How Much I Made in March 2024

How Much I Made in March 2024 | Hotshot Trucking

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@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

babylionhotshot.teachable.com/p/excel-for-hotshot-trucking I got the Excel / Load Logger Tutorial Done for every one who wants to learn how I keep track of their loads, Payments and data. You don't have to pay for expensive software if you don't want to.

@nicholasjoly4816 10 ай бұрын

I head out tomorrow. Officially going to be my first time out. I'm going out the whole month of April as well! Heading to Chicago area with a load tomorrow .

@N1h1luss 10 ай бұрын

Hell yeah, brother! Stay safe out there.

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

Hell ya Nicholas! hey man its hard your first year but its worth it. if you don't have your own authority Make sure you get that as soon as possible. Chicago is a good area/ lots of freight. And most of all be SAFE! it is dangerous and nothing on your trailer is worth more than you. If im running late, I call and communicate that to the receivers and or broker ahead of time. Good communication solves 99% of problems. Good Luck again 🥳

@shawnwashington291 10 ай бұрын

That's great news. Quick question...was it hard or easy to get your first load and what's your rate per mile if u don't mind me asking??

@SpecialAgentNoble77 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, can we get a rate per mile and where you picked up? Inquiring crabs want to know.

@nicholasjoly4816 10 ай бұрын

I'm leased on to a great guy so far. Very transparent. Got me 2 partials @ 2.80 a mile. Dropped both today and picking up one tomorrow to Massachusetts and will be getting another partial tomorrow. I'm going to lease for a year or so to get my bearings out here on the game and rock n roll

@9989Wolverine 9 ай бұрын

I love this video but I mean this in the nicest way possible… I think you should take an excel class from google or even a university level course. I have a masters in data analytics and I think that if you do it would help you tremendously. Especially if you can take what you learn and apply it to your excel sheets so that they’re better. I’m looking into getting into hotshot trucking as a side hustle to be able to afford myself a nicer truck so thank you for making content and teaching me!!!

@Babylionhotshot 9 ай бұрын

Ya I mean I have thought about it. when I took my Excel Class in school I didn't really have a practical application for it until now. Take a refresher would benefit me a lot because know If a function would be good for me or not. so I can take what I need and leave the rest. Continuing education is never a bad move. Thanks for the tip!

@a1xeus 8 ай бұрын

I like brothers that think like you "one day I'm going to move" I believe you brother, you got the right idea💯

@The650dude 9 ай бұрын

Good call on holding off on that big bigger mortgage and having a financial plan

@zart3374 10 ай бұрын

Also for excel you dont have to type the number. You can click the square. Click your action button and then click the square it will select that square. Same with dragging squares to select a range of them.

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

Good Stuff! Thank you, haha you saw me struggle finding what box it was and I always am doing that. Your tip will save me some time im sure

@ridindirtyface 10 ай бұрын

We already went through all this sh*t with Tow Piglet. Good luck!

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

No we didn’t, he didn’t have his CDL. Or a 53’ step deck.

@ridindirtyface 9 ай бұрын

@@Babylionhotshot Yeah I don't know why he refused to go CDL. The 53' is epic.

@marcocardenas4635 10 ай бұрын

Yo man appreciate the data . You always here about guys getting load from point A to point B . But some of them don’t tell how much they make . You are showing us proof right there of what you made for the whole month. And you don’t have to tell us that information. I thank you 10 times .

@Babylionhotshot 9 ай бұрын

Hey Marco I appreciate that. Ya I think the numbers are the most important thing. Also it help the newer people in the industry see what normal rates look like so they don't get taken advantage of. Transparency is how we as truckers stick together and hold steady on what we will take stuff for. But I don't really think in the end there will be strong unity because we are all each others competition at the end of the day. But I hope it will help some at least.

@jeremyking3986 9 ай бұрын

I wasn’t looking for an Excel tutorial, but here we are…

@BlackjackHookers-nj7qj 3 ай бұрын

Well you going to learn today lol

@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead 3 ай бұрын

Awesome Brother! NEW FRIEND WATCHING FROM CANADA 🇨🇦 ❤🇺🇸

@AlefTranspotations 7 ай бұрын

❤ love it. Thanks Brother. Well explained

@mosesvasquez519 10 ай бұрын

Keep it going!!

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

That's the plan! lol Thanks for the love

@Baybay_85 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the update!

@Babylionhotshot 9 ай бұрын

You are welcome, Thanks for tuning in.

@TheGuaduas 10 ай бұрын

Awesome thanks for sharing,do you provide dispatch services?

@Babylionhotshot 9 ай бұрын

No it's just not scalable. plus once someone learns the rates what to keep them from leaving. It seems like I would always be needing new people and new people aren't always the easiest. but saying I haven't thought about it would be lying. Good question though.

@robertwilliam9558 10 ай бұрын

Keep making these $ videos. Thanks

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

awesome, thank you. My plan is to do short monthly recaps. ill try and be consistent with end of month videos, thanks for the support!

@shawnguthrie2839 10 ай бұрын

Hey my man I just recently started following you, I’m going to be buying a truck and trailer within the next month or so, and would love to speak with you about some things if you have the time.

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

I have a Link in the description to call. but before you spend any money I will say get your 1.CDL first before anything 2. Your own Operating authority paper work done 3. Then truck and trailer 4. Then insurance. The reason is because the CDL and Operating authority aren't monthly costs, the truck, trailer and insurance are. The order in which you do things when your first getting started are very important in your success and I do wish you success. hope that helped a little.

@pablopicasso4091 10 ай бұрын

Ive been doing it 1 year, non cdl, really thinking about switching careers.

@SpecialAgentNoble77 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, get a CDL. Life ain't peaches and cream. Drive for some else cause insurance ain't cheap. Find a local job.. trash industry if you are tough.

@Babylionhotshot 9 ай бұрын

Not trying to be harsh and I obviously was in your shoes like last year so not even that long ago. Get your CDL. Get your own Authority. It really is that easy. Im trying to tell people. I even give a school to go to on my website. it's cheap! the money you will make in 3 days of CDL hotshot will cover the expense to get you CDL. and once you do you'll be kicking yourself that you didn't get it sooner.

@rockyonfire1 9 ай бұрын

How do you find loads?

@SpecialAgentNoble77 9 ай бұрын

@@rockyonfire1 First find a really really busy truck stop. And wait. Wait for that one truck driver with a serious look. No nonsense, I ain't got time for the mess look on his face. He may pull up for fueling or he maybe be just parking. But be sure to catch him right when he get there. When he pulls up don't follow close. Let him do what he got to do. And right before he pulls that handle.. Yell, wait!!! I'm looking for loads. And I guarantee he'll respond with something like "son you came to the right place, TruckStop and DAP load board have what you are looking for but without a CDL you are a crab in the bottom of a tall tall bucket".

@tashinataylor5934 9 ай бұрын

@@Babylionhotshot Did you have any issues finding loads while you waited for your MC to mature?

@antonedmonds3930 10 ай бұрын

Man i am trying to get into hotshot driving.

@Babylionhotshot 9 ай бұрын

Get your own MC number. You will be successful but if you work for someone else, you will hate it.

@Camperdad420 4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@haroldmontes8895 8 ай бұрын

Hey Stuart. So you have a CDL setup now ?or you still non CDL? I am sorry if I am missing anything but I just started following you. Thanks!

@shawnguthrie2839 10 ай бұрын

Love the content though 🤙

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Shawn, im trying to get some more consistent content out and stay up to date with the industry since it changes so much recently with the rates.

@zart3374 10 ай бұрын

Working for a company in a semi. Made about 2k in 1 and a half weeks now i am waiting already 1 week in a hotel bc the truck is at the dealer 😢

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

Yup you can't rely on anyone but yourself unfortunately. Good Luck I hope they can fix it pronto. doest help it was easter

@stevenreed2283 5 ай бұрын

For maintenance expenses and fuel motel food on the road can all of those be a tax deductible and say if you lease or rent equipment

@pauliegee6980 10 ай бұрын

The DOT loves hot shots

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

They sure do. and they have let me know that.

@LAAM619 9 ай бұрын

Wym? Why?

@dioncurline3266 10 ай бұрын

What your average weight of freight per load

@Babylionhotshot 9 ай бұрын

as lite at I can make it. I don't keep track of that. but I will tell you that weight is less of a concern than a big tall sail sucking my fuel economy to 0

@Sincerely4youuu 9 ай бұрын

I’m in Houston & I’m living & my grandparents my grandpa always had his hotshot company now I’m getting into it but lack of work is in need with the straight source & not brokers & freight looking for the right dispatchers all these people are greedy in the business & cutthroat each other tbh I need advice can I schedule a call ?

@LucasMaloney 10 ай бұрын

Nice that's good money but shouldn't you be profiting more? Besides business expenses, truck payment & insurance how does it cost 13k for 9k miles? I mean at 10mpg and diesel being less than $4 it doesn't add up but otherwise appreciate the vids and you breaking it down!

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

No good question! So at the end of the day I pay .60 cents a mile for my truck and trailer to be paid off at 200,000 Miles. I would say that more aggressive than the average person out here. Another thing I account for is $400 a week in hotels (that I never stay in)... I may do 1 a week other wise its truck stops and was-mart parking lots. my MPG is about . O and I one thing I account for is my 3% factoring fee that I rally hear people factor in to their cost per mile. 3% on 3$ a Mile is 9 cents a Mile. which is my 4th biggest cost behind my truck&trailer, fuel and insurance. Insure there is a couple hundred extra dollars of profit in there but I like to keep things on the safe side because knowing me ill go out and buy a corvette or something stupid if I think im making more than I am lol

@tashinataylor5934 9 ай бұрын

You can hotshot for UPS?!!

@Babylionhotshot 9 ай бұрын

I mean ups sometimes uses hotshots for things mainly in house stuff like constructing some of their own buildings. But the UPS on my spreadsheet is an abbreviation for a shipper and the initials are coincidentally the same.

@deborahbarksdale2869 8 ай бұрын

Is it ok for me to ask everyone to name the craziest places you had to pick up at or deliver too, that wowed you. My husband has been to a Google facility in Tennessee, we've been inside the Superdome in New Orleans, we've been escorted across a runway at the San Francisco International Airport and also escorted across a runway at an Air Force Base, while the new F-35's were doing rounds.vThe man we drive for is contracted through a major pipe company out of Birmingham, Alabama.V

@Happ1971 6 ай бұрын

53 foot trailer? Or 53feet overall including truck?

@stickman8912 4 ай бұрын

Hey I'm looking to get into non cdl hotshot what can you tell me

@sjeffreyw 10 ай бұрын

Why not use Air table, should be just as good.

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

yes I could, But that cost Money. There is a subscription service for every step in trucking. If I used them all, id be out of business like 80% of people that start a trucking company. But yes air table is a good tool, I'm just sick of subscriptions when there is free versions

@adomaskriauciunas2731 8 ай бұрын

Hey, is this profit before or after tax?

@bryanm961 9 ай бұрын

At what age did you start?

@SpecialAgentNoble77 10 ай бұрын

You are ruining the industry. I tallied your entire spread and you ran 2.185 per mile... gross. You are running for free. You might as well be a company driver. You claimed a third after expenses?? That's 70 cents a mile as an owner operator and you actually are the driver. As a business you are underwater. Heaven forbid you have an issue while out. #Crazy.

@pablopicasso4091 10 ай бұрын

Serious question, what do you recommend an owner operator accept per mile? I'm not cdl, it's hard to get $2 dollars a mile.

@SpecialAgentNoble77 10 ай бұрын

@@pablopicasso4091 Dear Crab in a Bucket, if you want to under cut the next guy make sure you are under $1.75 per mile. Never negotiate a profitable run. You will get more work than you can shake a stick at. #VolumeOverProfit is key. Run more miles for less and you will be more successful than the next crab. The brokers are now accustom to cheap freight and big profit margins. Many crabs to choose from. Stand out and keep charging less and less. Some one has to make the broker not so broke. If you can comprehend crabs in a bucket... you are literally asking me how to beat the other crabs. #TooManyCrabsAndOnlyOneBucket Welcome to the party.

@SpecialAgentNoble77 10 ай бұрын

@@pablopicasso4091 You see it very well, the dream is over. Can't get 2 dollars AND you are living in the back seat of a pickup truck. KZbin got too many people sacrificing too much without forethought. And the broker is winning. Non-cdl is driving the market into the ground. Too many desperate folks looking for quick win. Almost 30 cdl and very low insurance and I own my truck and can buy another before I started. This is not the case for many. This is not for tight budgets and immature hearts. Many folks need to let their cdl mature and/or get a cdl. Y'all are working for less than company pay. In this environment you have to stay close to home and if you can't go company and let them pay for the cdl.

@coolstorybigdawg 4 ай бұрын

Dude said he profited “ONLY” $5,100 in 2 weeks. Bro. I work 1 full time and 2 part time jobs and make $3,100 a month

@Shwiftydrizzle 10 ай бұрын

I'm super mad, you made more in 2 weeks than I made all month 😢 lol

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

damn that sucks. So are you a company driver? and I think I see your posts on Facebook. Didn't I comment on one of them.

@Shwiftydrizzle 10 ай бұрын

@Babylionhotshot Yea we've spoken a few times. You helped me with Excel and how to do my spreadsheet. No, I'm a Hotshot O/O just with a Ram 5500 and a 40' flatbed. I need to get a 53' stepdeck but I'd probably have to get rid of my auxiliary fuel tank to do it and I don't have the capital to fund that expansion yet.

@michaelburton9120 10 ай бұрын

That’s what I was thinking he’s making what I’m making working the entire month. Dang man

@hectorreyes1717 7 ай бұрын

Ey buena movida

@B-Roll-N-Transport 10 ай бұрын

I'm sorry, i generally like your content but for you to say you could've doubled your income....... C'mon there is no single truck hotshot grossing 36k a month. Let's be real here! Don't give false hope

@aaronsmith8455 10 ай бұрын

False hope? He made damn near 20gs in half the month. If I’m making 20 a month I’m succeeding.

@B-Roll-N-Transport 10 ай бұрын

@@aaronsmith8455 making and keeping are two very different things

@Babylionhotshot 9 ай бұрын

Most numbers you see aren’t ran with a 40,000 GVWR 53’ step deck and an F-550. Bigger equipment, Bigger numbers. And you might be right even with my set up I might not be able to get “exactly” double. I respect your comment and will take it as a challenge. I’m headed out after the solar eclipse for a month. So I’ll post my April numbers at the end of this month. I might wait till the 8th of may to post too just to get a full 30-31 days in there. Even if I do get to the 36k number I do know that’s not sustainable every month.

@B-Roll-N-Transport 9 ай бұрын

@@Babylionhotshot I run the same set up you do and have for 3 years. Not going off anyone else's numbers and I'm not saying it's not possible but it isn't sustainable as an every month average. I've made close to that many times but a good average is about 20-25k of running hard imo.

@DreBrooks 9 ай бұрын

There’s people making 20-30k a month with a single box truck. You can definitely make that when you hotshot.

@DropDeckTrucker 3 ай бұрын

Ya im seling my 2 semis and go buy the duly unbelievable.... you haventhat house because is the one you can aford dont pretend ok?

@SpecialAgentNoble77 10 ай бұрын

I posted the realist comments on your vid. At the end of the year you'll find all that I say to be true. Its too many crabs in the bucket. Brokers got drivers by the balls and you selling dreams. You newbies pay out the rear end in insurance and run for pennies on the dollar. #KeepItReal

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

There are many problems in the trucking industry but we all have the same problems and play by the same rules. Insurance is a scam so they can pay for their Super Bowl commercials and all their other ads. They pick the new truckers in the industry to pay that bill. IDK may they get the government to pay for the ads lol I think its the newly truckers.

@SpecialAgentNoble77 10 ай бұрын

@@Babylionhotshot The problem is youtubers selling dreams. I ran into so many people that should not have been taking loads. I have a CDL for almost 30 years. My insurance for the year was 4K. And I still thought that was high. I would never pay what you guys pay. Many of you need to be company drivers. I would not take a load under 3 long haul and 4 plus regional depending on weight height and location. I was selective. I planned to head home no matter what profitable every time I took a load or I didn't leave the house. I was never out more than 3 and a half days. Y'all go out anywhere with no way home... taking cheap load to get to the next cheap load out of desperation. Noncdl got the freight spread thin. One man starving the next. I have a strategy but I also home school my kids. So I had to take a break from the madness. I'm in a premium location where I can leave the house with 5 dollar plus on average regional and be home next day. It doesn't make sense to me when I see y'all running for free. If you say no, the next guy will say yes. Its crabs in a bucket. Because of this once I leave my location I can't get anything back but extremely cheap freight. Most guys are going to fail at 2 dollars a mile. There's no way. I own my truck. My expenses are low. The next dreamer won't factor in these things. THE ONLY THING THEY SEE IS YOUR GROSS. They can't do business math to save their life. Why plant the seed?

@B-Roll-N-Transport 8 ай бұрын

@@SpecialAgentNoble77exactly! Dude selling a pipe dream. Tow piglet 2.0 right here🤦

@pauliegee6980 10 ай бұрын

Your cost is probably 2 - 2.25 a mile.

@Babylionhotshot 10 ай бұрын

My CPM (Cost per Mile is $1.50) and that gets my whole set up paid off by 200K Miles

@giorgiotribastone7070 9 ай бұрын

People are stupid your house as long your happy who cares.

@scott_brudahl 3 ай бұрын

Mad you ain't crushing it on this "payday" disaster... that's what I hear. Wow! Maybe it's being taken care of by the government this time. What about Florida? Just had two major hurricanes. Gotta be some work for you somewhere. The music and you almost crying...so sad.