Load board loads with "no hotshot"

I like this answer. Man are there some clowns out there pulling trailers with absolute junk!! I saw a dude on 95 pulling a flatbed with a severely beaten-up old Ram 2500. It looked like it was about to snap in half. The guy driving looked like one of those Miami rappers too, skinny with face tattoos. Can you imagine trusting someone like this???

These clowns will ruin it for all hotshotters, because sooner or later a congressman is going to chase them all off the road.

If they don't, then you know America's transformation into Brazil is complete....

 

So when I see “ No Hotshots “ I assume some knucklehead really messed up and they want no part of that again or a dock height issue. I simply don’t waste time calling. Now when I see a post specifically asking for a HS with a ridiculously low price, I wonder who is going to take that load ?

 

Lol, I saw a hotshot pickup truck on the shoulder of I-68 West Virginia-Maryland area.

He had a full size 6 wheel dump truck on a Cheese-Wiz trailer. Not a one ton 6 wheel dump, full friggin size dump.

Not sure if he was broken down or just taking some time to get right with Jesus before proceeding.

 

Lord help him.

 

Wish I had pictures but I loaded a hot shot at my shop once.
Not my stuff just a customer of mine didn’t have a way to lift it onto the trailer.
It was a loftness corn stalk chopper. Probably weighed between 10 and 14000
Anyway the guy had an extended cab f250 and tandem axle gooseneck with single tires (not 17.5 or something with capacity) I will say that what he had was top notch for what it was and he seemed to be a good guy. He already had a large ag tractor loader on the front probably weighed 4000+ so I asked him how he wanted it and tried to do what he asked. He had no blocking and I was loading with forks so I gave him some. lucky I had just unloaded a steel truck the day before.
Before I put it down on the trailer I asked him several different ways if it was ok being what it weighed…he said it was so I very gently let it down and nothing broke. Then he needed to tie it down but he had one flip binder and 2 chains left. I ended up selling him some crappy stuff I had retired from my lowboy and helped him tie down. It seemed like he had never hauled anything other than small stuff before. it didn’t help that it was a couple inches wider than his trailer and honestly wasn’t going to be easy to tie down.
Sorry for the long story but it might have something to do with the ops question. Let’s just say that if it had been my piece of equipment I would have been going on a different truck. Unfortunately this and a close call I had with one in southern il on 64 pretty much ruined the idea for me. I am sure there’s some good ones out there and yes I have done some stupid things to…..

 

WOW

 

I would say because the influx of new drivers that don't know anyting and one broker told me because a lot of times they just don't show up. I still think it's kind of stupid to say no you got to have this kind of vehicle cuz we don't want that kind of vehicle when I'm better than 90% of the semi drivers ever will be. Hot Shot is currently being ruined butt they will still be stuff available for Good Companys

 

You’ll find it’s the broker not wanting to deal the hotshots. It’s just easier for them to say the customer doesn’t want them. We go on military bases with ours all the time.

 

Alot of Shippers don't understand Hotshot. They think we are just some joker with a pickup truck and a trailer. Non-CDL hotshot has put a bad taste in alot of shippers mouth. Explaining that you follow all the same rules and regulations as the big trucks helps, but it is ultimately the shippers call.