Load board loads with "no hotshot"

Sometimes they need a full 48 or 53’ trailer. Sometimes the shipper or broker has had issues with hotshots and won’t deal with them anymore

 

In most cases they want a full 48' deck and the guaranteed ability to load well over 16k on it. I run for a company regularly that loads my equipment with stuff that could easily go on a hotshot but sometimes it's 40k and the Transportation Manager has no idea until the product is ready to load so he can't order a tiny little truck and all of the sudden have to load way more on it than it can handle.

Also, there's dimensional issues to consider. Just because it might only weigh 5k doesn't mean it'll fit on a 40' trailer. Roofing insulation panels are a great example of that. Go get a class 8 tractor and a 48' flatbed so you don't have to worry about it anymore.

 

Could be an air ride thing too??

 

They want a real truck,
A real trained and qualified driver,
Not any okie doke with a pick up truck and trailer.

 

Probably from guys showing up in an F250 and single wheel short flat. The shippers want weight capacity without the risk of the trailer snapping in half. You ever see some of the trailers being pulled?

Not enough securement. Real tarps if needed and not a blue poly one from Harbor Freight.

 

Often they need air ride is one issue.. Also, optics come into play. A broker charges a bunch of money to customers then a pickup truck shows up. A lot of people instantly have stigma over the pick-up gooseneck because they think why should I pay as much if they think they could drive the same truck themselves.

It's one of the reasons I prefer cars over freight with hotshot, because in freight the hotshot is like a redhead step child but in cars you are desired..

 

You ever seen some of the guys that hotshot? Nothing against most of em but some are terrible.
There was a couple dudes on tiktok that took some big spool of wire, big and heavy. Loaded it right smack over the trailer tandems. Everyone told them to move it forward but they knew better. Many blown trailer tires later they miraculously made it to North Dakota. No weight on the truck at all

 

Could be dock height issues. Can't load your small trailer with 10-20 inches of air between them.