That why you are successful. Even though it’s not optimal pay you are enthusiastic and pushing forward. And by thinking outside the box with the extra effort you put out. You will never fail. Keep up good work tp
That Toccoa load would have been a great video. The training ground of the Band of Brothers! Camp Toccoa (formerly Camp Toombs) was the United States Army paratrooper training camp, which included the 101st Airborne, during WW II. There’s the coveted Fat Max tape measure by Stanley and then there’s the Fat Max Partials tape measure for Hot Shotter’s!
I met a guy who claimed to have gotten covid from Maguire afb 3 years ago when they were cleaning it out. I don't know how true his story is but always be safe and careful what you touch.
Good Morning Reverend Alex. The more I watch your video's, the better you get. You make perfect sense . I enjoyed this video very much. You are on your way to being a Net millionaire not a Gross millionaire. Keep on keeping on!
Hey Alex my name is jd, I have 3 years of over the road driving experience, I am thinking about getting into hot shot trucking, I don't have the office experience, for example, I was just wondering how u go about getting paid from load boards and or brokers? But all your blogs are very informative, thanks for putting it out there for us newbies
Bro take of the bed on the truck so you won’t have length problems when stopped by dot .leaving the bed on the truck while hauling makes it a truck tractor trailer giving you more problems when pulled over .
Good news: applied for TWIC tuesday, phone call thursday that TWIC card mailed out. Today is Saturday, its in my mailbox! 🙌🏻💪🏼 Bad news: DMV/MVC postponed openings another 2 weeks 😒😞 Guess we looking at another month until we hit the road...
Glitch ThreeSixty yea my issue is weights and proper registration and with MVC closed cant fix anything and if something happens be stuck on side of the road with fines, a load, and no way to move it. So better safe then sorry and wait, hopefully soon...
That's the part I loved about pulling a step deck. Had a rock catcher on top a plasma cutting table on front and a 59 b model Mack on back. Miss running that.
TP i follow your channel because you have amazing knowledge. I was lost when you said your straps kept tearing. Corner protectors cost nothing compared to value. Why u breaking straps? 😇
how did you pass straping the shotgun with straps? Chains on shotguns is what i thought. and weight says how many chains those would need 4 chains each.
I'm From RI now in Florida. I hope that you film a lot of the RI drop. Be sure to allow fees for the Newport Bridge. (It's Easy Pass) Hey Alex don't lose your Easy Pass transponder you are going to need in New England!
Alex I have watched your TP vlogs from the beginning and you have done very well for yourself and your family. You should be proud of yourself and take the time to pat yourself on the back. You put yourself through the hot/shot school of hard nocks and came out the other side a successful owner/operator.I would like to come down there and compete with you but I have a few loose ends up here in ALASKA to take care of first. I have a 2018 ram 3500 single wheel that looks a lot like TP1.0. Have you ever thought about ordering yourself a trailer with heavy duty axles or a 3 axle trailer. Or what about a aluminum trailer with dual wheels it would off set the weight of heavier axles. What about a deck on the neck that could double as a air scoop for tall loads. I have a cdl and about 30 years OTR experience. I think what your doing is working out well the Enterprise lease is the only way to go for someone that runs east and west like you. Now you just need to build a bulletproof trailer. I like the fact that your non cdl a lot less bull shit just watch your weights.
I would absolutely wait until you get the ratecon before you start moving. If the deadhead is even a little bit out of the way you could waste time and the broker calls back with some BS, load was cancelled/covered by another broker, etc. then you’re out whatever fuel and time you spent going to wards the shipper. Way to stack the partials you can get the jackpot with them sometimes. 👍🏻
With cdlA he'd need at the very least, steeper cost insurance, IFTA, a more expensive, higher capacity trailer, which then increases wear on the truck. Plus all the other regulations for runnning cdl, including at the least, clearinghouse random drug screening. For what? Extra $2-3000/yr? Not worth the hassle
Hey Tow Piglet!!!! I know where the last spot is!!! I load there all the time i know the four Clift driver in the video real cool dude his name is Dan. Your in Madera, CA!! that’s so crazy to see this!! I live 30 miles from Madera. Beautiful Mendota, CA!! Give me a like if I’m not wrong lol
Just want to say Thank you for your informative videos. I also wanted to ask what is a good trailer and truck to get started if planning to buy used? I do have a CDL. I am Retired military and would like to do hotshot few days a week for fun.
The original way you have them loaded is called suicide cause if your straps broke they would roll over you! Always haul sideways. Lol thanks for the memories.
What year pickup truck needs to be to do hot shots? I am just wondering if I have a in great shape 99 Ford f350 dually and I'm thinking to rent or buy trailer. How insurance would be looking at all this.
@@TowPiglet that's great. Hey I don't know if you can get into the pharmaceutical world but the money per load is skyrocketing. We have gone from an average 3 bucks a mile up to 6 and sometimes even more.
Man you can maximize your time and effort so much better if you just simply got your CDL and hopped into a semi truck. One load, one drop. Enjoy your videos nonetheless!
You can, but a Semi is more fuel, more maintenance, and costs more overall. You won't necessarily make more money or even maximize your time. Some Semi's still do partial drops.
@@Dang_Jim I'm a flatbed o/o and I can count on one hand how many multiple drops I've had. Plus I run $2+ a mile on all loads. Can't tell me hotshotting is more profitable.
That why you are successful. Even though it’s not optimal pay you are enthusiastic and pushing forward. And by thinking outside the box with the extra effort you put out. You will never fail. Keep up good work tp
Waaoooh, Alex your content is premium. I enjoy this, it shows class n lot of experience.
That Toccoa load would have been a great video. The training ground of the Band of Brothers!
Camp Toccoa (formerly Camp Toombs) was the United States Army paratrooper training camp, which included the 101st Airborne, during WW II.
There’s the coveted Fat Max tape measure by Stanley and then there’s the Fat Max Partials tape measure for Hot Shotter’s!
Tetris master/ King of the partials!
When you do your drop at Maguire air force base you will see Jim's auto body across from the commercial entrance if u have time stop in
I met a guy who claimed to have gotten covid from Maguire afb 3 years ago when they were cleaning it out. I don't know how true his story is but always be safe and careful what you touch.
Good Morning Reverend Alex. The more I watch your video's, the better you get. You make perfect sense . I enjoyed this video very much. You are on your way to being a Net millionaire not a Gross millionaire. Keep on keeping on!
I'm impressed with your knowledge of weight and what all you can fit on your trailer you really know how to maximize your trailer to benefit you.
Wow, now that's using all your space wisely!!! Nice!
OHHH DAMN!!!! DR. PIGLET IS IN THE BUILDING!!!
Great job man!!!!
Great load to East coast man. Keep the videos coming
Nice job you were skirting close to 26 overall.
🙈
Thank you
I would like to be just like you when I grow up. Good job. I learned a lot from your TH-cam videos. Thank you
Open space on your trailer is how you make your money. The less wood flooring you see the more money you’re making. Way to hustle it & make it work.
Lol 4100, deadhead from Sothern cali up to Travis and THREE drops in the northeast. You guys are crazy as hell 🤣🤣 SAY NO TO CHEAP FREIGHT
Thats hard core. We have been home for over three weeks going a month. Simply no loads this is pushing me to thinking about a semi
Are you finding loads that are just too cheap to spend your time hauling?
@@Alphabetizeist good question I want to know aswell
Good deal! Glad to see it worked out for you. You got right up there as close to the limit as you really would want to be.
Man I like brother, because you the only one in hotshot business talking true !! God blessed .. I one do what you doing any advice?
Way to make it work...you may want to explain how you turn the reel around for you newer hotshotters
I know you were busy hustling, but you forgot to clean the front windshield.
Love your vids. How you show, what and how you do things. Like the loadboard. KEEP On A TRUCKIN YEEEEE HAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!
Hey Alex my name is jd, I have 3 years of over the road driving experience, I am thinking about getting into hot shot trucking, I don't have the office experience, for example, I was just wondering how u go about getting paid from load boards and or brokers? But all your blogs are very informative, thanks for putting it out there for us newbies
Bro take of the bed on the truck so you won’t have length problems when stopped by dot .leaving the bed on the truck while hauling makes it a truck tractor trailer giving you more problems when pulled over .
Good news: applied for TWIC tuesday, phone call thursday that TWIC card mailed out. Today is Saturday, its in my mailbox! 🙌🏻💪🏼
Bad news: DMV/MVC postponed openings another 2 weeks 😒😞
Guess we looking at another month until we hit the road...
Bryn P I also just had to get a MVR a week ago. It was pretty easy to obtain and download the pdf file online through the D.O.L website
Glitch ThreeSixty yea my issue is weights and proper registration and with MVC closed cant fix anything and if something happens be stuck on side of the road with fines, a load, and no way to move it. So better safe then sorry and wait, hopefully soon...
That's the part I loved about pulling a step deck. Had a rock catcher on top a plasma cutting table on front and a 59 b model Mack on back. Miss running that.
new favorite channel
You definitely are the king of maximizing weight space and money!
And a thank you to Swift for not hitting you or anything on the way out!😂😂😂
Now that’s a load plus no freakin TARP
Amazing Work Alex!
Wow Tow! Amazing hustle. Thanks for the explanation
Proud of you you pronounced Toccoa dead on
Great Vlog Alex what a hustle 🤙
About that load that was covered from Sacramento, get em quick on the west coast. It's a feeding frenzy @ 6am
You didn't pull that trigger fast enough on that Georgia load
TP i follow your channel because you have amazing knowledge. I was lost when you said your straps kept tearing.
Corner protectors cost nothing compared to value.
Why u breaking straps?
😇
Awesome video keep them coming
Excellent video thanks for all the information
how did you pass straping the shotgun with straps? Chains on shotguns is what i thought. and weight says how many chains those would need 4 chains each.
Cheap ass freight for sure, I as getting $1.20 loaded mile drivers pay when I retired in 2011
I'm From RI now in Florida. I hope that you film a lot of the RI drop. Be sure to allow fees for the Newport Bridge. (It's Easy Pass) Hey Alex don't lose your Easy Pass transponder you are going to need in New England!
TAFB is a good customer of mine. I only wish I hauled. Always close my friend !! Maybe one day we can meet us when in Northern California
Keep on truckin!!
alexie, you might get less air resistance by turning them drums with hollow side facing forward
Making it look easy. Well done.
Alex I have watched your TP vlogs from the beginning and you have done very well for yourself and your family. You should be proud of yourself and take the time to pat yourself on the back. You put yourself through the hot/shot school of hard nocks and came out the other side a successful owner/operator.I would like to come down there and compete with you but I have a few loose ends up here in ALASKA to take care of first. I have a 2018 ram 3500 single wheel that looks a lot like TP1.0. Have you ever thought about ordering yourself a trailer with heavy duty axles or a 3 axle trailer. Or what about a aluminum trailer with dual wheels it would off set the weight of heavier axles. What about a deck on the neck that could double as a air scoop for tall loads. I have a cdl and about 30 years OTR experience. I think what your doing is working out well the Enterprise lease is the only way to go for someone that runs east and west like you. Now you just need to build a bulletproof trailer. I like the fact that your non cdl a lot less bull shit just watch your weights.
Wow, you was right by me in the bay area!!
NEED TO GET YOU ONE OF THE DRILL ACTIVATED WINCHES
Damn... a few gallons of diesel and you would have been overweight.... lol
Great Planning Alex!
ALEX what happened to Kelly Topler aka hard rock T. ??
Great video Alex.
You’re amazing bro
Nice fit, and good way to pack on a few more pounds and cash in the....account
I would absolutely wait until you get the ratecon before you start moving. If the deadhead is even a little bit out of the way you could waste time and the broker calls back with some BS, load was cancelled/covered by another broker, etc. then you’re out whatever fuel and time you spent going to wards the shipper. Way to stack the partials you can get the jackpot with them sometimes. 👍🏻
No doubt, you work and earn your money my friend.
Man your amazing
Nice job! 👍🏻
Thats a awsome load. Happy trucking.(-:
Pretty cool. Definitely not an easy profession.
Nice work 👍
Always use chains on spools
How did you turn those large pieces ?? Was it all with the forklift ??
Why dont you go get your CDL? Life could pry get much easier.
I agree justin "A whole hell of alot simpler to..."
With cdlA he'd need at the very least, steeper cost insurance, IFTA, a more expensive, higher capacity trailer, which then increases wear on the truck. Plus all the other regulations for runnning cdl, including at the least, clearinghouse random drug screening. For what? Extra $2-3000/yr? Not worth the hassle
Why do you get a scale ticket everytime? does dot give you a pass if you show it to them?
Good morning Alex.
You got that sucker loaded front to back make that money money money
Hey Tow Piglet!!!! I know where the last spot is!!! I load there all the time i know the four Clift driver in the video real cool dude his name is Dan. Your in Madera, CA!! that’s so crazy to see this!! I live 30 miles from Madera. Beautiful Mendota, CA!! Give me a like if I’m not wrong lol
Why don't you tarp the wood boxes? Would you need to charge more for that?
great vid
Just want to say Thank you for your informative videos. I also wanted to ask what is a good trailer and truck to get started if planning to buy used? I do have a CDL. I am Retired military and would like to do hotshot few days a week for fun.
The original way you have them loaded is called suicide cause if your straps broke they would roll over you! Always haul sideways. Lol thanks for the memories.
How do you handle waiting time ? How do you charge when they are not ready?
You kill it bro 😰👏👏
Cali sounds a lot like fla with the cheap freight
Want to get into Hot Shotting soon here. Do you recommend it?, Have my new pickup 1 ton already. Just need to buy a trailer.
It's worth the hustle!
Use edge protecrors
Any inspections lately ?? do you think DOT is laying low??
Do you use e log for driving times breaks and stuff or no
Should have dead headed to Utah got some rubber bag load pays better
Hey do you have any more advice for a pair transporters that want to get into doing a couple military loads
What are you doing with the 1.0 Ram?
Just curious, What's your empty GVRW? Truck, driver, trailer, equipment, and full tank weight..
Man get you some gloves please handling those pump nozzles
This is one of the biggest rate of contracting covid 19. Latex gloves would be better, toss them after every use.
Surgical precision 👍🏽
What year pickup truck needs to be to do hot shots?
I am just wondering if I have a in great shape 99 Ford f350 dually and I'm thinking to rent or buy trailer. How insurance would be looking at all this.
Nice work
Are you required to stop at scales in ca?
What trailer do you like more? This or the PJ?
How's the Ford holding up
Really good
@@TowPiglet that's great. Hey I don't know if you can get into the pharmaceutical world but the money per load is skyrocketing. We have gone from an average 3 bucks a mile up to 6 and sometimes even more.
I have been seeing your video I want to get in the got shot need your help
What can a load bord you used for fine that loads?
6k in a week I’m interested what do I do
What’s the time frame delivering those partials?
Man you can maximize your time and effort so much better if you just simply got your CDL and hopped into a semi truck. One load, one drop. Enjoy your videos nonetheless!
You can, but a Semi is more fuel, more maintenance, and costs more overall. You won't necessarily make more money or even maximize your time. Some Semi's still do partial drops.
@@Dang_Jim I'm a flatbed o/o and I can count on one hand how many multiple drops I've had. Plus I run $2+ a mile on all loads. Can't tell me hotshotting is more profitable.
@@grahambj I seen fedex custom critical $2+ per mile in a straight truck including deadhead miles!
NDG i seen a bicycle doing 6 bucks per mile delivering pizza
@@СтепанБандера-ы8уyeah you see a lot of shit but what do you do besides talk shit??
Hey! I was wondering what do I have to do to become a hotshot driver kinda always wanted to do this as a career thanks!
1.50 a mile. Damn man that's not worth crawling out of bed for.
That's a 1.50 for a partial. That's not that bad. It's money .
Hey Alex do you spend a week in Cali picking stuff up before you head East?
“Ohhhhh that’s nice”
Handling BIDNESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Tocca is about 30 minutes south of me.
Hello I’m. Interested in the hot shot career my question is who would offer some on the job training or sponsorship or even a ride along. I’m In Miami