That will let you apply for your own authority so that you are a "legal" trucking company. You will have to obtain commercial insurance and have the insurance company forward a form to the FMCSA before you are approved. If you are not going to haul a trailer, you will not even need a DOT Number. You can get just a MC number and run with that. Keeps you out of the messiness of fuel taxes, log books, scales etc.

It will cost $300 for the DOT registration. You will also have to name someone as a process server, in case you get sued. There are companies out there who do this, but I understand you can name anyone as a process server. I use a service - it cost me $24 one time with no further fees.

My intention when I started was to stay within 250 miles of home. What I'm finding is that I get no weekend work, and I have to run wherever the loads are. From Pittsburgh, I've been to Miami FL, Pembina ND, Alabama, and more. If you plan on only doing this on weekends, you may well find that you need to work with a local courier service or some such. You would definitely have to go out and talk to local businesses face to face to try to find weekend work.

Good luck with it! Keep us posted on your progress.

 

you may be able to haul local small stuff, but most hotshot is oil field equipment and ###### heavy in this part of the country. you my check with a few courier outfits. also just to give you a heads up, the hotshot business is getting saturated with anyone who has a truck and trailer. most wont make it cuz you gotta be on vendor lists to get called, be on call 24-7, have a butt load of insurance to cover loads if damaged or lost, and to top it off DOT is having a blast nailing hot shot trucks. when you graduate to a 1-ton and trailer you run on semi rules, log book, hos rules etc, med card, and weigh stations, just to name a few headaches. i was an o/o longhauler, went to hot shot, got smart after three years and went back to longhaulin. its easier and alot less paperwork. good luck

 

Hi highflight1985

Have you had a chance to open your own company yet? If not I can send you a few advises.