Hotshot business during Labor Day holiday / my gross

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Alex

10 ай бұрын

How much was I able to gross during the Labor Day week

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@gatorfdx 10 ай бұрын

Great stuff as always Alex, I think everyone learns something from each of your videos. Love the low drama and hard work ethic that you project. Looking forward to the next one, stay safe!

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend! I hate drama so I try not to have any in my videos 😁 I appreciate your positive comments and support 👍🏻👍🏻

@towram 10 ай бұрын

Awsome work and video as always!

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend! I appreciate your support👍🏻

@Godsfavorite424 10 ай бұрын

Great job and positive attitude.

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you👍🏻 Appreciate your positive comment.

@liliaveliz900 10 ай бұрын

Great job Alex I start following you a couple months ago… love your content… You are one of the KZbinr that talk calm and really talks about the hot shot reality.. You always said if there’s anything else that we want you to show or talk about.. I’m preparing to start my hot shot business and I really appreciate you if you talk a little bit about the prices for load right now and how much is fare to pay a dispatcher Thank you in advance stay safe

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for being a subscriber. I don’t know what else I can say about load prices. I break them down in my videos. I try to be no less than $2 per mile. As for dispatch, mine is 7%. I’m mot sure what others charge but I heard it’s higher. I think up to 8% is good.

@juliomiranda-garcia2959 8 ай бұрын

Very helpful videos im learning so much from your videos be safe out there

@Mr.AlexKogan 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Happy to hear my videos are helping you out 👍🏻

@ES-zx8yr 10 ай бұрын

Great videos, keep up the good work.

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!👍🏻

@glennjukes5581 10 ай бұрын

Good video there--hard working guy doing it right--taking a little extra time for the customer's

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Glenn! Appreciate your positive comments 👍🏻

@stevecurtis4137 7 ай бұрын

I just had one of your breakfasts this morning. Oatmeal table spoon full of peanut butter and banana. I did put some sugar in mine. Thanks for the tip.

@Mr.AlexKogan 7 ай бұрын

No problem. Hope you liked the taste. I also like to put frozen blueberries in the oatmeal when I’m home. Warm it up a little so they thaw and a table spoon of peanut butter and banana. Very delicious.

@logantarr1522 10 ай бұрын

Helpful advice, chaining that single axle KW you should've X chained that rear axle. Always try to chain rubber tire equipped by the axles to keep it from bouncing your chains loose.

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

They let the air out of the airbags in the rear so the ass went down. I tried the rear axle but there was too much going on there and no room for chains anywhere without damaging other components. That’s why the frame was my best solution.

@stevecurtis4137 7 ай бұрын

Yes, that sounds great.

@Imran.tariq112 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations to you brother ❤ 1000 half subscribers ❤

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mistuhchristian3841 10 ай бұрын

Chain hooking to stake pocket the way you are hooking them is correct it won’t crush them because your hooking on the welded side like that good video.

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

It actually does crush the stake pockets. When you start tightening, the binder starts crushing the stake pocket. If you look at my video where ai talk about my trailer, I show the bent stake pockets. It’s unfortunate.

@yiyoblack 10 ай бұрын

great Job!

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you👍🏻

@jamesnelson5700 10 ай бұрын

Good tarp job

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you👍🏻

@angelasanford4505 10 ай бұрын

bro you and your dispatcher are killing it. I hauled something similiar to that last load from Columbus Ohio to a spot in southern MI and your correct it is extremly awkward i was a little stressed the entire way. (JEFF)

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Jeff, I am thankful to have a good dispatcher. Without one it would be tough.

@I.B1 10 ай бұрын

@@Mr.AlexKoganwho is ur dispatcher? (If its not a secret) :)

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

@@I.B1 I have to keep that a secret or else he will not be a good dispatcher anymore. 😁

@I.B1 10 ай бұрын

@@Mr.AlexKogan Shame... :) Anyways, I'm just starting out, what would be ur suggestions/recommendations in terms of picking the right dispatcher?

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

@@I.B1 I’m mot sure if there’s a good suggestion that I can give you in terms of picking a dispatcher as I never had to choose. I stuck with the same dispatch company as I was with when I was working for someone. You should check how much they charge. Mine charges 7% which is good. Make sure you can get along with you dispatcher relationship wise and understand what they are saying as a lot of dispatchers speak with a heavy accent. Then just try them out and see if you are happy with who you chose.

@robswan 10 ай бұрын

nice tarp job Alex

@jamesnelson5700 10 ай бұрын

Don’t use your chain hooks on your stake pockets you will rip them, use the spools and go around them.

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Yes I actually started paying attention to that after making this video as hooking them next to stake pockets will bend the pockets too. Thank you 👍🏻

@christopherarrington7277 10 ай бұрын

And hook to what. The chain?

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

@@christopherarrington7277 I’m not a fan of looping around the spool and hooking back to chain. I like to go under the spool with my chain and bring the hook and hook not on the stake pocket. That has never been a problem. The only thing you don’t wanna do is put your ratchets next to stake pockets because they will bend them.

@jamesnelson5700 10 ай бұрын

@@christopherarrington7277 yes, the chain. Go around the chain spool and hook to itself

@jamesnelson5700 10 ай бұрын

@@Mr.AlexKogan the same pressure is applied to the binder that is applied to the chain.

@ohsee163 10 ай бұрын

Curious on how you get your training in. I’m a new subscriber I haven’t seen all you’ve posted but do you just make time to stop along your driving? Once I start driving my gym time isn’t one thing I want to sacrifice. Thanks!

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for subscribing. I appreciate your support! I go to the gym on my 34 hour reset. Sometimes I’m able to get 2 days of workouts during the reset and sometimes 1. Depends what time I stop driving. Also if I have no load for the day, I try to go to the gym at that time as well. It will be hard to do it everyday even if you have a gym you can pull into. I usually stop driving around 10-11 pm and I definitely have no energy for the gym after that. I also used to go 5 days a week before I got into trucking but unfortunately that’s hard to do now.

@armobyzantine5881 7 ай бұрын

I habe no idea how you secured the last liad i got commnfused with the chains looping with the x pattern

@lenpellerin 10 ай бұрын

Hey Alex! great video as always. We missed out on the "holiday" dount run! 😆 What is your operating cost (break even) for the business and your bottom line rate per mile cost before you are losing money?

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Len, I didn’t include the donuts this video. Had things to take care of this time so didn’t get a chance to include that but will include it for sure next video 😁👍🏻 When you say operating cost, what exactly do you mean. Please break it down so I understand the question correctly. As for minimum rate per mile, I like to be no less than $2 per mile. Otherwise you aren’t making money. Especially now that the diesel went up in price again.

@lenpellerin 10 ай бұрын

@@Mr.AlexKogan so, I take my Total Expenses (Living+Trucking) / Miles per Month (Avg) = $ per mile. Then I figure my cost per mile in fuel (cost per gal / mi per gal). I add the $ per mile + cost per mile (fuel) = Cost per mile (break even cost). The number fluctuates based on your miles and fuel cost, but it helps me see what's my base minimum. At the moment and today's fuel costs, I'm at a break even of $2.38 mi. Anything below that and I'm losing money to operate. Therefore, I try to stay above that number to create cash flow. I hope that makes sense.

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

@@lenpellerin I need to be at $2 minimum. Anything less I’m still making but not much.

@maxwellkogan2884 10 ай бұрын

How many miles does your truck have

@ranglalroyal1136 2 ай бұрын

Osm bro❤❤❤❤

@jamariquai01 10 ай бұрын

I'm taking mental notes, on securing loads. Question, the load boards that you use. You have to pay a monthly fee. I wondering if any of the load boards, will allow someone to see what's available. I want to get a good understanding, 9f what's leaving cali. And the cost.

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

I use a dispatcher to book my loads but I did sign up for a load board to try it out. Truckstop is the one that I’m trying. Yes it does cost. They have different plans. They gave me a 3 month promotion for their plan that normally costs $150 per month. I’m trying it at $99 per month. I think any load board that would be free, wouldn’t be a good one.

@fernandobonilla1444 10 ай бұрын

How much do dispatchers normally take % wise?

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

@@fernandobonilla1444 mine is 7% but I think most of them are higher. From what I’ve heard.

@Diezel529 10 ай бұрын

Hey, New Sub here, Are you getting loads off the Spot Market?

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks. For your support! I have a dispatcher that book my loads off load boards.

@rolandvance6663 10 ай бұрын

👍🏼👍🏼

@jeffreycoon9634 10 ай бұрын

Do most holidays screw up your week like that? Instead of losing one day it seems like you lost 3 days and most of Tuesday.

@Mr.AlexKogan 10 ай бұрын

Well I technically didn’t loose 3 days because I did my reset over the weekend. My work week has shifted and it’s not Monday through Friday. It just happened that I had a load that had to be dropped off Saturday and you rarely can get another load Saturday. From my experience, anytime there’s a holiday, that week is usually slower.