Is Now A Good Time To Get Into Driveaway or RV Transport?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Every day or so on the forums on FB, Reddit or somewhere else, someone drops by and asks "Is It a Good Time To Get Into Driveaway?" or "Is This A Good Time To Get Into RV Transport?" And as usual, 10 people on the Internet will have 13 answers! Where here is my two cents on the subject. My opinion may be a little different from others though. Sure, rates have come down and fuel is higher than it has been in the past, but those are only two factors you should consider when deciding whether or not now is a good time to get into either driveaway or RV transport.
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Thanks for the info. Moving contrary to the crowd is usually the better move. Of course not always the case but often the case
Hey Don, I appreciate your videos and as I stated I am looking at doing this full time and I am trying to learn many things at once. I recently have discovered that the Logging in this segment of trucking can get confusing as you are delivering and then driving your personal vehicle and then driving a Commercial vehicle again. Sometimes in the same day but sometimes with a day or two in between. The time you are between loads seem to be confusing to me because it seems like the rules are still dictating to you what you can and can't do even when you are no longer driving Commercially. Do you have any insight to share or tips and tricks you have learned?
In a nutshell, you have two options when between loads after unhooking your current load. Just remember, you either need to be in the same city as your next pickup at least 10 hours before picking it up or you must log that drive time in your personal vehicle as "On Duty Not Driving". You can only log "Driving" when you're in a commercial vehicle. So, let's say you drop in San Antonio and your next pickup is in Dallas. You get to Dallas in 4 hours and get a room for the night. You spend at least 10 hours there before pickup. So your clock can start in Dallas. But let's say you dropped in SA, drive the 4 hours to Dallas and go directly to your next load. Then the 4 hours drive time is supposed to be logged as "On Duty" (because you're headed directly to another load). I'm sure that is clear as mud, but I do have a video on that subject in the works.
@@DrivingWithDon Thanks for response. Let me give you a specific example. I live in City A but pick up in City B 2.5 hours away. I have been off and at home a week in city A. If I go to pick up a truck in City B to Drive somewhere that is more than 1 day away and I want to get my full 11 hour and 14 hour clock to start my trip do I have to make the 2.5 hour drive over to City B the night before to get 10 hours off in City B or can I drive over the morning of and then start my 14 hour day after arriving? If I have to acknowledge the drive over how do I show that on log? Off Duty with a note stating driving to City B?
@@Grandpa_RLP if you wanted to save your clock so it would start at City B, you'd have to be in City B 10 hours before you started your pretrip. This is something I weigh when I'm looking at picking up in Denton from my house. It's a 5 hour drive. I have went and got a room at Sanger (about 30-45 minutes away from Denton) and I have left my house early and counted the 5 hours as "On Duty". Personally, I'd eat that 2.5 hour drive if I wanted to leave from the house and just count it as "On Duty".
@@DrivingWithDon Thanks Don and I am sorry for bugging you I promise to drop it after this. If you were going to drive over the night before how would you indicate that?
@@Grandpa_RLP Not a problem Grandpa. The way I see it is, if you have a question, then there's probably others with the question as well, I'm always happy to try and help! As for driving over the night before, I would just log it off duty with a "remark" when I arrived at the motel. What I try and do is paint a picture for any DOT officer inspecting my log books. I want them to be able to look at the log book and tell exactly where I've been and whether or not I've been driving a CMV. When I do this (stay the night in the city I'm picking up) I always make sure I have a receipt of some sorts showing I was actually there when I said I was. I personally do not think it needs to be a motel receipt (although that would probably be best) but I'd have no problem showing them a receipt from Dollar Tree just to prove I was in that city when my logbook said I was.
I really couldn't get into what you were talking about but those were some beautiful cornfields you passed
It's driveaway. Delivering commercial vehicles or in the case of RV Transport, delivering RV's. Some say it's a poor time to get into the business. I was making the case why this is the perfect time to start. Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it.
@@DrivingWithDon Never heard of this. Is this just towables or motorhomes too? If motorhomes, how do you get home? Drive it somewhere to deliver it and then what... fly back?
@@piquat1 It is kinda like that. But it's just about any kind of vehicles you can imagine. From cars to Semis to those ginormous multi axle cranes. You act as an Independent contractor. You can lease on to as many driveaway companies as you like. Most will have a load board with the vehicles they need moved. Most will pay you a cent-per-mile rate and some will give you money for fuel, some won't. Each company is different in how they pay their independent contractors. As for getting home, as an Independent Contractor, that is up to you. Some people use public transportation like buses, airplanes, etc. Others like myself tow a small car behind the units we're delivering. Not only will it save in transportation costs, once you unhook you're free to go to the next unit or do whatever you'd like.
@@piquat1 Also, look up Horizon Transport Driveaway here on TH-cam, they are a driveaway company that moves a lot of motorhomes and utility trucks.
We have fruit and veggies on the shoulders in TX. I am starting Driveaway right now on a very limited bases to feel the industry out. I have a small business that has been good to me but I am burnt out with it and need something new. I have to see if being in the road a lot is for me as I have always been home in the evenings and weekends. So not being home will be a big change but it might suit me and if I figure it out maybe I can make some good money with a tow car.
Good luck! Wish you the best in the New Year!
Hello @Grandpa _RLP, I'm starting driveaway too! I hope you have a wonderful new year and the success you seek! See ya on the road, buddy!
Thank you, Don! I hit the road in the first week in January. I plan to do drive away till rv season. If if it's lucrative move them for that season. My plan was to hotshot which is why I obtained my cdl a. My company will let me hotshot if I want so best of both worlds to me. I will be purchasing a used ram 4500 or 5500. Thoughts, Don?
Sounds like you have a plan. Just remember, it's okay to change plans if you need too! If I were to pull RV's, I would definitely get a used pickup rather than buying new. I know the pros and cons, but my numbers always said a paid off truck put me money ahead of owning a new one!
@DrivingWithDon Thank you for the reply! I'm not sure if companies care about the age of tow vehicle or not. If it were up to me, I'd go even cheaper and buy a Ford f350 drw with the 7.3l engine in great shape and only spend 20 to 25k.
How many companies are you with...just curious...bcuz I'm switching from hauling to the driveaway lane
currently with 4 but will probably be dropping two this year and trying some new ones.
@DrivingWithDon thx for the input...I have to wait until these citation I have come off my record...driving for a mom and pop trucking company put my DL in limbo...so far 1 has given me a shot