I DID NOT have to WORK to HARD to earn this amount of money | HOTSHOT TRUCKING

Added: 2026-06-10

[00:00:00]I forgot to tell you guys, I got my truck back. Yep. $8,300 for the repair bill. $6,000 something for the tow bills. Bringing my truck to Ford. Bringing my truck to the first drop. Dropping all the loads.

[00:00:18]$600 plane ticket back home. $600 plane ticket back out. It was a doozy.

[00:00:25]>> We just landed. It's upside down. But I'm not quitting. Sure, it hurt. I know I can make it back. The rates are incredible. I'm going to tell you about this load on my trailer right now. One pick, one drop from Springfield, Illinois, going to St. Petersburg, Florida. Literally, it's going on the same street I have my house. It's not even my house, actually. This is where I keep my truck. 4,100, six straps. Super easy. I got here in a day. It was a It was a 16 15 something 16 hour drive. So, it's going to take me a day and a half, sir. 2 days. Okay. That's grossing $2,050 each day. It's 9:00 in the morning. I can go drop this off right now, right down the street, and go book more loads.

[00:01:14]So, if you've ever thought about starting your own trucking company, now is the time.

[00:01:23]Not two years from now. Now is the time.

[00:01:28]You know, there's never a bad time to start your own business.

[00:01:34]You start it when you're ready. I started in 2022. Fuel was up. You know, we were doing with the Ukraine Russia war. We were in a freight recession. You know, 2022, right in the middle of Mr. Biden's uh term moy that's the other part of that Mr. Biden's turmoil and Trump came in now, fixed everything, rates are back up as he said was going to happen. Sure, fuel's up, but don't tell me you're getting Yeah, sure. I have to pay 3, four, 500 bucks extra on fuel on the way down here, but the truck stop rate was $3,000. $29.99.

[00:02:25]I got $4,100. I got $1,100 more. I'm not saying that the truck stop rate is accurate all the time. Usually I I'm always asking for more, but this was 6,000 lb. Okay, you did need a 53 ft step deck, which um that's why this trailer comes in handy. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made um honestly in my life. So, you're grossing 7,000 a week with a CDL setup. your 40 foot and and seven grand honestly you can do you were averaging that so you could get more than that >> more than that I have at certain times I didn't get 10,000 before in a week with that truck >> yeah that's what that's what Blake's doing and then >> with this setup >> it's definitely 10,000 a week >> so with with the uh Dodge 5500 >> with the hot shot bed setup with you know where you can pull it it's a tractor >> yes >> you can pull the 55 Five or 53 ft step deck. So how much you were averaging like 10 >> 10 grand a week >> and it wasn't that difficult. No, >> I mean you got to you got to work. It's all work.

[00:03:34]>> Had to work the hustle too hard.

[00:03:37]>> And I tried to find something to put there, but I was like, nah, it might take an extra day, but that would have been a pure profit.

[00:03:46]Yeah, major construction project.

[00:03:50]Even bigger over there.

[00:03:55]They've already built a new bridge across Tampa Bay. I wonder how much that cost.

[00:04:02]This is what you got to deal with.

[00:04:04]There's people over there.

[00:04:06]There's people over there in the machines.

[00:04:11]You got to figure out who to talk to. I know I have drainage on my on my trailer. So, where would they be putting in drainage?

[00:04:20]You know, it doesn't look like any dirt's dug up over here. It looks like it's all packed back down. They've got drainage over there, though. And that's where I plan on going. Check this out. See that pipe?

[00:04:33]That's drainage. That's where I need to go.

[00:04:38]Huge project.

[00:04:41]So, that was the wrong job site.

[00:04:44]So, that was a big waste of time. But that stuff happens. But while I was there and I pulled into the job, Right.

[00:04:52]When you pull in the job site, then they call you back and tell you where you're supposed to go.

[00:04:58]I already waited 2 hours.

[00:05:02]So, I I I had to make a move. And if I waited 2 hours and 1 minute, I'd been good. But if I didn't pull in job site, they wouldn't have texted me. So, and sent me a screenshot of where I'm supposed to be. Anyways, I will see you at the next job site. Consequently, the dude that was running that job site knew who bought this, who's a different contractor, and knew where he was.

[00:05:29]So, Heat.

[00:06:07]Heat.

[00:06:33]Yeah. So, that pipe's dropped off. Now, all you got to do is take your B that you got signed by the shipper, receiver, and yourself, submit it to otr, and you're going to have $4,100 in your bank account the next day. That's why factoring companies are valuable.

[00:06:49]Otherwise, TQL is going to wait 30 days to pay me. They're pretty good about paying 30 days, but I just got a payment that was 90 days out.

[00:06:59]You don't want to wait 90 days for a payment. So, use otr as your factoring company. Their link is in the description. That's how you keep trucking when you first start off.

[00:07:10]After 2 years, you're going to build up a bank account. You're not going to you're going to you're going to be able to wait on that money. But anyways, guys, now that I got my equipment back up and running, it only cost me like 15 grand.

[00:07:24]I'm going to have to go back out and make some money, which means I'm going to be bringing you more numbers and recent numbers. What does the market look like right now? Stay tuned for that. Make sure you subscribe. I'm going to be going out. So, I'm going to be bringing you all the numbers. That's my job, I feel like, is to show you how much money you can make in trucking. And I'm going to stick to it, guys. So, until then, I'll see you in the next one. Peace.