How Much I Made in March 2024 | Hotshot Trucking 

Serious question, what do you recommend an owner operator accept per mile? I'm not cdl, it's hard to get $2 dollars a mile.

@@pablopicasso4091 Dear Crab in a Bucket, if you want to under cut the next guy make sure you are under $1.75 per mile. Never negotiate a profitable run. You will get more work than you can shake a stick at. #VolumeOverProfit is key. Run more miles for less and you will be more successful than the next crab. The brokers are now accustom to cheap freight and big profit margins. Many crabs to choose from. Stand out and keep charging less and less. Some one has to make the broker not so broke. If you can comprehend crabs in a bucket... you are literally asking me how to beat the other crabs. #TooManyCrabsAndOnlyOneBucket Welcome to the party.

@@pablopicasso4091 You see it very well, the dream is over. Can't get 2 dollars AND you are living in the back seat of a pickup truck. RU-vid got too many people sacrificing too much without forethought. And the broker is winning. Non-cdl is driving the market into the ground. Too many desperate folks looking for quick win. Almost 30 cdl and very low insurance and I own my truck and can buy another before I started. This is not the case for many. This is not for tight budgets and immature hearts. Many folks need to let their cdl mature and/or get a cdl. Y'all are working for less than company pay. In this environment you have to stay close to home and if you can't go company and let them pay for the cdl.

Hell yeah, brother! Stay safe out there.

Hell ya Nicholas! hey man its hard your first year but its worth it. if you don't have your own authority Make sure you get that as soon as possible. Chicago is a good area/ lots of freight. And most of all be SAFE! it is dangerous and nothing on your trailer is worth more than you. If im running late, I call and communicate that to the receivers and or broker ahead of time. Good communication solves 99% of problems. Good Luck again 🥳

That's great news. Quick question...was it hard or easy to get your first load and what's your rate per mile if u don't mind me asking??

Yeah, can we get a rate per mile and where you picked up? Inquiring crabs want to know.

I'm leased on to a great guy so far. Very transparent. Got me 2 partials @ 2.80 a mile. Dropped both today and picking up one tomorrow to Massachusetts and will be getting another partial tomorrow. I'm going to lease for a year or so to get my bearings out here on the game and rock n roll

Ya I mean I have thought about it. when I took my Excel Class in school I didn't really have a practical application for it until now. Take a refresher would benefit me a lot because know If a function would be good for me or not. so I can take what I need and leave the rest. Continuing education is never a bad move. Thanks for the tip!

Good Stuff! Thank you, haha you saw me struggle finding what box it was and I always am doing that. Your tip will save me some time im sure

False hope? He made damn near 20gs in half the month. If I’m making 20 a month I’m succeeding.

@@aaronsmith8455 making and keeping are two very different things

Most numbers you see aren’t ran with a 40,000 GVWR 53’ step deck and an F-550. Bigger equipment, Bigger numbers. And you might be right even with my set up I might not be able to get “exactly” double. I respect your comment and will take it as a challenge. I’m headed out after the solar eclipse for a month. So I’ll post my April numbers at the end of this month. I might wait till the 8th of may to post too just to get a full 30-31 days in there. Even if I do get to the 36k number I do know that’s not sustainable every month.

@@Babylionhotshot I run the same set up you do and have for 3 years. Not going off anyone else's numbers and I'm not saying it's not possible but it isn't sustainable as an every month average. I've made close to that many times but a good average is about 20-25k of running hard imo.

There’s people making 20-30k a month with a single box truck. You can definitely make that when you hotshot.

I'd have to disagree. The money is there.... it's just hard work and hard on family

Get your own MC number. You will be successful but if you work for someone else, you will hate it.

I have a Link in the description to call. but before you spend any money I will say get your 1.CDL first before anything 2. Your own Operating authority paper work done 3. Then truck and trailer 4. Then insurance. The reason is because the CDL and Operating authority aren't monthly costs, the truck, trailer and insurance are. The order in which you do things when your first getting started are very important in your success and I do wish you success. hope that helped a little.

No it's just not scalable. plus once someone learns the rates what to keep them from leaving. It seems like I would always be needing new people and new people aren't always the easiest. but saying I haven't thought about it would be lying. Good question though.

I mean ups sometimes uses hotshots for things mainly in house stuff like constructing some of their own buildings. But the UPS on my spreadsheet is an abbreviation for a shipper and the initials are coincidentally the same.

There are many problems in the trucking industry but we all have the same problems and play by the same rules. Insurance is a scam so they can pay for their Super Bowl commercials and all their other ads. They pick the new truckers in the industry to pay that bill. IDK may they get the government to pay for the ads lol I think its the newly truckers.

@@Babylionhotshot The problem is youtubers selling dreams. I ran into so many people that should not have been taking loads. I have a CDL for almost 30 years. My insurance for the year was 4K. And I still thought that was high. I would never pay what you guys pay. Many of you need to be company drivers. I would not take a load under 3 long haul and 4 plus regional depending on weight height and location. I was selective. I planned to head home no matter what profitable every time I took a load or I didn't leave the house. I was never out more than 3 and a half days. Y'all go out anywhere with no way home... taking cheap load to get to the next cheap load out of desperation. Noncdl got the freight spread thin. One man starving the next. I have a strategy but I also home school my kids. So I had to take a break from the madness. I'm in a premium location where I can leave the house with 5 dollar plus on average regional and be home next day. It doesn't make sense to me when I see y'all running for free. If you say no, the next guy will say yes. Its crabs in a bucket. Because of this once I leave my location I can't get anything back but extremely cheap freight. Most guys are going to fail at 2 dollars a mile. There's no way. I own my truck. My expenses are low. The next dreamer won't factor in these things. THE ONLY THING THEY SEE IS YOUR GROSS. They can't do business math to save their life. Why plant the seed?

​@@SpecialAgentNoble77exactly! Dude selling a pipe dream. Tow piglet 2.0 right here🤦

as lite at I can make it. I don't keep track of that. but I will tell you that weight is less of a concern than a big tall sail sucking my fuel economy to 0

No we didn’t, he didn’t have his CDL. Or a 53’ step deck.

@@Babylionhotshot Yeah I don't know why he refused to go CDL. The 53' is epic.

No good question! So at the end of the day I pay .60 cents a mile for my truck and trailer to be paid off at 200,000 Miles. I would say that more aggressive than the average person out here. Another thing I account for is $400 a week in hotels (that I never stay in)... I may do 1 a week other wise its truck stops and was-mart parking lots. my MPG is about . O and I one thing I account for is my 3% factoring fee that I rally hear people factor in to their cost per mile. 3% on 3$ a Mile is 9 cents a Mile. which is my 4th biggest cost behind my truck&trailer, fuel and insurance. Insure there is a couple hundred extra dollars of profit in there but I like to keep things on the safe side because knowing me ill go out and buy a corvette or something stupid if I think im making more than I am lol

awesome, thank you. My plan is to do short monthly recaps. ill try and be consistent with end of month videos, thanks for the support!

Hey Marco I appreciate that. Ya I think the numbers are the most important thing. Also it help the newer people in the industry see what normal rates look like so they don't get taken advantage of. Transparency is how we as truckers stick together and hold steady on what we will take stuff for. But I don't really think in the end there will be strong unity because we are all each others competition at the end of the day. But I hope it will help some at least.

Yup you can't rely on anyone but yourself unfortunately. Good Luck I hope they can fix it pronto. doest help it was easter

Madness.. at 2 dollars a mile he's driving 9k miles to get that. Company drivers make that with benefits. 🤷🏿‍♂ If that ain't free delivery can't image what's next. Some of the loads he posted he had to of paid to take the load. 🤦🏿‍♂ 😂 Living in the back of a pickup truck. I get it, its hard to think straight with no sleep. 😂

Specialagentnoble77 Trust me he’s got the benefits of being his own boss. It’s better than being someone’s bitch and being told when to clock in when to clock out 😂

Don't for get I said that was a bad month on the rates. I don't pick and choose what I share like most people. I share all the numbers. So stay tuned. in the next video people will say " I don't believe you... show us some rate cons" and those are the runs that keep me afloat.

My CPM (Cost per Mile is $1.50) and that gets my whole set up paid off by 200K Miles

yes I could, But that cost Money. There is a subscription service for every step in trucking. If I used them all, id be out of business like 80% of people that start a trucking company. But yes air table is a good tool, I'm just sick of subscriptions when there is free versions

damn that sucks. So are you a company driver? and I think I see your posts on Facebook. Didn't I comment on one of them.

@Babylionhotshot Yea we've spoken a few times. You helped me with Excel and how to do my spreadsheet. No, I'm a Hotshot O/O just with a Ram 5500 and a 40' flatbed. I need to get a 53' stepdeck but I'd probably have to get rid of my auxiliary fuel tank to do it and I don't have the capital to fund that expansion yet.

That’s what I was thinking he’s making what I’m making working the entire month. Dang man

Thanks Shawn, im trying to get some more consistent content out and stay up to date with the industry since it changes so much recently with the rates.

You are welcome, Thanks for tuning in.

Yeah, get a CDL. Life ain't peaches and cream. Drive for some else cause insurance ain't cheap. Find a local job.. trash industry if you are tough.

Not trying to be harsh and I obviously was in your shoes like last year so not even that long ago. Get your CDL. Get your own Authority. It really is that easy. Im trying to tell people. I even give a school to go to on my website. it's cheap! the money you will make in 3 days of CDL hotshot will cover the expense to get you CDL. and once you do you'll be kicking yourself that you didn't get it sooner.

How do you find loads?

@@rockyonfire1 First find a really really busy truck stop. And wait. Wait for that one truck driver with a serious look. No nonsense, I ain't got time for the mess look on his face. He may pull up for fueling or he maybe be just parking. But be sure to catch him right when he get there. When he pulls up don't follow close. Let him do what he got to do. And right before he pulls that handle.. Yell, wait!!! I'm looking for loads. And I guarantee he'll respond with something like "son you came to the right place, TruckStop and DAP load board have what you are looking for but without a CDL you are a crab in the bottom of a tall tall bucket".

​@@Babylionhotshot Did you have any issues finding loads while you waited for your MC to mature?

That's the plan! lol Thanks for the love

They sure do. and they have let me know that.

Wym? Why?

Why would he lie? That comment leads me to doubt you even have “equipment for rent” lol