Should you get a Dispatch Service for Hotshot Trucking?

[@thegiftgivers]

Awesome job explaining everything.

[@TylerTheFieldServiceTech]

Thank you

[@KyleeMoran]

This is a great video thank you!

[@TylerTheFieldServiceTech]

Thank you so much!

[@mikelopez4148]

Do you dispatch yourself off load board or you got a dispatcher if so who is a good dispatcher company for hotshot ?

[@TylerTheFieldServiceTech]

I did everything myself. I used a dispatch service for about a month. It created too many issues with my local customers and I basically couldn't find my own anymore because I would basically have to sit somewhere and wait for them to find me a load because if I booked something then it would limit what they could find and vice versa

[@mikelopez4148]

@@TylerTheFieldServiceTech oh I see . What is the point of a dispatcher if you can just pick a load off the board and call them email them etc ?

[@TylerTheFieldServiceTech]

@mikelopez4148 Well, dispatchers have access to different loads that are not on the board. But they take care of all the paperwork. If it's your first time moving something for a brokerage, you have to fill out a carrier packet, which usually takes 20 minutes plus signing the rate con. So you either have to pull over or have your wife do the paperwork while you're rolling. They also keep you moving from load to load and help fill your trailer if they're good . They usually take like 10% You have to be dedicated to OTR and following the frieght to use them in my opinion

[@mikelopez4148]

@@TylerTheFieldServiceTech how much would I make you think if I gave my brother the hot shot truck etc . And pay him ? If you were to guess

[@mikelopez4148]

@@TylerTheFieldServiceTech bc idk if I wanna quit my job 😔

[@user-kn2fd6uu3t]

Hey bro I’m just getting started and I’m curious when you first started what was the lowest rate you would accept when first starting out?

[@TylerTheFieldServiceTech]

Lol, when I first started out, my dumbass took a load 1500 miles for 50 cents a mile plus 200 miles of deadhead before and after the load 🤣🤣. The reality is this. Rates are shit still. If you run non cdl, you will really only be able to take partials. Partials pay less than a dollar a mile almost always. Tarped partials usually pay pretty bad, too. The goal is, at a minimum, to be rolling loaded at a 1.50 a mile at an absolute bare minimum. Anything less than that an you're not making much of any profit. When you first start out, you can't negotiate shit they see you are new and will take advantage of you. Also, you will be denied a ton of loads in your first year if you run your own authority. Freight should start picking up here in a couple weeks so the rates will go back up a little. But saturated market with drivers means awful rates.

[@troypereira588]

Just curious, are you driving a right hand drive?

[@TylerTheFieldServiceTech]

No, the camera flips it all ass backwards haha.

[@itsv7531]

Quick question, if you’re a new authority and hire a dispatcher , can they get you loads 7 days a week ? And how much are most loads as a new authority?

[@TylerTheFieldServiceTech]

90% of freight is M-F. I've had some weekend loads. My dispatcher I had for a short time worked M-F with occasional weekend calls for the next week if I was available. Usually, dispatchers take anywhere from 8-12% of the load rate of the load. You negotiate and sign a contract for that rate. I would get the full amount of the rate then I would factor that and lose 3% then I would have to pay the dispatcher by the end of the following week his percentage of 8%. So every load they booked for me I had to pay 11% between Factoring & dispatch services. Getting loads with a new authority will be a challenge up till 90 days. Then you will still have issues now and then till you have passed your 1 year mark. I ended up only using a dispatch service for about 6 weeks. It created too much conflict with local work and if I had a load problem I wasn't fighting my own battles. It was too hard for me to find my own loads and try to work with a dispatcher at the same time to fill my remaining trailer.

[@mikelopez4148]

@@TylerTheFieldServiceTechwhat dispatcher service did you use ???