HotShots
#14
02-25-2011, 09:29 AM
Parts wear out on them fast. Your better off with like a FL70 or something.
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#16
02-25-2011, 10:30 AM
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.
#17
02-25-2011, 10:32 AM
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.
#19
02-25-2011, 02:42 PM
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.
#20
02-26-2011, 12:10 AM
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.
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