I live in northern Virginia. Was looking to pick up a few extra bucks maybe transporting trailers, etc with my '06 2500. Any one know who might be in need of a part time transporter for weekend travel only?

 

Do a search on here for hot-shotting.... you'll find it isn't worth it to do it legally.... Insurance is way more than you'll make doing this part (or full, for that matter) time.

 

Above poster is right, there's no profit unless you do it legally and full time.

 

just out of curiousity how come everybody thinks us guys in the hotshot field make big money and do it on a cheap budget

 

Because you keep doing it?



chaikwa.

 

aren't all hotshotters independently wealthy and retired????

 

It's probably because people think the greatest expense is the truck, and they already "own" that.....

 

I started doing it and have a few regular customers still had to find a full time job to support the house hold and haul on my days off

 

I have a retired friend that has a hot shot business around here. He gets just a couple of loads a month. He says there are so many hot shot drivers just standing around the dispatch places all the time begging for something to haul. I guess the advantage to being a hot shot driver right now is since your not getting a paycheck, you can finally go on the diet you've always needed cause there aint no grocery money.

 

I'm employed full time.. construction. Just looking for a weekend run once or twice a month. Maybe put a few hundred in my savings is all I really need.

 

It will not be worth your time.. insurance (both liability and cargo), fuel prices etc will eat up what little profits you make.. There is full timers out there that can't find a load and they have friends in the business..

 

One or two runs a month won't cover your expenses . If you cross state lines you'd be regulated by FMCSA and need Motor Carrier Authority . The expense and required record keeping aren't worth the trouble . Your hours worked at construction would have to be recorded as on duty hours toward your allowed 70 hours in 8 days . You'd also have to take at least a 10 hour break after leaving your regular job to stop the 14 hour clock for that day . For example : If you started your regular job at 7 a.m. on a Friday and got off at 5 p.m. you couldn't drive past 9 p.m. before taking a 10 hour break . If you worked 50 hours in 5 days at your regular job that would only leave 20 hours for hauling .