truck towing pictures...
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Kicked this off little bit ago.
Not to get personal, but I read a lot of guys on these forums that do what you are doing, is that "hot shoting"? Or is it just commercial hauling?
How do the pay scales (rates?) for that type of hauling go?
Never been a "trucker" but always been curious. I only haul my 35ft 5th wheel for pleasure.
Working smarter not harder.. Loading place had one on a fork lift.
One farmer I worked for had one of those, would have been nice if he would have let any of us kids use it. Instead I fingerprinted them all.
yes its "hot shooting" or LTL (less than truck load) 95% of the time rate is $ per loaded mile.. and it is commercial hauling. therefor I fall under same rules same DOT regs are the big trucks do.
LTL rate is less than TL(truck load) usually ~50-75% of truck load rate. there are LTL that run a TL rate, mainly because customer needs it shortly and cant afford to wait 3-5 days for a truck to get loaded with a bunch of LTLs.
same principle applies like fedex/ups shipping methods normal, 3 day, 2 day, next day and the various delivery times (by 0800, 1200, 1500, 2000) for each delivery option.. sooner you need it delivered the more $$$ it cost.
there are 2 types of drivers company and owner ops,
company drivers, the company owns everything nothing is in your name. they get paid one of two ways.. cents per mile driven or % of truck gross.
owner ops(O/O), own at minimum the truck, and or trailer. O/O with just the truck get 70-80% of the truck rate. O/O with trailer is higher % (75-85%), since all the company is doing is putting name and DOT/MC#s on the side of the truck. if you have your own DOT/MC or authority some will pay you 85-95% truck rate.
as for money. flat bed LTL is usually 1.5-3.00 a mile to the truck.. TL is more.
I have people ask me to move a truck from A to B. while I don't have a problem cutting the rate "SOME" for friend/forum member.
had a person asked if I could go pick up a truck that ~450 miles away from me. haul it some 1500 miles that put me in a bad freight area. which I would have to run some 300-400 mile to get a load. roughly 2500 miles in the trip and tie my truck and trailer up for almost 5 days. told him he would have to fork over some 3500.00 for that to be all legit legal and insured... I think he bought a plane ticket and had a mini vacation and drove the vehicle back. which was cheaper.. if you didn't factor in the persons time
I still have bills to pay and food to put on the table..
hope that makes some sense :thumb:
I usually yank around farm equipment and stock trailers...boring...but this is worth sharing...this is my good friend's '67 Lincoln Continental that just got re painted. It was sitting in my shop all summer and fall and hauled SLOW on 25 miles of gravel to his place.
Brian, do you have any more pics of your tow rig? Mine is an 02 version of yours and thinking about changing wheels.
Imagine how much more loads you could haul if you didn't post so many pics of the same thing
Two different loads of steel. Yesterday's steel load (flat plate and couple skidded coils) was from phenoix steel in Cleveland Ohio to Springfield Ohio which I delivered this morning. Then went to greenup ky just north of ashland Kentucky picked up 24 sticks of C channel going to Benjamin steel in Dayton Ohio..
Though is someone wants to pay me to meander around loaded.. I'd be happy too