cromulius

Can anyone give me some advise on how to get hot shot work here in central texas using my truck and trailers? From what I have read the oil fields would be the way to go. I am willing to work for a company or set up my own but with my current construction company not bursting at the seams a new buisness venture may not be feasible. Thanks.

haulin-rv

Getting your own authority and insurance to haul on your own is big $$ (8-12k). So I would try to lease on to a company to start.

oilfield-trash

Whre you at in central texas? Thats a pretty big area. Theres alot of companies out there, most of them aint worth the teats on a boar hog. Might try some smaller companies, who sometimes get a lot of the "non contract" work.

rich

if your gonna run jus in texas then you just need txdot number and required ins not that expensive. less then 2k. but i agree with oil field you need to lease on with a company till you get experience and see how it works out

bdog

Where are you? I routinely need stuffed hauled to and from Houston.

oilfield-trash

My insurance while running only under my TxDot was right at $6,000 per year. Gen Liability, commer. auto, cargo etc...

cromulius

I am located in Austin. Does anyone have a recommendation on which company I can contact to work for? Bdog, what type of loads do you normally need hauled to Houston?

ElkyRacer

OT, who do you run for down there in Corpus?

rich

i pay about 7k but thats for 2 dump trucks and end dump trailer with full coverage when i was running just the hot shot it was about 3k

bdog

I guess Cromulis is not really serious about this. I asked him for a price on a load in Texas and never heard back. No worries for me as I have people lined up wanting loads but I thought I would give a fellow DTR member a shot.

cromulius

check your pm

58fordf100

Call Carry On Trailer in Mexia, TX. They ship quite a bit and they could give you info on one of the other carriers that do work for them. In case you just want to try it out.

Steven Bryant

I'm currently looking into starting my own hot shot business. What type of equipment do you send out and the weight? I'd love to see if we could do business together as I am in Houston area.

oliver foster

Since he posted that 11 years ago, I would not hold your breath that he will even see the message, let alone that he still needs stuff hauled around.

oliver foster

I just checked and bdog last checked into DTR 10 years ago.