How much money can I make running hotshot trucking 

Thank you Robert. We are thinking about getting a woodhouse bed thing put in so it is a legal sleeper on the truck so we can do more miles with the 2 of us. And yes you are correct, We could improve on just one driver alone. Thanks for looking at the miles. Sometimes I feel like it doesn't matter what we say someone has to hate on it. -Darrick

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@Ben A I'm sure they'll be writing off most of their taxes with the depreciation on a brand new truck, miles, business expenses, etc...

Ben A netting $1000 a week is good?

Ben A well 1000 a week is more than what the average American makes. I'm netting $3k a week. I'm comfortable here in Florida with that

That's one stupid answer but whatever flows your boat 🤣😅

@@ronalnunez3311 ok sai

Amen to that.

Ronal Nunez that’s not a stupid answer at all...people so programmed it’s crazy

Agreed, rather make less than be a slave. The great Gary V said it’s all about being happy, do whatever it takes...I’d rather make $89k a year vs $200k and be happy.

Thank you very much for the compliment but we do help each other out in all scenarios. I call him my genius hubby 😊 -Cinnamon

Where do people get women like this?

💯 #respect

facts

Do you have a single twin?

Make Asylums Great Again couldn’t have said it any better my self !

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My husband and I are extremely encouraged by this, maybe working for ourselves. We live in Alaska and he works paving roads and working for our local 302 union. We are both in our late 50’s and are waiting for our daughter to finish high school next year so that we can move out of Alaska hopefully to Tennessee. This sounds like a perfect thing to get into . We both have been wanting to travel some, since we never really had a chance to from raising our children at all different ages. This kind of thing could most definitely add income to our retirement, it will also help our last kid with income to go to college. After my husband found this site here, we are extremely excited to learn more about it. Hard work and long hours is something that my husband is use to, not so much me, but I can be. Thank you so much SouthGeorgiaHotShot for all the information that you put out there. If you would like to help us out getting started, by all means we would appreciate anything that you would like to share And congratulations 🎉🎊🎈 to taking on something that most people are just to scared to try. I hope I’ll be able to get more information from you, thanks a lot. Brian and Leslie Cross. REPLY to this message if you want to talk privately and I will give you my home email address. Very, very proud of you...

I’m totally encouraged

This has encouraged me because if you do the math from what they bring home a week. They still bring home roughly 82,000 net yearly. That’s pretty good money

Thank you for commenting and watching Kyle!

Thank very much 😊

That would be the hubby Darrick! If it was left up to me I'd be more detailed like regular wifeys are 😂😂🤷‍♀️ -Cinnamon

Thank you Erwin! We appreciate your support! -Cinnamon

Erwin Torres sonic you are on RU-vid people will make all kinds of comments. Maybe there are some things they can take away from some of the not so friendly comments. For every comment that is not friendly there people like you who say friendly things. This is RU-vid the largest social media platform in the world. That’s just apart of the normal variation. I would like to know if they have made any changes since they are realizing their mistakes. Like lifestyle changes?? Are they on debt snowball kick?? Where do they drive? How do you get started?? This is my first time watching them so I’ll be watching their content.

Awesome Comment They Are Great people they both work their ass off kinda reminds me of my wife and i keep the wheels spinning

Thanks buddy. Hope all is well. Stay safe out there.

Thank you

@@TruckandTravel Someday I'll earn how to type. :)

What "investment" is there beyond a truck, trailer and insurance? You have to have all of that up-front before you even start. Everything after that is just routine expenses that will always be present, year after year. I'd imagine that the with a new truck the first year would be the cheapest, after that you're going to run into major repair scenarios. By the time you pay off the truck, you'll probably need a new one so even a truck payment is really just an operating cost.

By the time they pay the truck off it will have 500,000 miles and they will need another one. So the investment is really just operating costs since they will always have a truck payment.

I totally agree. The are hardly any investment costs with that business. Also as stated by others yes the truck payment too will be basically operating cost as that truck in 5 years will be toast on mileage and not worth much to a used buyer. I see what’s left of transport trucks up for sale with huge mileage and a huge price they will never get.

@ Larry Glass I will probably come back and reread this comment several times to help me get through some of the other comments 😬 Thank you for your encouragement 😊 We appreciate it -Cinnamon

The truck and trailer are definitely investments. We plan on keeping the truck. No sense in going out buying another $70,000 truck when we can just replace the engine if it goes or the transmission or whatever else we need to and costing way less. -Cinnamon

Thank you. Hot shotting is a tuff game

Hey Eldon! How are you? It's always nice to see you in the comments! Hope the rest of your weekend is great! -Cinnamon and Darrick

@@TruckandTravel Doin ok here,just taking it day by day,still going through my late wife's things,Horizon Transport is on hold for now til i can get through this diffucult time of need,hope you both are doin well,be safe out there.

Well you are in our prayers. Keep us updated on how things are going for you bud

@@TruckandTravel Tyvm,i really appreciate it,will keep you both informed on whats going on.

DOT regulations say that anyone in the passenger seat has to be "on duty" so we are running the same hours as 1 person. We could do way better with 2 of us if we had a sleeper. Anything left over we put aside for taxes and maintenance even though taxes will not be much at the end of the year due to all the things we can write off 😊 -Cinnamon

Yet the cost of your car and food is included. So not thin as it appears.

@@TruckandTravel Does that apply only cause you do not have a sleeper? I thought DOT changed the rule so co-driver could be off duty in the passenger seat? Check DOT revisions.

Loco Jay they did change that. You can be off duty in the passenger seat.

It’s like that even in the big rigs

Nice way to travel and be out and about! 😊 -Cinnamon

Thank you for the kind words. A lot of people don't realize you can grow stronger in wisdom by making mistakes. Those who take chances win big sometimes, those who never take chances never win

Thank you very much Ed G! We appreciate it! 😊 -Cinnamon

Thank you Farmall4Life 350 Roll Tide -Cinnamon and Darrick

Roll Tide y’all

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Shreds1620 I remember middle school football 😂😂😂😂👀👀

@@ramboxlegacy14 when Zeke Elliott got 200+ yards on the Crimson Tide? Me too! That was middle school defense at it's finest. Thanks for reminding me!

Yes Austin. Enterprise is a great company to lease from since we include all maintenance. I lease out 1ton dually with towing capabilities - our program design helps owners get running without messing up cash flow and having all of your capital tied into the trucks themselves. If anyone is interested in hearing about it just give me a call. Name: Ivan Hunter, Phone number: 716-681-6700. Email: Ivan.L.Hunter@ehi.com - I work for Enterprise Truck rental out of Buffalo, NY.

you are a smart man. Good thinking.

Well thank you very much!

I think we'd rather have a 18 wheeler

If you are thinking about having your own authority and not working under someone else make sure you look up "Josh D Hotshot" on RU-vid. He does a great series on the steps and costs of starting your own authority -Cinnamon

This particular pickup we are upside down on so it won't be this high for others but if we were able to trade it in without taking an insane loss and get a tractor with a sleeper we would do that but unfortunately it's not in our cards so we'll have to make due with what we have. -Cinnamon

Yes. If you have the resources or financing, get CDL, haul 10 cars. Start for someone else so they are paying maintenance and you gain experience (make mistakes) on their dime and insurance. Don't speed or you will lose it all.

Truck and Travel don't listen to that guy, everybody has an opinion and most people feel like they need to share it. You will not get any better fuel mileage buying a bigger vehicle. Why? Because you will haul bigger loads. I used to heavy haul for a living and I never owned a semi that got anywhere near 9 mpg empty. You might be upside down right now but that pickup will last a long time if you take care of it and eventually you'll have it paid off. Just keep grinding and you'll get there. Best of luck and God bless.

@@chrisroberts5614 Read what I said. Light duty tractor get 10 x the miles not fuel mileage. Like an International 4900 4 door single rear axle which is wide enough to convert to sleeper with hydraulic brakes (no cdl).I delivered thousands of these new trucks piggyback and with the right motor and gearing they would get 10 to 14 miles per gal loaded. So it's a bit more than an opinion.So Chris how many of these have you driven.18 years of piggybacking that's fact not opinion. The DT466 is one hell of a motor. .

allen dabold I would say in your case experience isn't your biggest problem. Common sense obviously isn't your strong suit. I don't care if your truck doesn't have air brakes or not, in most states if your GVWR is over 7900 lbs and is a registered commercial vehicle then by FMCSA rules you are required to have a CDL. Also that "one hell of a motor" is a commercial application of the 7.3L that Ford put in their super duty pickups. If you can't get 14mpg in a pickup how will you get even close to that in a heavier vehicle?

@Mr Sunshines actually I have for a long time . I know the logistics industry well. My intention wasnt to insult . I own a semi and have friends who hotshot flatbed and car hauling . In the semi world it definitely depends on the company you contract to. Everyone likes what they like I guess

How...and with who?

How ???

We are upside down on our truck. It's not going to be the same for everyone so don't let that discourage you. This is just our specific situation -Cinnamon

Truck and Travel I don't know I just checked into a 2017 full sized ram had my credit ran with a 540 score my 99 f150 and 500.00 down my payment would run me right at 600.00 a month. No offense, but after seeing your payment. I'm going with the 330whatever a week times 4 weeks in a month plus what given fees they got to me and In my opinion I really think your getting took. Idk your credit situation or any of that. That just seems ungodly high for just a pickup payment alone. As I said I looked into a practically a brand new under 30k mile pickup loaded for more than half of that. I'm not here to bash on yall just hate seeing ppl get wacked.

YOU'RE not going to buy that kind of truck for $600 a month, hell just say 5 years at $600 that's under 40,000 without fiance charges.

@Jeremiah Fisher I think my credit is at 720 right now but you are looking at a f150...there's the first difference. I know you arne't here to bash and that you don't fully understand the scenario so I'll explain a few things. Our truck is a 72K truck. It is a work tool, the star of the show so it's going to be more expensive than a 99 f150. After than in consideration we HAD to trade in a truck we had before this and take over a 16K hit which made it a 90K truck...see where that $1446/month payment is coming into play? It has nothing to do with our credit. Both of us are over 700 for our scores ❤️ Hope this helps! -Cinnamon

@@TruckandTravel my question is what stupid mistake did you make to get yourself in a 16k hole, you need to make sure you don't make that mistake again, that's the problem these days people don't learn how financing works and/or understand depreciation and they get burned, assuming you put 11k down on a 72k truck and are financing at 60 months from a loan amount of $90k you are at 1333 a month, if you would have put that 10k down on a 72k truck you would have been at $1033 a month, $333/$1333 = 32%, you are effectively paying 33% extra a month according to your truck payment and losing 8% of your income. Im probably around the same age as you guys and have went through 5 or 6 cars since I was driving and haven't had negative equity on a single lease or purchase. You guys do drive a lot of miles though, a lot of new business owners make mistakes but they learn quickly how to fix them, hope you guys fix your mistakes for the future.

Thank you Marcus! Whatever we have left after we pay the rest of our bills we put all of it aside for maintenance and taxes. Since we are new to this we have no idea what taxes will look like so we want to make sure we are careful! -Cinnamon

We also do a weekly update (haven't had time the past couple of weeks) where we go over the maintenance as it comes up

Talk to an accountant. With all the “expenses” and depreciation, your actual taxable income will be much less than “earned”. It’s a double edged sword! Make sure you also try to get a “healthcare plan”? If possible. Another “write off” Better to pay for that than pay taxes. At least you’ll be covered and your lady! Better than paying that $ towards taxes. Good luck. You can do your taxes quarterly, too. Every 3 months.

You should put 3cents per mile aside for maintenance.

@@TruckandTravel better figure at least 22 % for state and federal , your accountant answer that question with one phone call. You do not want to get be short.....

Thanks for your update and send me a picture of the woods Yes sounds good to me

Thanks Sgt. We appreciate all your support and all your funny comments -Cinnamon and Darrick

I imagine these trucks are basically scrapped after 4-5 years, so that's about as long of a loan note you'd probably want, instead of like a 6-8 year loan. If you're running 3-4 year notes, that really makes your payments higher. If you had a 50,000 dollar truck, with a 3 year note, you're talking $347 a week with 0% interest, lol.

With cdl and 1200 truck payment why not run a truck with a sleeper

@dedalliance1 we plan on keeping this truck way past that. If the engine goes out we'll put another in. If the transmission goes bad, we'll replace that, etc. @race fan we would LOVE to have a sleeper but again that costs money that we do not have yet -Cinnamon

@@TruckandTravel Hopefully that plan works out well.

better off in a semi, we think

@@mbekka1 where I live they pay 25-30 percent of gross Most of them require 2 years experience for insurance purposes

@@mbekka1 plenty

@@mbekka1 Go get that cdl, apply to the oilfield. You won't only make more than that, you will be home WAY more! Driving pays ok... But when you have the credentials to drive and provide a service is where the 6 figures come in. I've been in the oilfield since 2002, trust me. And if the oilfield goes to hell, you always have that cdl to fall back on.

@@mbekka1 after 2yrs of experience you can get that. Out the gate as a new driver it's more like $800++

Shane Creager yep and these trucks arent built like a semi, 3-5 years tops and its toast. You’ll get maybe one rebuild out of a pickup truck. As far as the pay thats terrible, 2 people combined for only $1600? Thats not worth it. My grandpa drove truck for the teamsters back in the day and cant believe how little people are working for now. Its truly a race to the bottom.

Check out Josh D or Tow Piglet on youtube. I think they do. We would rather driver a semi

Thank you Edgardo....but I'm not sure about that last part...you have some friends on this channel but if it becomes a problem I might have to set up some rules..😂😂😂 -Cinnamon

Yes definitely better than a minimum wage job. 😊 We just started doing this together in July. If we were to sell our home it would take time to do that plus being able to go through all we have, sell all our stuff off etc. and most importantly, we do not have a sleeper in our truck so we would be completely homeless and living out of hotels which would be so expensive. Our house payment is less than getting hotels on the weekends that we are not working. -Cinnamon

Per diem has been removed in the new tax plan.

@@xNialx yep, thank the president for that.

@@xNialx I dind't know that. Trump is always helping the little guy. SMH

@@Barneyrubble241 Not sure if sarcasm, or plain stupid >.>

@@xNialx 10000000000% SARCASM!!!! I was hoping the SMH at the end would give it away.

Thank you. God Bless you!

Lol @ trucking!

JGBLADES I meant it in the expressive not the literal lol

Doesn't sound like you're hotshotting. They make more than most truckers

@@robertsmith5095 Me....im good ;). 1,500$ a day. Almost no expenses. You will never guess.

@@jgbelmont If I guess right the first try what do I get?

What???

First off you lose a lot when you buy a Cummins: 2 cylinders, quality, towing capacity, payload, and so on FIAT can not make a truck!

More and more Going broke

That's awesome Joel! -Cinnamon

@Melanins Cool you know not what I know

@@joelwilson8758 We know you are 35 and live in your mom's basement and unemployed

RAM TRUCKS if u say so it's ok with me

Melanins Cool yeah but there's more companies out there than swift. My dad clears 2k a week gross. I've seen the stubs and if u could post pics I'd do so.

I hate dolphins that’s what I said !!! Plus the wear and tear of your own vehicle

Idk man. If it were my "team" I'd leave my "teammate" at home to work at a gas station so we could afford to eat while I was on the road.

@@splatterbrain3788 lmao!

nope , you're right

Not saying you are right or wrong. But CDL driving is, much... much more difficult.

YEAH IF YOU DON'T MIND SLAVING FOR SOMEONE AND YOU'LL NEVER OWN NO PART OF THE COMPANY OR BE ABLE TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS?

I make more than $40k a year and I work on trucks for a living...... That F350 isn't going to last very long either trying to haul 48' and 53' trailers. Not to mention getting always stopped by DOT to check their weight.

You are right you can team in a company truck. they would take home about 2400 a week, and the other person who said that it is harder,,nope it is not ,,they dont have to worrie about break down or flats

Yes having 2 of us is the dilemma we have to figure out -Cinnamon

Back seat has to be converted to approved DOT sleeper, requiers hacking out the doors and 42 wide mattress. You can't just sleep on the stock seat single or team.

@@tumbleweedking5668 not true that law changed in 2013, long as you log off duty you can sleep in the backseat. I had a level 1 inspection 2 years ago and specifically asked the DOT officer this question to make sure

That's a woman and not a man.

@@TruckandTravel can you just log off duty and your husband log on when you want to take turns sleeping in the back seat?

these rates are from 2018. The rates then were alot better then 2019 and 2017. something to think about... some say 2018 was the best.

Thank you for watching! Also note: anything left over after bills are paid, we set aside for maintenance because it's VERY pricey and also a little for taxes. You can write a lot off for taxes but better safe than sorry. -Cinnamon

just figure it out urself lol. not that difficult. just do it for your state... but rough estimate i usualy use 30-35% they are not getting rich sure. but at the same time they get to travel, etc. and be payed for it.

Depending on your state, if you plan to pay yourself 35k a year look to pay roughly 25% of that in taxes.

Thank you Thomas! We went through the rule book because we were hearing from a bunch of different people what the rules were and we wanted to play it safe. Since we are a team, you have to have 10 off duty like normal but 2 of your hours can be counted while you are in the passenger seat and the other 8 have to be either off duty out of the truck or in a sleeper berth. Since we don't have a DOT approved sleeper, we make sure we have 8 hours between the one driver starting after the other one has stopped for the night. At least that is how we understood what we read. We could always be wrong -Cinnamon😬

@@TruckandTravel to split your sleeper time you have to do 2 hours off duty and then 8 hours in a legal sleeper but being you don't have one you can not split your sleeper time l might be wrong but that is the way I have been doing it for a few years now but I drive a tractor trailer.

We don't log sleeper ever because we do not have a sleeper. We log off duty

carry a tent and say you go to that for sleeper and don't give an inch or they will get you, but if you hold firm, you're good

Truck Stop for starters

Absolutely! If you want some detailed info on the steps to take and costs to start, check out "Josh D Hotshot" on RU-vid. He does a great series that actually helped us get started! -Cinnamon

@@TruckandTravel thank you

Thank you very much George! -Cinnamon