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Who here Hot Shots?? What do you Drive?? What do you Haul??

Great addition to the fourms. Myselve I'm looking into getting into it part time, currently a full time heavy equipment mechanic but with the schedual I often have days off in a row.

Have a 06 Chev 3500 SRW reg cab long box.

Friend of mine recently started a car hauling buisness. Several 1 ton trucks running 3 car trailers. I have thought about it...

Thinkin about it.....most likely when im older

getting into it right now starting with marketing and hiring a driver

i have thought about doing it, but nobody around here really buys or sells stuff far away..

i have thought about doing it, but nobody around here really buys or sells stuff far away..
that is where the $ is at, the local stuff. I make more $ doing the local (within 50 miles) moves than running the roads. with all the industry up there I would think if you could find your in you would be set.

as for my set up, I started with...

99 Western Star with a 50 ton lowboy to move heavy stuff, then in May my customers wanted me to start moving there small stuff. along came the 06 GMC D/A with a 30' H&H equipment trailer.

i see your point, but would you hire some 21 year old kid with lots of piercings and tattoos to haul your stuff... also, what all do you haul for people?

what all do you haul for people? like I tell everyone, how deep are your pockets?!;) I have moved everything from a 93k# crane to a 45lb piece of art (the customer said it had to go on a lowboy) 99.9% of the stuff I move is construction equipment. it the stuff that needs to go NOW, not 1 hr from now but NOW this minute. makes it hard sometimes, but that is where you can charge a decent rate.

see all the construction companys around my are have more money then they know what to do with, so they have like a truck for every piece of equiptment that they owne... as far as private ind. i guess its worth a try, but i know right now im too young and got too good of a job to give up...

I own a small roofing company and move all my own trash. I have one 10ton gooseneck dump trailer and a 7ton bumper pull dump trailer. I also tow my 32ft boat when there's good weather. Or my stock trailer with a few cows or horses. When work slows down I haul trash for anyone that pays.

When work slows down I haul trash for anyone that pays.there are the ones to haul for.waytogo

I haul new Jayco rv's to dealers. See sig for details on my rig.

I haul new Jayco rv's to dealers. See sig for details on my rig.

Didn't know you were on here Haulin. waytogo
"The award winner for mileage on his 06"

I haul new Jayco rv's to dealers. See sig for details on my rig.
How much you making a mile ?

i run a hotshot company in south Texas were running 9 trucks out of south tx. strickly oil and related items

i run a hotshot company in south Texas were running 9 trucks out of south tx. strickly oil and related items

i might contact you here in a few years... lol
i may need a job, and i havea truck/ trailer... lol

Grant

I haul new Jayco rv's to dealers. See sig for details on my rig.

Hey haulin, where are you out of ? By Indiana ?

Still wonderin' how much he makes !! :popcorn: He must be busy, hasn't logged in for the past month!

I'll be hauling empty shipping containers from Ft. Worth to Houston with this trailer;

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Hey MrTow,

How'd you get hooked up doin that? How well does it pay?

Hey MrTow,

How'd you get hooked up doin that? How well does it pay?
I talked to a car salesman I knew who had connections. As to pay, I think most brokers here in Texas pay by the load 80/20 or by the mile $1.50-2.00.

Didn't know you were on here Haulin. waytogo
"The award winner for mileage on his 06"

Going to hit a quarter million soon, may have to celebrate and buy something nice for the rig!

How much you making a mile ?

Not enough!!!

Hey haulin, where are you out of ? By Indiana ?

I pull out of Middlebury, In. Our yard is right next to the Jayco plant.
Still wonderin' how much he makes !! :popcorn: He must be busy, hasn't logged in for the past month!

Still not enough, kinda forgot about the site...sorry.

Welcome back!!

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