Dave Chappelle I agree but that restraint system for the bed and its not legal to use the bed with the truck in motion. What the hell is the restraint system for then?? That kind of regulation is MORONIC. Then of course you have a door at each end of the bed BUT that's not good enough.... the passenger seat has to be removed. AGAIN MORONIC. That guarantees you can't have 2 drivers. ONCE AGAIN MORONIC.
I got rid of my dually and bought a cheap single axle tractor. Slept better, still got good fuel mileage, I could haul more freight, and less maintence using the right tuck for long haul work
All of these hot shot guys eventually wise up and buy a real semi truck or kill themselves trying to make a pickup work. These pickup trucks are not designed for this type of abuse and they never will be.
Joe, So based on what I'm seeing and reading here, it is NOT required to have this system while the truck is stationary....only while it's moving (meaning the restraint system). Swingle Jason mentions below that the rules have changed and we can just make a bed in the back and sleep without breaking any DOT rules, is this correct and where can we find these 'rule changes'?? I just purchased a non-cdl straight truck with a crew cab that I want to turn into a sleeper, or have the ability to sleep back there when I want to.....so I want to be 100% certain that this is in fact the case and I can sleep back there. Awesome videos by the way.
The "net" restraint that comes with this setup, IS required while you're moving....but it's purpose, is to keep anything stored behind the driver's seat from flying forward, and taking out the driver during a hard braking, and/or collision type event.
i am getting close to Hot Shot driving. My question is - is it Legal to sleep in your truck when your Hot shotting ?? i worry about being on the road and pulling over to sleep and getting hassled
Do you see how its counter sunk on the doors to reach the measurements. A door handle on each side reduced those #'s over 7". This seems the closest I have seen. Lots of Hotshots todays date still think they can just sleep in the back of their pickup. Or are just logging off duty hours and flying under radar. At the same time, many people are still getting tickets left and right. I have heard you need a CLEAR path to the Driver seat while in the sleeper? how is that strap helping that?
Great explanation and thanks for taking the time to do the video. I do think you are mistaken about harnessing into sleeper when you're not moving or before going to sleep. The safety system is designed for two and should be used only when moving. It wouldn't make any sense to belt yourself in when you're parked just as you don't need to wear a seat-belt when your parked.
I'm not sleeping in my truck...lol I drove semi's for 20 years and part of that time I was otr. I will never sleep In another truck again. I get hotel rooms every night that I'm out which is usually 2-3 nights a week. Yea it cost me some money but #1 I'm comfortable and #2 it's tax deductible. Of it ever gets to the point where I can't afford to pay for hotels then I'll sell my pickup and work a regular job.
Whats next, special requirements for tent camping? Talk about government over reach. To do this to your truck means you cant use your truck when you are off duty for passengers. I just don't get it? When you put all these regulations on the people you make it harder for people to want to get into an industry. Yes, Hotel rooms every night is expensive.
Mark Hoffman Well they (DOT) need to set some standards for what a sleeper compartment is. Of course you have the right to have an opinion on how much is too much regulation, but I see the legitimate need for some standards. Their goal is to avoid sleepless zombies pulling heavy trailers on public roads.
Keep in mind sleeper is not required but for team drivers it is. You can’t explain to the officer you got 10 hours of duty without a dot approved sleeper
joel guevara Absolutely correct. You can only log off duty while sleeping in the truck if it is not moving. If the truck is moving as with teams, you can only log 2 hours off duty in the passenger seat and the rest must be in a legal sleeper birth.
Are there any hauling gigs a guy with a half ton pickup and a 6 by 12 covered cargo trailer can get? I don't want to do partial delivery but some sort of cargo hauling in that small trailer
This guy talks too much and doesn't show anything, he's flapping a hundred miles an hour and hasn't even shown nothing inside as far as the bed is concerned, please shut up sell the damn bed
When off duty the law states that you must take a “break” it doesn’t state that you must be sleeping or at a hotel. DOT can’t force you to show them receipts. Only intimidate you to comply. Just saying.
hey joe, ive enjoyed your video. I would like a way to personally contact you if at all possible as me and my father are about to start our own hotshot company within a couple weeks. I have some general questions that could use proper guidance. We want this to be successful. Please let me know if there is some way I could directly contact you. Thank you for the sleeper video, we will be putting this in our equipment.
Dave hawkins "hot shotting" is generally driving a smaller truck like this one to take "LTL" or "less than truckload" expedited freight. As in, a shipper has a quantity of freight (including vehicles) that would not fill a standard class 8 semi-trailer, but they need it shipped quickly, so a "hotshot" truck will be a smaller lighter unit that can take the load quickly to its destination without needing to hire a full size class 8 heavy truck.
We have done this and never gotten any grief because the seat belts remain. The rear seat is replaced completely with a mattress. i would check with DOT first though
I got mine installed. I had to make them put the rear of the Seat back in, and put the normal seat belts in so I can have a passenger. So far I am liking it and saving some $$$ on motels. Did you reinstall the rear of your seat or did you leave it out? When they left mine out I felt like there were were to many sharp edges to catch on so I made them put it back in
That's great Shannon. No. i never had them install the rear. i didn't know i could have done that until later when i had seen someone else with it like that. Now i roll solo so i dont really have to worry about it. i left the seat belts in though.
I went out an purchased a CO monitor at Walmart before I slept in the truck the first time and I always leave a window cracked. The CO monitor looks like a smoke detector
systemsoundbar if your truck's exhaust system is properly constructed and in good condition you should not have excess carbon monoxide building up in the cabin. But purely for fuel economy and idling laws, I'd recommend to turn the truck off and just crack a window and use extra blankets, unless you are somewhere super cold like sub zero temps, then I would idle and run the heat.
cowtown sleepers in texas have decent add-on sleepers..take out your back window....seen a guy with one..he took out the back seat and the passenger seat,,,,had a little desk over a fridge/microwave combo on the passenger side of his pickup ..with a little chair ....behind the drivers seat had a little cabinet for clothes with a 32" Tv on top.....really cramped but you dont notice it until you are moving around.
Wht not just put extensions on the front seat so it can move all the way forward to the dash. That & with the center console removed should give plenty of room to go from front to back. I'd also just get rear replacement door shells & the glass then keep to be able to reinstall rear doors to convert back or sell them as full rear doors.
My name is Leo, I have looked in to buying a kit to make a sleeper and I have gotten a hold of the person who made the window bubble and he told me he no longer manufactures them.
The only practical use I could see for this is if you're team driving. Which if you're hotshotting...why? But all of this is spending money unnecessarily. I hotshot with an F350 crew cab with no mods to the backseat and have never had an issue. All you have to do is log off duty
tony m sain sr Buahahahahah 😂 now that is what I was thinking. Sleep in your so called fire proof cocoon and live through it to tell the story how you woke up and everything around you was burnt down. Thanks D.O.T regulations. Just kidding we get it, seconds count
some good info. im gojng to start running a 3 car in a few weeks. i got a insurance quote for 900 a month with 1500 down. the vehicles are new. ill be pulling out of chicago heights Illinois. seem about right?
ArcolaBridge the mattress has to be at least 75"×24" with 24" of space between the top of mattress and roof of sleeper to be legal. You could measure out a 75×24 space and see if you are comfortable.
Run teams w/out a front seat? WTH? What if you want to take your wife with sometimes? It's 2018, Trump is cutting regulations and I see he met with a trucking co. a few days back. Hopefully (most) obnoxious rules and regs. will disappear. Trump says for every reg. he's cutting two. Free America!
WeeeThPpl If the passenger seat stays then it is no longer a legal sleeper birth. The reason they remove the passenger seat is because the rules state that a legal sleeper must have a "direct and ready" path between the sleeper birth and the driver's seat which is unhindered and has an opening or passage which measures a minimum of at least 18"x36".
@@KaMiKaZeE1337 what if you remove the center section in between the two front seats? It should have the sufficient measurements and a direct path to the driver seat.
Sleepers save money and are way better then the hard ass bench seat i asked the dot about it since everyones saying u cant sleep in your truck without a sleeper what dot told me is basically they dont care you just can't log it as sleeper birth since there technically isnt one but as i was told if your off duty as in not working as in driving you can do whatever you like i do recommend a sleeper tho million times more comfortable and cheaper
Instead of going with a set up like this just invest in a a 27ft Class C Coachman Motorhome 18 foot enclosed trailer and 18ft Flat Bed Equipment Trailer I also have 2 1997 Chevy 1500 converson vans 16 foot Flat Bed Equipment Trailers and 16ft Enclosed Trailers
Hi, I'm trying to get into hotshot trucking part time just on weekends to supplement my full time income but I'm having a problem finding cargo insurance. The insurance companies ive spoken with say I need a commercial policy with will cost a minimum of $1,000 per month which id never be able to afford doing this part time. Do I need a commercial policy? Can I get an inexpensive cargo insurance policy? Id really appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction.
None of these rules make sense to me. Nascar style crash net to catch your bad dreams? Can't open the rear window so you gotta run your engine? And you can't sleep while driving anyway.
if you are team driving, I think you adapt and learn to sleep while the vehicle is moving. The Nascar thing gave me an idea. Perhaps they should have team driving Nascar racing.
Sue the shit out of them for discrimination! You should be able to start your own company with a shiney new truck if you have a valid discrimination suit.
who would listen to government regulations like that? it's bad enough the government workers take our money for doing almost nothing... but then they have to annoy us? Can they not just take the money and be happy they got free money?
You have a very limited, simple, and some what scary grasp on how the u.s. government works. I'm not saying I like it, that it's good, or that we should encourage what's going on within the government because I personally think we need huge reform but go spend a year or two in a different country and see what you have to say about the u.s. government again
Zilliz 000 get your facts right before u make stupid comments u idiot ,berth is a bunk or place to sleep ,birth is when u go through pain and labor , so get your facts and meanings correct
What about the regulation for the office where all these jerks make the law they should be working on more important problems estead of where you sleep in your truck How about work on our health care jerks freaking law makers have lost there minds
What I don't understand is those restraint belt things, I've never seen anything like that in a class A so why would a pickup need them? Granted I'm not a trucker at all, but I've watched so many videos over the years and never seen those in a truck. Your setup looks uncomfortable as fuck, I wouldn't even fit in there. I'm not trying to be critical, just saying the DOT shouldn't be regulating any of that stuff, a driver shouldn't have to alter their truck in any way just to do work with it.
Nodak81 FMCSA 393.76 (h) "Occupant restraint. A motor vehicle manufactured on or after July 1, 1971, and equipped with a sleeper berth must be equipped with a means of preventing ejection of the occupant of the sleeper berth during deceleration of the vehicle. The restraint system must be designed, installed, and maintained to withstand a minimum total force of 6,000 pounds applied toward the front of the vehicle and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle."
hot shot sleeper ? no problem..buy a 1 ton van..cut the van body back enough to allow clearance for a 5th wheel....equip it like a 76" t680 sleeper..good to go
Don't do it, just quit and bought a 18 wheeler, cost less, used dually is in the 30 thousands, new trailer about 12,000, plus all permit and insurance, at the end, barely no money, tires don't last, bad, then too many of them, buy a truck , you can get a modern Volvo 780 with Detroit for 50,000, new dually dodge 3500 with 6.7 Cummins is about 70,000, just think about it
@@thisismagacountry1318 More like 50K a year after expenses. Think about it, if you actually netted 3K a week doing this, popping between 70 - 100 bucks a night for a hotel would not be a big deal. Especially since you are going to burn 2 bucks running the engine on cold nights.
the fact that you had to take a moment to announce a brief disclaimer regarding the fact you may have had a beer while working on your own vehicle... makes me lose that much more faith in the world these days.
I sleep under my truck that way I can inspect the undercarriage and hide from the lot lizards now your thinking wtf but I have a military sleeping bag which is cold weather approved I did have a big fat trucker pee on me once it actually just splattered and run towards me so not to bad and one lot lizard took a shit next to me but you'll have that on those big jobs peace out
To much government - regulating a bed in a vehicle -
@Dave Chappelle Thank you Dave. Thank you for your wisdom
Dave Chappelle I agree but that restraint system for the bed and its not legal to use the bed with the truck in motion. What the hell is the restraint system for then?? That kind of regulation is MORONIC. Then of course you have a door at each end of the bed BUT that's not good enough.... the passenger seat has to be removed. AGAIN MORONIC. That guarantees you can't have 2 drivers. ONCE AGAIN MORONIC.
@Dave Chappelle what person living in their car even know about these laws lol
FUCK DOT!!
Running in a team is legal by DOT. What a bunch of genius’s here! Lmao
Based on the title..I thought this video was gonna show how to birth a child in the back of a hotshot truck...
...I was wrong 😆
I got rid of my dually and bought a cheap single axle tractor. Slept better, still got good fuel mileage, I could haul more freight, and less maintence using the right tuck for long haul work
Exactly, had a mid 90s Mack CH single axle with a 42" sleeper.
All of these hot shot guys eventually wise up and buy a real semi truck or kill themselves trying to make a pickup work. These pickup trucks are not designed for this type of abuse and they never will be.
And how much does that truck weigh?
2013 DOT removed the mandate for sleeper birth, in any non moving vehicle. Just saved me $$$$
Joe,
So based on what I'm seeing and reading here, it is NOT required to have this system while the truck is stationary....only while it's moving (meaning the restraint system). Swingle Jason mentions below that the rules have changed and we can just make a bed in the back and sleep without breaking any DOT rules, is this correct and where can we find these 'rule changes'?? I just purchased a non-cdl straight truck with a crew cab that I want to turn into a sleeper, or have the ability to sleep back there when I want to.....so I want to be 100% certain that this is in fact the case and I can sleep back there. Awesome videos by the way.
ARTGALLERRY AJ you're good. As long as you're logged as "off-duty" and vehicle isn't moving.
The "net" restraint that comes with this setup, IS required while you're moving....but it's purpose, is to keep anything stored behind the driver's seat from flying forward, and taking out the driver during a hard braking, and/or collision type event.
i am getting close to Hot Shot driving. My question is - is it Legal to sleep in your truck when your Hot shotting ?? i worry about being on the road and pulling over to sleep and getting hassled
Do you see how its counter sunk on the doors to reach the measurements. A door handle on each side reduced those #'s over 7".
This seems the closest I have seen. Lots of Hotshots todays date still think they can just sleep in the back of their pickup. Or are just logging off duty hours and flying under radar. At the same time, many people are still getting tickets left and right. I have heard you need a CLEAR path to the Driver seat while in the sleeper? how is that strap helping that?
What if I’m short and don’t need the extra foot/head room, do I still have to cut into the door panels?
DOT always ask for receipts but it is not required. The receipts are in the mail with my previous load.
Great explanation and thanks for taking the time to do the video. I do think you are mistaken about harnessing into sleeper when you're not moving or before going to sleep. The safety system is designed for two and should be used only when moving. It wouldn't make any sense to belt yourself in when you're parked just as you don't need to wear a seat-belt when your parked.
What about A/C and heat? Do you have to idle the engine all night long?
Need to know!!!
I'm not sleeping in my truck...lol I drove semi's for 20 years and part of that time I was otr. I will never sleep In another truck again. I get hotel rooms every night that I'm out which is usually 2-3 nights a week. Yea it cost me some money but #1 I'm comfortable and #2 it's tax deductible. Of it ever gets to the point where I can't afford to pay for hotels then I'll sell my pickup and work a regular job.
Exactly! I always get a room as well.
I’m a cheap ass lol but I understand your point
Don't talk back
Whats next, special requirements for tent camping? Talk about government over reach. To do this to your truck means you cant use your truck when you are off duty for passengers.
I just don't get it? When you put all these regulations on the people you make it harder for people to want to get into an industry. Yes, Hotel rooms every night is expensive.
P/U trucks plated at 26,000 lbs or less do not have to have a sleeper birth. If you have a mega cab just fold down seats will have plenty of room.
Is America
Mark Hoffman
Well they (DOT) need to set some standards for what a sleeper compartment is.
Of course you have the right to have an opinion on how much is too much regulation, but I see the legitimate need for some standards.
Their goal is to avoid sleepless zombies pulling heavy trailers on public roads.
I'd rather do a roof top tent than that sleeper & I'm in Wisconsin
'MURICA! Land of the FREE!*
*(Except for rules, laws and regulations)
Those sliding windows(old 4Runner) with a canine vent would be the perfect touch for this already excellent setup.👍
Can i please have a contact where to order one?
I’m about to purchase this , do you know if I can run a team driver with this system while the truck is moving
If you are a single driver, this isn’t necessary per DOT regulations, but if you are team driving this is an absolutely great way to go.
Keep in mind sleeper is not required but for team drivers it is. You can’t explain to the officer you got 10 hours of duty without a dot approved sleeper
joel guevara Absolutely correct. You can only log off duty while sleeping in the truck if it is not moving. If the truck is moving as with teams, you can only log 2 hours off duty in the passenger seat and the rest must be in a legal sleeper birth.
Can you run team with that system? Thanks
You didn't explain the parts and how to install the whole set up. I wanted to see an install. Darn it!
Are there any hauling gigs a guy with a half ton pickup and a 6 by 12 covered cargo trailer can get? I don't want to do partial delivery but some sort of cargo hauling in that small trailer
Hey how do I get ahold of you
No way I'm going to mangle my truck like that.
At what point is enough enough with these regulations?
This guy talks too much and doesn't show anything, he's flapping a hundred miles an hour and hasn't even shown nothing inside as far as the bed is concerned, please shut up sell the damn bed
When off duty the law states that you must take a “break” it doesn’t state that you must be sleeping or at a hotel. DOT can’t force you to show them receipts. Only intimidate you to comply.
Just saying.
EXACTLY!!!
@spam lite are you pissed because you're 50 and still living in your mom's basement!
hey joe, ive enjoyed your video. I would like a way to personally contact you if at all possible as me and my father are about to start our own hotshot company within a couple weeks. I have some general questions that could use proper guidance. We want this to be successful. Please let me know if there is some way I could directly contact you. Thank you for the sleeper video, we will be putting this in our equipment.
I thought he was joking when he said "DOT approved bed" then I saw he was serious
great idea, im a UK truck driver was wondering what "hot shotting" was? thanks in advance
Dave hawkins "hot shotting" is generally driving a smaller truck like this one to take "LTL" or "less than truckload" expedited freight. As in, a shipper has a quantity of freight (including vehicles) that would not fill a standard class 8 semi-trailer, but they need it shipped quickly, so a "hotshot" truck will be a smaller lighter unit that can take the load quickly to its destination without needing to hire a full size class 8 heavy truck.
im 73 inches can i sleep in the back of mega cab ?
a passenger can sit up and ride on the passenger side correct? does the back of the rear seat remain?
We have done this and never gotten any grief because the seat belts remain. The rear seat is replaced completely with a mattress. i would check with DOT first though
I got mine installed. I had to make them put the rear of the Seat back in, and put the normal seat belts in so I can have a passenger. So far I am liking it and saving some $$$ on motels.
Did you reinstall the rear of your seat or did you leave it out? When they left mine out I felt like there were were to many sharp edges to catch on so I made them put it back in
That's great Shannon. No. i never had them install the rear. i didn't know i could have done that until later when i had seen someone else with it like that. Now i roll solo so i dont really have to worry about it. i left the seat belts in though.
I wish I could put the passenger seat back in.
I think the measurements are 78"X24"X24" according to Federal guidelines. I might be off, but I think that is right.
what about in the winter time, when you idle your truck to keep warm during the night, how would you deal with carbon monoxide issues?
I went out an purchased a CO monitor at Walmart before I slept in the truck the first time and I always leave a window cracked. The CO monitor looks like a smoke detector
Does idling all night cause any issues with over heating the engine. Whether heat for winter or ac for the summer.
systemsoundbar if your truck's exhaust system is properly constructed and in good condition you should not have excess carbon monoxide building up in the cabin. But purely for fuel economy and idling laws, I'd recommend to turn the truck off and just crack a window and use extra blankets, unless you are somewhere super cold like sub zero temps, then I would idle and run the heat.
cowtown sleepers in texas have decent add-on sleepers..take out your back window....seen a guy with one..he took out the back seat and the passenger seat,,,,had a little desk over a fridge/microwave combo on the passenger side of his pickup ..with a little chair ....behind the drivers seat had a little cabinet for clothes with a 32" Tv on top.....really cramped but you dont notice it until you are moving around.
@spam lite have you laid in a cow town ? i have
Is there a way I can write you because I'm getting all my materials ready to hotshot
Wht not just put extensions on the front seat so it can move all the way forward to the dash. That & with the center console removed should give plenty of room to go from front to back.
I'd also just get rear replacement door shells & the glass then keep to be able to reinstall rear doors to convert back or sell them as full rear doors.
you don't have to buckle in the restraint system unless the vehicle is moving. we run teams and you only need to buckle in if the truck is moving.
True. I like the safer option though :)
if it's parked you should be plenty safe.
Shannon Aitken you ryn team with that slepper set up??
how do you keep cool or warm at night , do u idle
My name is Leo, I have looked in to buying a kit to make a sleeper and I have gotten a hold of the person who made the window bubble and he told me he no longer manufactures them.
Check out.....Day-Cab lounger......hamock specially made for day cab or any vehicle really.
Pretty nice system. I’m new to the biz and taking notes brother!
The only practical use I could see for this is if you're team driving. Which if you're hotshotting...why?
But all of this is spending money unnecessarily. I hotshot with an F350 crew cab with no mods to the backseat and have never had an issue. All you have to do is log off duty
I don't understand why you have to buy an expensive fire resistant mattress. the factory seats, carpet, headliner, ect isn't fire resistant ?
Well I guess if the truck burns down while he sleeping he can continue sleeping through it because the bed is fire proof
Make's Zero Sense, right!
tony m sain sr
Buahahahahah 😂 now that is what I was thinking. Sleep in your so called fire proof cocoon and live through it to tell the story how you woke up and everything around you was burnt down. Thanks D.O.T regulations. Just kidding we get it, seconds count
I guess cause a lot of truckers tend to sleep with the Marlboro Man.
some good info. im gojng to start running a 3 car in a few weeks. i got a insurance quote for 900 a month with 1500 down. the vehicles are new. ill be pulling out of chicago heights Illinois. seem about right?
Section8 millionaire If you don't mind me asking, who did you go through for your insurance provider, and is that with the 1 Mil overhead policy?
Would you still have to take the passenger seat out of you had a mega cab?
I'm not taking my passenger seat out, I'm running team with my wife, they can shove that where the sun don't shine, not gonna happen.
can a 5'10 guy sleep in there? How far is it from door to door?
ArcolaBridge the mattress has to be at least 75"×24" with 24" of space between the top of mattress and roof of sleeper to be legal. You could measure out a 75×24 space and see if you are comfortable.
@@KaMiKaZeE1337 hey I'm just seeing your comment now. Thank you for the comment. That leaves me 2.5 in on either side or 5in on one side or the other.
Do I need to have a CDL license to get into hot shot business can someone help me with this question
mario palacios no. As long as your load is under 35k lbs I believe you don’t need a cdl
@@-Silly-Willy-0 26K total weight, 35K load.
so you cant ride with a passenger?
Run teams w/out a front seat? WTH? What if you want to take your wife with sometimes? It's 2018, Trump is cutting regulations and I see he met with a trucking co. a few days back. Hopefully (most) obnoxious rules and regs. will disappear. Trump says for every reg. he's cutting two. Free America!
WeeeThPpl If the passenger seat stays then it is no longer a legal sleeper birth. The reason they remove the passenger seat is because the rules state that a legal sleeper must have a "direct and ready" path between the sleeper birth and the driver's seat which is unhindered and has an opening or passage which measures a minimum of at least 18"x36".
@@KaMiKaZeE1337 what if you remove the center section in between the two front seats? It should have the sufficient measurements and a direct path to the driver seat.
@@sKeLEto03 It could possibly be enough, that's how semi trucks are set up. You'd just have to measure and make sure.
@@KaMiKaZeE1337 worth the shot I'd rather keep my seat!
How can wife travel without passenger seat! Oh no!
Hello, what are cat eyes?
when I do mine I think I will drink a twelve pack. One beer never works..
FYI there's no sound
I wish I’d had a sleep birth when I ran a hotshot rig for a company that I won’t name but that’s really smart
Sleepers save money and are way better then the hard ass bench seat i asked the dot about it since everyones saying u cant sleep in your truck without a sleeper what dot told me is basically they dont care you just can't log it as sleeper birth since there technically isnt one but as i was told if your off duty as in not working as in driving you can do whatever you like i do recommend a sleeper tho million times more comfortable and cheaper
I always wondered where or how you guys sleep in their
Sleep in their....pajamas?
@@crispyspa I don't use pajamas. I go commando
Do you still hotshot? I’m looking to get in to it.
Instead of going with a set up like this just invest in a a 27ft Class C Coachman Motorhome 18 foot enclosed trailer and 18ft Flat Bed Equipment Trailer I also have 2 1997 Chevy 1500 converson vans 16 foot Flat Bed Equipment Trailers and 16ft Enclosed Trailers
Gary Burbank and how are you going to haul 5th wheel RV’s for a living with that again? That’s what this guy does FYI.
Slept in a Dually for 2 years !!..never again $56-$60 a night ...is WELL WORTH, shower , coffee, dinner , getting out of the truck !!.. no thank you
Sleeper Berth is a concept not a mattress 😅😅
Give you son back his t-shirt 😂😉😁😉
Hi, I'm trying to get into hotshot trucking part time just on weekends to supplement my full time income but I'm having a problem finding cargo insurance. The insurance companies ive spoken with say I need a commercial policy with will cost a minimum of $1,000 per month which id never be able to afford doing this part time. Do I need a commercial policy? Can I get an inexpensive cargo insurance policy? Id really appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction.
Kristyn L ooida has insurance mine costs less than $400 for 1 million dollars libilaty
None of these rules make sense to me. Nascar style crash net to catch your bad dreams? Can't open the rear window so you gotta run your engine? And you can't sleep while driving anyway.
if you are team driving, I think you adapt and learn to sleep while the vehicle is moving. The Nascar thing gave me an idea. Perhaps they should have team driving Nascar racing.
6' 2" ? Haha, yeah ok
It's a 'berth', not birth. Just saying.
can you do this with no experience I have a commercial driver's license but I have disability and I keep on getting discriminated against
Brett Duffy what kind of disability do you have that you are getting bothered about while you have a cdl license
Joseph Williams ceribal palsy
Brett Duffy as long as you have a valid medical examiners certificate and a valid driver's license you're good to drive most small hotshot rigs.
Sue the shit out of them for discrimination! You should be able to start your own company with a shiney new truck if you have a valid discrimination suit.
NOT really legal. The inserts in the door don't meet the height requirement. Ask Woodhouse to guaranty its legal. They will NOT!
who would listen to government regulations like that? it's bad enough the government workers take our money for doing almost nothing... but then they have to annoy us? Can they not just take the money and be happy they got free money?
You have a very limited, simple, and some what scary grasp on how the u.s. government works. I'm not saying I like it, that it's good, or that we should encourage what's going on within the government because I personally think we need huge reform but go spend a year or two in a different country and see what you have to say about the u.s. government again
It is still illegal to sleep in a vehicle in most cities in the USA
You're right.
FK the poor.
It's a berth. Unless, of course , you experienced labor and delivery.
Zilliz 000 get your facts right before u make stupid comments u idiot ,berth is a bunk or place to sleep ,birth is when u go through pain and labor , so get your facts and meanings correct
Berth. Unless you're talking about having babies in there.
will that set up work for teams?
I have done it many times and gotten nothing less than a high five from every DOT officer i have come to meet
Mike P we do it with teams
Mike P how can it work with team if its messing the passenger seat?? will it still be able 2 be set if the passenger seat stays
How2Hotshot can you use this with team
How2Hotshot the sleeper wit the passenger seat or is it in the way
What about the regulation for the office where all these jerks make the law they should be working on more important problems estead of where you sleep in your truck How about work on our health care jerks freaking law makers have lost there minds
@spam lite yeah and you big rig truckers take out more than eight every time y'all fuck up so you shut the fuck up you p.o.s. turd burgler!
Berth?
Yes, it's definitely not birth
I KNOW! Right? Perusing the comments I see a lot of misspelling of this word.... Bugs the shit out of me. 🤣
@Mark Clark I think you meant someone else.
lol. I just unroll my sleeping bag and secret camp at the nearest walmart but then again I never haul a trailer just stake bed.
What I don't understand is those restraint belt things, I've never seen anything like that in a class A so why would a pickup need them? Granted I'm not a trucker at all, but I've watched so many videos over the years and never seen those in a truck. Your setup looks uncomfortable as fuck, I wouldn't even fit in there. I'm not trying to be critical, just saying the DOT shouldn't be regulating any of that stuff, a driver shouldn't have to alter their truck in any way just to do work with it.
Nodak81 FMCSA 393.76 (h) "Occupant restraint. A motor vehicle manufactured on or after July 1, 1971, and equipped with a sleeper berth must be equipped with a means of preventing ejection of the occupant of the sleeper berth during deceleration of the vehicle. The restraint system must be designed, installed, and maintained to withstand a minimum total force of 6,000 pounds applied toward the front of the vehicle and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle."
hot shot sleeper ? no problem..buy a 1 ton van..cut the van body back enough to allow clearance for a 5th wheel....equip it like a 76" t680 sleeper..good to go
Oh man the fuel economy on that atrocity would put you in the ditch before your first load delivers.
How can I get into hot shot .
Don't do it, just quit and bought a 18 wheeler, cost less, used dually is in the 30 thousands, new trailer about 12,000, plus all permit and insurance, at the end, barely no money, tires don't last, bad, then too many of them, buy a truck , you can get a modern Volvo 780 with Detroit for 50,000, new dually dodge 3500 with 6.7 Cummins is about 70,000, just think about it
Ahhh, I'm a otr driver, 10 years, 3 with my own authority, work with someone first and learn then move on
But frfr; why you wearing a child's t-shirt?
Good video my friend.
You're only going to sleep in your pickup if you're 5ft nothing and 100 and nothing!!! 6'2 275 my ass is in a room!!
Just carry a $50 walmart tent with you lol
Dude where are u
Berth? ..........
getting mine tomorrow
Got my truck yesterday...hows everything going for you? 3 years later lol
Dude just write a script and read it 🤦🏼♂️ um, yeah and, you know it’s uh, one of those things um. Um if we were staying in the, uh
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I saw a berth but no birth
It's berth, not birth... Just thought you should know. 🙄
I like that baby shirt 🤣
Great video 👍🏻
Had the same idea
Why in the world would you want to live like this? You couldn't pay me enough.
$3,000 a week
@@thisismagacountry1318 More like 50K a year after expenses. Think about it, if you actually netted 3K a week doing this, popping between 70 - 100 bucks a night for a hotel would not be a big deal. Especially since you are going to burn 2 bucks running the engine on cold nights.
the fact that you had to take a moment to announce a brief disclaimer regarding the fact you may have had a beer while working on your own vehicle... makes me lose that much more faith in the world these days.
We must have Party Approved Correct Thinking and Speech.
Hell one beer there's the problem nothing gets achieved by just drinking one.
thanks
I sleep under my truck that way I can inspect the undercarriage and hide from the lot lizards now your thinking wtf but I have a military sleeping bag which is cold weather approved I did have a big fat trucker pee on me once it actually just splattered and run towards me so not to bad and one lot lizard took a shit next to me but you'll have that on those big jobs peace out
Mmmmm, lot lizards
Is this a joke?
What if you are running team with your wife, how you going to take out the passenger seat? Nope
There are way way to many dot rules
Greg Adams well thank the large companies with 6 week schools.
Iam 6,4 really
Berth....
Someone havin' a baby?
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4.13 Express logistics sucks