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Tag: hotshot

Building the foundation: Knocking on doors with a Texas-based hotshot trucker

Read about hotshot trucker Joey Terra's foundational relationships with his customers (brokers, too), which distinguish his hauling business's efforts.

August 19, 2020

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Hotshot carrier asks FMCSA to let him install sleeper berth in pickup truck bed

A sleeper berth in the bed of a pickup do not meet the access, location, exit, communication or occupant constraint requirements in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Castignoli Enterprises argues that because he is a solo owner-operator, these requirements are not applicable to his operation.

April 27, 2018

Jeff Ward Lariat grille

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

Delaware-based Richard Wilson. Find him via the website of his independent TCRG Consulting business.

Overdrive Extra

Driver’s “beans-and-rice budget” needed in D.C.

Someone who’s experienced his own financial crisis during this period is hot-shot hauler Frank Hagwood.

September 30, 2011

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