[Warlock]

Yea, I checked into that to.. not so good...

Think about this.. $2/mile, in a 1 ton...

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Warlock

Yea, I checked into that to.. not so good...

Think about this.. $2/mile, in a 1 ton...

And getting the same MPG as a big truck if not better!

[Warlock]

currently loaded we get 14ish mpg with a back hoe

[Mackman]

Parts wear out on them fast. Your better off with like a FL70 or something.

[Warlock]

doin a FL70, there goes the BIG mpg advantage.. and the weight being pulled won't warrant that big of a truck. I'm trying to stay small.

[MichiganDriver]

Originally Posted by Steel Horse Cowboy

Sounds like a plan.... I was going to do this here in NW Indiana since I live 30min from all the travel trailer manufactures but I am not sure I want to DH all the way back from where-ever I deliver the trailers

Not trying to push this off topic but food for thought. I looked into that a short time ago and I'm still chewing on it. If you could limit your runs to places down south you could drop your MH, rent a car and using craigslist find a couple of nice old perfect condition vehicles to return with. A 90s pickup or minivan towing an early 90s Miata or CSX maybe. Michigan limits you to selling 6 cars a year without a license though and I checked into the license and it's more trouble than it's worth. Maybe other states are easier or maybe there's a way to team up with a dealer so you'd be working off his license. It'd be easier and a whole lot more fun than trucking I guarantee ya.

[Heavy Duty]

Originally Posted by Steel Horse Cowboy

Hotshots are usually either the pick-up guys, Sprinter vans, or the 6-wheelers like FedEx Custom Critical, Express-1 and the likes. You are using the wrong term so i have no idea what you are talking about or asking......


The only ACME I have seen are those in Texas around Houston.... all mexicans and all hauling pipe loads.

I have a friend and his wife who drives for FedEx CC and they just got put into a 2010 T-660 with a ICT sleeper set-up. They love it, tho they stay on the road for 2-3months at a time but get to go all over in a brand new rig and make a damn good earning.

The term Hotshot is oilfield slang, nothing to do with todays expediters. Started in the oil patch to run parts to rigs back in the late sixties. There are many hotshot companies in south Texas, ACME uses a lot of small trucks, serving both on and off shore drilling.

[Warlock]

That's why I wanted to go with ACME. Not to mention, they hire me as a driver and lease the truck from me. This will help me come tax time...

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Originally Posted by MichiganDriver

Not trying to push this off topic but food for thought. I looked into that a short time ago and I'm still chewing on it. If you could limit your runs to places down south you could drop your MH, rent a car and using craigslist find a couple of nice old perfect condition vehicles to return with. A 90s pickup or minivan towing an early 90s Miata or CSX maybe. Michigan limits you to selling 6 cars a year without a license though and I checked into the license and it's more trouble than it's worth. Maybe other states are easier or maybe there's a way to team up with a dealer so you'd be working off his license. It'd be easier and a whole lot more fun than trucking I guarantee ya.

If I was going to do it, I was going to run a 1 ton pick-up and maybe a 3 place trailer. That way i could pull cars back to the chicago area maybe. My cousin did the Motor coach transport. He'd drive them to FL and out west then fly home. He did it for 3 years till diesel went to $3+ per gallon. Now he is a union millright making twice the money.

[MichiganDriver]

Originally Posted by Steel Horse Cowboy

If I was going to do it, I was going to run a 1 ton pick-up and maybe a 3 place trailer. That way i could pull cars back to the chicago area maybe. My cousin did the Motor coach transport. He'd drive them to FL and out west then fly home. He did it for 3 years till diesel went to $3+ per gallon. Now he is a union millright making twice the money.

Here's another way to do it that's got me wondering

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