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Electronic Logging Devices

E-log sticker merits easy time at weigh station

Gastonia, N.C.-based hotshot/tow owner-operator Buster Lewis took up the Continental VDO RoadLog to eliminate the hassle of pushing paper logs, he says — big bonus: No weigh-station hassles for him and his 2006 Freightliner Business Class straight flatbed.

February 9, 2017

Channel 19

When enforcement is well necessary — a note from Rich Wilson

Wilson’s letter follows news of a box-truck owner-operator shut down after a fatality crash. Also: Do owner-operator hotshot truckers (at 10,001-26,000 lbs.) need to join a random drug/alcohol testing consortium? Depends on the CDL status and desires …

January 21, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD mandate: What about trucks plated below 26,000 lbs.?

Q&A: Will under 26K-lb. trucks be required to utilize ELDs under FMCSA’s final rule? Short answer: Yes, but complications with the short-haul exceptions in the hours rules may apply to some operations.

February 8, 2016

Business

Hotshot trucking: How to start

Thinking of starting a hotshot hauling business? Find out what you need to know about establishing authority and spec'ing equipment for hotshot trucking here.

December 5, 2014

Business

‘Hotshot on steroids’: Straight Forward Transportation of Ohio

Sue and Kevin Nelson’s 2012 single-drive-axle Freightliner Columbia is Straight Forward Transportation’s “hotshot on steroids,” says Sue Nelson, acquired to augment a business founded the non-dually drive axle of a Ford F250 pickup, still in operation.

December 4, 2014

Business

Car/mobile equipment hauling: Owner-operator Greg Cutler’s Show-n-Sell Towing & Recovery

Today hauling classic cars, farm equipment and other rolling stock, Greg Cutler of Fon Du Lac, Wis., got into hotshot hauling after years as a tow operator.

December 3, 2014

Business

Geographic specialization, with Brady’s Hotshot Hauling owner-operator Jeff Ward

Atlanta-area owner-operator Jeff Ward started his hotshot business with a diesel F450 cab and chassis outfitted with a flatbed body and gooseneck-type hitch.

December 2, 2014

Business

Hotshot trucking: Pros, cons of the small-truck niche

Hotshot hauling offers lower start-up costs and other advantages over running Class 8 over-the-road, but other trade-offs make it challenging in its own right.

December 1, 2014

Channel 19

When the road leads nowhere

Hotshot hauler Jeff Ward crosses a road to nowhere; And mainstream media — helped along by the Uber ride-sharing service — works to turn “independent contractor” into a dirty word.

October 16, 2014

Channel 19

Hotshot hauling with owner-operator Jeff Ward

Meet Villa Rica, Ga.-based Jeff Ward and his Brady’s Hotshot Hauling business, with a 2012 Ford F350 outfitted with a Cadet flatbed body, gooseneck hitch and 30-ft. P.J. trailer.

October 2, 2014

Overdrive Extra

‘Shipping Wars’ hotshot reality TV show extended

The Shipping Wars reality TV show, launched earlier this year and featuring the work of several hotshot owner-operators competing for earnings by bidding on and moving freight from the uShip.com online marketplace, hasn’t exactly lit up the trucking world with interest in the manner of, say, the Ice Road Truckers show at its height, but the […]

April 25, 2012

Channel 19

‘Shipping wars’ TV series starts tonight on A&E

The Austin American-Statesman reminds us that the latest in the phenomenon of truck-driving reality-TV series debuts tonight, with back-to-back half-hour episodes of ‘Shipping Wars’ occupying the 9 p.m. (ET and PT) hour on A&E. The debate over whether the show will be a boon to the image of drivers in the public imagination has already […]

January 10, 2012