HotShots

[crb]

I hauled 3 cars one time in a van trailer all they did was block the wheels front and back with wood. I had no idea they were cars. The bills simply said 3 Nissan tidas, we hauled them from either El passo or some other border cross to Nissan in Michigan. The receiver ended up being their crash test facility which had crashed cars everywhere, that was cool!

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Back in 2005 I hauled a Ford GT from the plan in Romeo, MI to Auburn, IN where they were auctioning it off for charity. I was with Schneider at the time and they had to remove the mirrors cuz it was too wide for the trailer, then they figured out that once they got it on the trailer, they couldn't get the driver out. It was funny, and they decided to deliver it a different way LOL

[ronjon619]

TruckNet® Drivers RoundTable • View topic - car hauling in a dock height van trailer (found thru google - don't shoot the messenger lol)

the REV didn't tie down that CRX in the right spots, but if it works good for him.

[Malaki86]

Old thread, but I've been thinking of checking into doing HotShot freight.

Anyway, I remember years ago seeing custom conversion vans that had basically 1/2 of the van's body on a 1-ton frame. All of the ones I saw were pulling huge 5th wheel campers. A setup like that would be pretty decent - back seat is a couch, that makes into a bed. So, you wouldn't have to be in a motel every night. I googled around looking for something "modern", but really didn't find anything out there. In fact, the ones that did come up were from the mid-80's.

[Malaki86]

Here's a photo of the one I could find:

TheDieselStop.Com Photo Hosting - 1986 Ford E-350 Cabriolet

Some more photos (bunches of em): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...7&l=5c3c2626ad

[Orangetxguy]

Here's a photo of the one I could find:

TheDieselStop.Com Photo Hosting - 1986 Ford E-350 Cabriolet

Some more photos (bunches of em): The E350 turbo Diesel 5th wheel hauler | Facebook

Don't do it man! Just don't do it! Unless of course.....You plan on moving to Deep South Texas.

[Malaki86]

Probably won't. I just thought of it and remembered those 1/2 van-1/2 truck things.

[Orangetxguy]

Probably won't. I just thought of it and remembered those 1/2 van-1/2 truck things.

"Hotshot" used to be really decent money. But there are so many people out there doing it, that it is just Cheap Freight now. You can wear a new pickup out in less than 2 years....and still have three years payments on it.

[GMAN]

I remember those half van, half pick up trucks. I believe Dodge built one, too.

[Malaki86]

I was sitting at a service plaza in Maryland and saw a Mercedes (Freightliner/Dodge) Sprinter van sitting there. This one is set up as a bus, but that chassis would make a great 1/2-van setup. That thing is huge. With the one I saw, where you would split the body, you could almost have the same size "sleeper" as a Volvo 780.