@@Pigtrapper in what state? Here in Oregon you can drive your farm truck within 150 air miles of the address your truck is registered to. After that you have to have a log book and whatnot.
You need CDL different places when you pull over 14 feet trailer depending for trailer weight over 20 feet. Illinois book 📖 say you need cdl in many places
You clearly missed the "HotShot" Term... These boys get loads to far off places or tight cities quickly and efficiently. Plus he's running Juice/electric brakes no Extra licensing Oilfield uses these all the time
@@randywells4674 none of you guys blathering on have never read the federal motor carrier safety regulations book. Obviously. I guess it's your 'truth'.......
I was running hot shot in Texas with a 3500 Ram with a full pickup bed on it and still able to pull a 40-foot gooseneck and I still had it registered as a pickup only problem was I couldn't have as much weight if I had registered the tags commercial
What is this weird length rule... A commercial registered 1ton can haul a 45' trailer with a combined gvrw of 11,679 kg. Only thing that allows is maybe more payload capacity because you shaved weight off the truck
As long as they aren't rolling 10 under in the left lane or causing traffic jams because they can't figure out how to turn it let alone back one up, it doesn't bother me a bit. Technically they are being "eco friendly" by not running 2 jeeps. Jeeps aren't exactly the best running vehicles these days either.
I pulled a 40' mini-float early 1980s, working Oil Patch Hot Shot. 1 Ton, 454 BBC, Twin 50 gallon gas tanks & 5th wheel. Winch & poles, Rolling Tail Board: self load & unload at "Rig site $50 per hour"😊 24K Minimum line haul😊
@@NotchilldudeHe’s right. Here is a quote from the fmcsa website. “Most commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers must comply. In general, a CMV is a vehicle that is used as part of a business and is involved in interstate commerce and fits any of these descriptions”. First bulletin of list “Weighs 10,001 pounds or more”. What hotshot weighs under 10,001 pounds loaded or even unloaded?
@@societyisboring thank your government and country for that 👏 No one sticks together to fix anything just tear it all down reap what is sown..go get way worse also
@@societyisboringNo drivers have. If drivers didn’t the stupid things they do then dot wouldn’t have a job. Too many guys out here are doing drugs and driving or on their phone or have something as simple as a light out and refuse to get it fixed until they get pulled over and get a ticket. It’s also very obvious when you see a driver that didn’t pretrip. It takes 15 minutes at the most if you walk slow. Drivers have become entirely too dam lazy and it shows.
I can get in a truck float em better than you and u. I run cdl hotshot all I haul is substation switches. Make good $ as a company driver. Could go O.O. but if I do it will run a mech motor truck with 13 speed and build step deck loads
@botfoblhrp goose neck 53 foot make you illegal in a lot of states unless you have a really short truck 65 feet with all other hitching combination or a truck with a bed capable of hauling freight 65ft with 5th and bed
Registration law vary depending on state. Here in Texas you can absolutely register a dually for personal use. Now when you are going over the road to do hotshot work like this customer that is a different story. In that case it will need to be registered commercial and will probably need apportioned plates. We don't deal with registration of trucks so I don't know all of the details, but the bed makes a difference on how it's registered. If it has a traditional truck bed or flat bed it is registered as a truck. If you take the bed off and just run fenders and a small bed in front of the hitch you can register it as a tractor. They consider it classified the same as any semi tractor on the road. I admit that it's a small technically, but aren't most laws?
@travis2893 missouri told me I was required to inspect my f450 because it had an Arkansas title in order to title it in my name. I slapped on the slow moving vehicle sign and just happen to be running farm errands after work. It is an implement that I have a bill of sale for and farmers have the same or higher right of way on roads as registered vehicles
In Kentucky, one hotshot truck can be registered as a tractor. And you can not register a truck to a tractors without a fifth wheel and nothing can be on the bed.
Yeah that’s stupid. Youre always gonna be conscious of that and it’ll slow you down until one day you forget about it either damage your box or lift your truck depending how strong the box is
@@johnirwin1837 depends on the semi, day cabs don't have fairing close to 5th wheel usually. You can turn well beyond 90 and drive trailer backwards while truck goes forward making U-turn.
If i got to register a 1 ton truck as a semi, I'd just buy a semi. I mean I pulled a 40' triple axle Gooseneck with a 1995 reg cab silverado 1500 4x4 with the 305 V8 for years. Hauled our JD 450C Dozer and our 966 Int Tractor and had a 50' trailer I pulled with a 1996 Ext cab 1/2 ton silverado Z71 with the 6.5 Diesel that we hauled our Cat E120 Excavator & our Deere 544 Loader. Then pulled our 28' GN trailer with triple Mobile home axles behind our old 1984 1 ton Ford 4x4 reg cab flatbed with the inline 6 and a manual transmission to haul our JD 4560 4x4 and our JD 7410 4x4. We pulled a 24' trailer with our 2002 reg cab 1500 GMC 4x4 with the 4.3 V6 and 5 spd manual trans to try to haul our Ford 6600, Our JD 310SE 4x4 Backhoe and 750 gallon fuel tank so we could move everything in one trip, but it was actually easier if we weren't hauling them over 80 miles, to just come back and get everything
That sounds like alot of BS regulations to deal with.Here in Alberta, Canada you dont need to do any of that just throw a goose neck hitch in your 1 ton and hook up to your 40' + fifth wheel and go. Hell here you can pull combination units with your pick up, fifth wheel travel trIler and a bumper pull with your boat behonf behind you and no regulations yo get in the way. Just stay with in your trucks rated GVW and your good to go.
That’s right them 1 ton trucks aren’t made to pull a load up them mountains all day and night they throw transmission and rear ends and get hot you need a single axle semi with a short bed that’s geared to pull mountains without getting hot or lugging down .
if your going that far with it, the gooseneck is waisted space. you need a 5th wheel trailer that has deck all the way over the truck tires ( like a mini semi trailer)
The only way to register that as a road tractor in N.C. would be to have the factory title changed from pick up and I doubt N.C. DMV would do that because it’s vin# is coded pick up chassis
You better check your weight limits on the truck you’re pulling with. Don’t try pulling a fully loaded car hauler trailer with a one ton truck here in Georgia. DOT just loves you guys.
I can't believe how far down this comment is. My thoughts exactly. Show the freaking rig as a complete shot, not just the damn gooseneck hitch. Bad cameraman
I got several questions for you. what's the towing capacity on this? And if so why would you do this now you're subject to dot weigh stations and all that once this becomes a commercial vehicle. And also with a commercial truck can't you only run maybe 10:11 hours a day
No. In order to register as a tractor, the truck cannot have a bed, the must have a fifth wheel, and nothing can be on the bed/frame of truck. And not all states will register truck to tractor. Which means a driver must obtain a permit if over 60’ in length.
Who makes that hotshot bed? I never seen one with steps my short wife would love that! I have a cm flatbed on my ram 5500 with 84in ca and the dia plate is cracked around the headache rack gussets
We have trucks, so it’s not a problem for us with the dot stickers or with fleet insurance, we are hooked up with a couple of machinery companies. And with a couple of F-550s the ladies can move hay or make a road trip. As far as holding up they are only OTR for 2 years then put on the farm
You should get a fifth wheel set up. It'll be easier on your suspension trailer and your body. You won't have as much jerking. Around as you do with a goos neck. I drive a actual semi 53 foot trailer but I worked in the oil field. And hauled a goose necks. They're so damn jerky. They will jerk you around. Every chance they get It would be in your best interest to get a fifth wheel. receiver, you will have a more smoother and comfortable ride.
You can use a 45" trailer in Missouri without a special permit. Tractor trailers are 60 max. Only thing you have to worry about is weight if you don't have a CDL.
Hotshot trucking is still commercial training I drive semi truck for a company in Utah and I have a career commercial driver license C.D.L and with that setup you have you need a commercial driver license class A .C.D.L in order to be legally operating on the road 😊
And then your subject to weight limit restrictions across some bridges, higher licensing fees, axle span weight limits. And higher insurance rates. Just like some other guy said……glad it works for you.
Wonder what the cost difference of a good used single axle semi compared to like a 4500 or 5500 pickup knowing that semi class truck can do much more and always be more stable than a pickup.
Just buy an older used single axle road tractor with no DEF set up and run. Yellow Freight has 1000’s for sale. I got a good used 04 Freightliner and ran it 10 years until the rates got so low and parked it. Now was thinking about pulling a camper with it. Wouldn’t even know you were pulling a camper with it and gets 10 MPG.
I will never pull a goose neck again,,,,,,,,,truck is way to light and no braking power,,,,,,,,,,the trailer is three times heavier than the truck plus it's load,,,,,,,,a wreak waiting to happen
Don’t see the difference. Except are decks have cabinets on the sides up front and a welder Genset In between said cabinets and we have a total of 6.6’ ft to use as assemblie table and the spare goes up on the top of cab in a bracket our fifth wheel also flips back forward in a hinge so we can again use it’s entirety as work bench We have square receivers for a regular and chain vise on either side of deck for the longest of pipes. And our 5500s also run the largest pickers Hiab makes and we still pull 40 ft goosenecks. And a receiver for both a ball and a pindle hitch. I think that set up sucks dude.
In the us it all revolves around weight rating when it comes to federal….if the combination of the truck and trailer weighs more the 26001 pounds you have to have a class A it’s completely legal to have a 3500 and 40 foot trailer but realistically you can only haul what maybe 5k pounds if that….why dot loves hotshots they don’t read the fine print. Not all hotshots are like that but a lot are and think they can skate the system till they can’t
This is true with the bed on total length is the true and trailer without the bed they only use the length of the trailer and the tractor can be whatever just remember 65 ft on secondary roads and 75 ft on interstates after those lengths you would need a permit a crew bad Silverado with a 8 ft bed and a 40 ft trailer puts your total length at 62 ft
Tin haul boots, they’re known for these type of designs. I have similar ones that say “take to money and run” on the bottom of one and some other dumb shit on the other.
I ran hot shot 20 years ago. I pulled a 48ft load space. I wasn't able to go through Florida or Tennessee. But I went everywhere else. I never went to California though. I had a dually Dodge with a full bed. But the laws might have changed now. By the way, the trailer was 57ft neck to tail. But I really like your setup. Very cool.
Besides the obvious comfort, I don't understand the point of doing hotshot when you're pulling over 10,000 and need a CDL. At that point why not use an actual semi? Hauling 7-9 cars instead of 3-4 is obviously a bigger payday.
It’s for a niche market. In my area I could make really good money with a set up like in the video because of connections and proximity to bigger cities without the hassle of hauling bigger loads. If I lived an hour further west then it wouldn’t be worth having the smaller truck.
But do you have all the horse power under the hood to haul a long heavy trailer loaded like that ? What is your truck limits ? I know you can not expect to haul 80,000 lbs. on your goose neck trailer ? So what can you haul?
