My first week of hotshotting | Hotshotting in 2024 | Bad first week
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ธ.ค. 2023
- Decided to make a video on what it’s like for us new guys out here on the road. After my first week I did some math and it’s no good 😅 it’s rough out here for everyone but even worse for anyone just starting out.
If you are looking to start hotshotting in 2024 watch this video and see what it’s like before committing.
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Good for you going out chasing a dream. Brother is a local T.D. making $45 hour with lots of OT bringing 120k a year. But he still dreams of going out on his own. Praying for your success 🙏
Appreciate that man! 🙏🏼 one day he’ll chase them like how I’m chasing mine
Merry Christmas too, along as you were able to cover your expenses I think you did great . new mc number ,no broker, Christmas season ,first week as owner operator don't lose hope .to walk miles a journey start with one step .
Couldn’t agree more! Itll get better just gonna take time and I’ll eventually get those direct customers. God bless!
Don’t forget terrible democrat run economy.
Thank you for being honest about it being hard being new. I'm almost at 6 months and it's been hard. Hang in there.
All I want to do is be honest and up front. Well I’m glad you’re still at it man cause it is hard for sure
@@truckertavis is your trailer a 35+5 16gn ?
@@jamesbell9617 no just a 35’ with 14k pound axles. My trucks GCWR is only 24k so I couldn’t get 16k pound axles
Always include deadhead miles, that is part of the trip.
True!
I’m about get start it here soon I got the truck I’m looking for trailer right now
I recommend a diamond c
honestly keep grinding (youtube wise) you’ll catch some attention pretty easy, just trust! people like watching diesel video and set ups and hot shot vids. keep grinding and keep doing what you’re doing, you’re very entertaining!
Thank you! I’m starting to enjoy making the videos for you guys! Thanks for watching 😁
SUCCESS seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
-Conrad Hilton Psalm 19
You must include insurance, truck/ trailer loan, regular maintenance weekly in your weekly numbers
I don’t include my monthly numbers in my weekly since I pay those once versus every week
Ive been looking for something new to do and have been interested in this, unfortunately with those numbers i just dont see myself making the investment.... I make a good bit more than that now in a factory job, but do have a management position.
Yeah it’s rough but if you make it past the 90/180 day mark then you can make a really good living out here. But the industry is definitely not good right now
@@truckertavis Yeah, I was watching your video on the struggles with having a new MC. I hope things pick up a lot for you. You make a big sacrifice being on the road so much, it definitely should be worth it.
Just curious how do you pay for insurance because I'm trying to start a CDL Hot shot company and I got everything else sorted out but the insurance is the big issue is 24,000 for one year 2000 month I just don't see it being worth it to even start a company up if nobody wants to give you the opportunity just because you're new at hotshot but been driving commercially 20 years because with insurance rates like that you would have to make a killing every week just to break even
I believe insurance goes off credit score, where you live, and your driving record. So it’s always gonna be different for everyone
November and December are the worst months for freight anyways. That $3200.00 will bump up in January and February. Give me a shout if you ever want to chat about anything. Run a dispatching and hotshot company out of VA.
Appreciate it 🙏🏼
I’m coming up on my first year of doing hot shot. It is difficult but it can be done you just have to grind is all. You also have to figure out a method when it comes to partials. I’m still trying to figure it out myself but I’m getting better as the days go. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you need help.
Congrats on the one year!🎉 it’s definitely a learning curve playing Tetris and distributing the weight properly that’s for sure.
Have you ever thought of leasing on to a bigger company till your MC gain’s age! Im leasing on to a company from NC i get 88% of rate $230 a week for insurance and $35 a week for ELD and after 6 months you get to keep the tablet and equipment! I also live in the freight triangle where theres lots of freight which is extremely important, where you live is a tough area to get loads and short deadhead , I’ve been trucking since 93 and rates always fluctuate but encourage you to lease on they’ll keep you busy and trailer full Godbless and be safe 🙏❤️☝️💯😇
Your costs are higher than that your forgetting tires both truck and trailer, and insurance. You need to move to a better market area, you are running in a long deadhead zone, with low rates.
I don’t include insurance for weekly cost. That’s a monthly cost. Itll be rough for awhile but it’ll pick up.
Can you age your mc without insurance? Like get it going and just sit at home for a year and keep your normal job?
Unfortunately no, you need insurance for it to go active and if you don’t get insurance in 90 days you lose your MC number and have to pay the $300 again.
@truckertavis how much would you say you averaged after all expenses at the beginning? And do you do alot better now? Cause I estimate after all expenses I am gonna average 6000 a month after taxes Aswell. You think that's accurate.
@@justinoconnor1472 it’s hard to say cause everyone has different expenses, different lanes, different everything. My first month was pretty good (including my 5th week cause everything I made my 4th rolled into the 5th). I made close to $18k gross. After expenses I was at about $9k take home. But there’s good months and bad months. I’m not sitting very good in my second month. Took about 5 days off, loads aren’t popping up in my lanes, so it’s slow right now. Projecting to be a really bad month.
The way I look at it, my expenses are about $7k a month for everything so for my business if I make $3k a week or at least $12k a month I’ll be fine. Won’t be awesome but I’ll be profitable. I made $4k a month as a company driver so as an owner op making $5k a month I’ll be okay.
@@justinoconnor1472 just know the first 6 months are going to be very slow and rough income wise as a new MC
@@truckertavis you think I should age my mc leased on with someone first? The company wants 15 percent
hey bro, I just got my authority on January 10 and I want to talk to you I got some questions could I send you my information or you send me yours? If you wouldn’t mind helping me out it’s just a few general questions you know stuff that I have to get done.
How’s business now !???
It’s been good up until February. Middle of the slow season so not good.
@@truckertavis do you use DAT board ?
@@mikelopez4148 I use them all unfortunately
Ur running at a loss. I hope u survive.
I’m a cdl hotshot and my weekly goal is 5500 for 36 weeks a year. All miles for year I’m around 2 per mile.
I’m just starting out. Gonna be rough for awhile. Last week I did $4800 as non CDL. 3 weeks in and I’m at $10k. Gods got me
@@truckertavis thats deff much better but I have a feeling u ran pretty hard for that. I’m shutting down for 10 weeks. Every year I shut down early feb til April . Typically march April flatbed tends to get going. Hope 2024 rebounds but if I had to guess it’ll be another tough year.
@@joebrings5817 eh not really. 1500 miles and 350 of it was dead head. It’s this next week I’ll run hard unfortunately. I booked a load I’m regretting. Well enjoy your time off and I agree I hope and pray it gets better for us
@@joebrings5817 I apologize. It was 2,199 with 400 dead head and driving 300 miles home for the weekend. So about $2.19 a mile
@@truckertavis yea I book a lot of loads I regret too , sometimes getting tunnel vision and chasing money gets our truck into a bad area .stay safe and keep posting vids
Not worth it men , better to stay at a company and drive local, 3,000 a week driving dump trucks
I have weekends off as an owner op and will be making more. Just gonna be tough at first. Itll pick up
$3k a week dump truck I don’t believe it.
I want in if that’s true. I will relocate
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Young man I admire you for trying but your numbers are wrong. I’ve watched a lot of these hot shot videos and based on what I see it’s not a profitable business for 75% of the drivers. If you ad up how many hours you spent in the truck and divide those hours by the 1850 you made I promise you didn’t make minimum wage. Remember your killing your truck and you will never be home.
Been trucking majority of my life. The being not home is fine we are use to it. But goal is to be home every weekend. More than what I got as a company driver. It’s not too bad right now, I’m making pretty good money being new, thank God, but the equipment will be beat up and abused, a part of the job. Appreciate the comment!