You might think about getting you some airbags fir the rear wheels with a compressor and that way you can also use it to inflate your tires when they need air.

You'd think they would have had you haul at least 1 spreader bar why they had you there and request another truck for the rest of the load. Fun to watch, thanks!

I was a CDL hotshot... would have been all over that load. That said, I once loaded an oversize load in Tulsa that was 14 and a 1/2 feet tall. Had my permit which said get out of town get on the freeway and go basically. No turn by turn directions. Turned out I couldn't get out of town because no matter what road I took there was a low bridge. Ended up rejecting the load.

This channel is awesome!! Thanks for all your hard work!! Keep it up. Happy Easter

O man, good load. To bad it was so heavy. Be Safe.

Something u might look into is helper airbags. I had a set of Firestone bags that helped my factory springs and I never hauled another load without them. Two bags and small compressor was only few hundred dollars and it saved your factory springs and kept ur truck level

I was just watching your last vid and this popped up haha! love the content man 🔥

Congrats on the 100k subs! Very cool man!

That’s really good they comped you something for sending you out there. Your truck wasn’t squatting too bad but that trailer looked like it wanted to flip when they put that stuff on there and your leaf springs looked bottomed out.

First time on your vids, you seem like a really happy guy !

Dude you see the trailer flex. Dam right skippy your over loaded

Watched like 5 random videos you posted today - you’re always positive and smiling in all of them. Subscribing so some of your positivity rubs off virtually)

As soon as I saw that load of spreaders I said to myself “Alex you’re overweight what the hell are you doing!!!” Get your cdl bro you’d have even better content to put out!

Man that would of been good to see you in mobile AL so I could see you come through my town.

That dually is being Tested now ! ! Lol until they took it off, didn't look right. Good call

Hey Alex, I've been watching your channel since you started it, great job on the videos and content. Since you have so many miles in both Ford and Ram HD's I would love to see your opinion on what is good or bad about both trucks for hotshot drivers. I think one of your videos you referenced only being able to get a Ram from Enterprise and your drivers were disappointed because they preferred a Super Duty, but then again, you just purchased a Ram for yourself so I would like to see your preference. Thanks.

I have the same truck and have towed 48,000lbs gross and pretty much had no squat with bags but before towing anywhere that much I’ve done a lot of mods. I have all the gauges, fully deleted, straight pipe, arp head studs, stage one injectors, fass 165, a sump, trans cooler (drop temp about 25-35 degrees) with electric fan, aluminum trans pan with fins holds an extra 4 quarts oil which drops temp about 15 degrees alone , air bags, and I have traction bars

Stay where the money is, Midwest is king! However I wouldn't mind some warmer weather right now

Since I got my class a cdls it has just made my life way easier

Glad they didn't blow your springs out, WOW. Anykne could look and see that was not 3,000.

Always bro Great video!

Just get a damn CDL. The most useful piece of plastic you can have in this industry (Hotshot or actual real OTR trucking). Get out of this mindset that you don't need a CDL to do this kind of work.

You're cool bruh, I like that attitude 😊💪✌

thanks for the great tips! I always watch your videos and I have a question. What is the best measurements for a trailer? The length and GVW

Way over on trailer. That's a huge ticket. 🤣

If you have air bags and a gauge you can tell how much weight is on your drove tires.

Just another day at the load board!

Lmao that just sucks. Losing a good load hurts, and sucks even more when you can't find anything else on the load board. Especially when you were ready to go.

Now liftinggearhire has known weights on all that gear. I use there bars often and we have to have the accurate weights to add to the loads we are picking up so we know the crane can handle both.

I didn't get to take my last break til an hour late but now it was worth it cause I get to watch your video on break

A lot of equipment to have a 9k cargo capability. Obviously it works for him.

Hey Alex, I hope you're doing well! I have a quick question about eld equipment. What eld do you use for compliance? I'm looking at the keep trucking one, but it doesn't look like it is compatible with an obd2 port which is what all cars and pickups have. If you or anyone else could help with this question, I would be much appreciative!

I always put my ratchets on the drivers side a lot easier to see if they’re loose vs staring at the strap end

Alex, please make a video covering fuel card savings and related stuff if you haven’t covered it. Thanks

I'm pretty sure you need chains for a load that heavy. 4" straps at a bare minimum

I had one this week and didn’t recover I’m still sitting at home pissed 😡

I forgot those truck stops down around LA charged for the night. But then again i would get fuel before i crashed for the night. I think only twice i ever paid for overnight parking.

I just left Cali 48hrs ago I'm heading to Phoenix then to Boerne, then Florida

Nice truck. Get yourself a headache rack asap! Rear window protection. I have seen some fatal accidents due to no protection.

Interesting video!

Sounds like the US needs to do what has been done in Australia - "Chain of Responsibility" legislation. If a truck is found heavy on the road by the Mermaids, the owner and operator of the truck, and everyone involved with that load are hauled over the coals and prosecuted. As an example: In 2007 / 2008, a New South Wales company was found guilty of accepting 300 overloads / overweights into their receival sites. The Mermaids done an audit, and a fine of $9 million was levied against the receivers and the senders / transport operators. This could have been reduced if the scales were tested in a different manner, but, the receivers did not want to listen to knowledge, so they have paid the price. Alex, just as a thought: When you are getting items like that, look at the forklift that is loading you. Do not be frightened to ask the people loading you as to their guestimate of the weights involved, as they are doing this sort of thing, day in and day out. Alarm bells should have been ringing when a larger than 4,000 lb forklift was loading you. Also, if you get done again for 'heavy haulage without a permit', let me know, as there is a good probability you can get off an overweight ticket by using a bit of knowledge. The knowledge is appliccable world wide, so it will work anywhere! My experience with transport relates to building materials. Limestone from one quarry was moved when wet, so you would have pallets that would go over 6,000 lb, instead of 4,500 lb. Put 6 pallets on, and you find that you are heavy! As a result of doing 'monos' with the forklift, a new forklift was purchased, and set up to lift 6,750 lbs... Ultimate test of the new forklift was driving up a 2 in 9 slope, with a 4,000 lb pallet of bricks on the back, and still having positive control on the steering. So you know, forklifts were mounted on 40 to 60 h.p. tractors, behind the large rear wheels. Too much weight would result in the front wheels becoming airborne! You would then steer the tractor by using the independent rear brakes. Scary to watch, but great fun to do! Just have to remember to keep the pallet within a foot of the ground!!!

"Wow" that load was crazy .it could have broke the trailer.i just wonder how long that shipment been sitting there waiting?

Get that one pallet to Arizona

grab some portable scales to driver over while ur getting loaded so u can adjust the load 1 time

Did I just see you in NE on I-80 hauling a camper???? West bound

What ramps are you using? Just got my 40ft and 1 day of moving the steel ramps has me ready to invest in alloy ones . Its a back killer

That’s why I never ever com close to any beer 🍺 load , they always say it’s 42 000 ...and when you scale those load it’s always 47 000 Cause they put extra 2 pallet hopefully you will not notice ...those sucker don’t know there is weights stations 🚉

0:29 Dude get your truck out of the way, I'm trying to watch the ships get loaded. You should buy one of those freighters. Can you imagine how many partials you could put on there? 😅

Should have called me Alex ! I run 28k-33k all day long .Same set up but with a pj trailer .

Ah com’n the shipper never overloads a truck. Those CAT scales are out of calibration is all. Keep trucking’ 🚚💨

man.. the rules are strict down there.. i was fresh out of highschool went to the oilfield in canada and was getting sent out to deliver loads over 20k lbs on similar equipment, but no not on nice dry highways this was on dirt roads hours into the woods in the winter.. ice road truckers shit at 18.. never had an issue, truck didnt make it up some steep iced hills with turns at the bottom, so you get good at backing 40' trailers around turns first try real quick

Hi Alex just go's to show you can never trust a BOL you have to get a scale ticket every time As always God bless and stay safe out there 🙋‍♂️🇬🇧

Was that the palm springs flying j? Didnt look like Castaic.

Did you get your new Big Tex’s yet Alex ??

You hit something solid with that load without a reinforced front trailer And not front blocking or welded front block ,it could crush you or another vehicle like a tin can. 20yrs oil and gas. I've Seen it before. Just a thought lol. Nice set up.

In response to what I put in earlier..I'm an old fart,in my days there was a class A,B and C(D-?)..I guess all you need is a class A to haul anything from 26,001-80,000 but hopefully you have a truck that can handle the load(including the trlr)..Does Enterprise lease larger model trucks? Would it be better to get a trlr with a dually setup or a triple axle(maybe with a lift axle)..Its more expensive to operate but you may not need to pass on loads..Alex get your CDL-A

Hi Alex, when they put that load on your trailer it had a slight bend in it. Good thing you stopped and got it weighed. Stay safe my friend.

So I drive from Albuquerque to south California all the time. Do they have setups that you drive someone’s trailer and load? I wouldn’t mind the extra money

Any video of your truck walk through?

Get a day cab buddy and a flat bed and your CDL.

when i was trucking 50k was average load and my rig was 19k to 22k empty truck and trailer close to30k with a 4 or 5 axle trailer you amaze me at the rates these little trucks get it would be not be unusual with the big wagon to gross over 100k

You need to look into an aluminum trailer. My F450 with 140 gallons of fuel with a 53' flatbed deck and 6' extension weighs 16k lbs together

Lol I had a 3 wedge on a single rear pickup 5280 steers, 8720 drives, 16580lbs triple trailer axles😂 fuckkkk ittttt😂

hows it going alex, me and my brother in law are looking to get into the hot shot business. do you have any tips in regards to the hot shot biz? also, what length goose neck do you recommend to start off with? also what load board do you recommend for hot shot? i use DAT Loadboard for my transport company (tractors) and ive checked out the hot shot loads but they dont really show much hot shot loads.

Do you have airbags on the rear axle? Just curious

What size wheels are you running on your truck?

This was definitely to heavy....😅

That’s jacked up! I hate when people can’t get the weight right and waste our time!

Also to add to my previous post would it help you if you had a CDL

from the looks I can tell those are not 3000 LB and check your trailer when its sinking under weight this means its so heavy.

I went to pick up a load that they said was 10000 lbs put it on my trailer. I didn't pay much attention I was only going 56 miles but when I ran the numbers on the material it came out to almost 20000 lbs so I am buying a portable 10000 lbs scale to bring with me. I was fortunate that there was not a weigh station between.

Now if you had a CDL you would be good. I just pulled a 35160 load. But then I’m a CDL holder.

Alex you are definitely an inspiration. Much respect for your all your videos, time and information. Truly appreciate it all. A question about Dot/Drug Consortium. For Non-CDL drivers. does it apply?, or any information you might be able to share some light on it. Thanks again for all you do...

Hey was lookin back at some of your old videos here and was a 1.50-1.60/mile really good for cali to texas lane? Im honestly surprised by that as weve ran that lane a ton of times over the year non cdl and always get 2.30-2.60/mile. Ive always thought it was a great lane. Guess it just depends what part of texas i suppose.

Shouldn’t you load them closer to the axles ? Looks like most of that is tongue weight

They are crane spreader bars. They know exactly what they weighed. Oh you think the crane operator is going to pick the load without knowing what it weighs? Yeah right. That’s a dead crane driver that does.

He left off a Zero, it was 30,000lbs 🤣🤣🤣

RETIRED USN,4 SHIPS 2 CARRIERS. 20 YEARS

Alex, do you know what tire/wheel combo is on that truck? I'm looking to go to a bigger tire/wheel but don't want the backs to stick out. Yours looks pretty good in the vids.

That ain't no mistake been many times they tell me is 8 k and get there is 10 or 12 weight always

I noticed that’s a mega cab 8 foot box is that custom-made or are they just made in the states because we don’t have that here in Canada unless you build it yourself

is that the 8ft bed or the 6foot 4 bed? i absolutely love your 3500!

If you did have a cdl though, you could have renegotiated the rate and charged a whole lot more than 2500 bucks

So, if you had the ability to take that load. Would you be able to get more money out of it?

What’s the weight breakdown by axel that you can do again? I forget what it was.

I just notice this but I have a question in your truck did you order it with the mega cab long bed or did you have to have a separate shop make it?

Very nice video which web we can search for load ?thank u

If those are 8k's the trailer was probably fine but really have watch that pin weight and drive axle with a 1-ton. Even if you had a CDL and the power unit was plated for it that would have been a bad idea with that equipment.

Sadly nobody is held accountable for understating weight on loads. That load should have been posted CDL flat bed

I have a class 1 out of central Canada in the Prairies and owned my own truck for about 15 years and ran long haul all over Canada and a lot of the States so until watching hot shot videos about cdl and non cdl never thought much about it. Is there a benefit to being non Cdl or do you open yourself up to more regulatory BS and expense being cdl. Also being cdl would you not have more loads to pick from on the load boards which would mean less sitting and waiting at truck stops. Nice to see your positive energy which is always better when things go wrong because a lot of times you can't change things so getting angry really doesn't change anything.

So you ended up not delivering the load right?

Why don't you get a cdl?

TWIC required to access the dock area? Also 5:50 phone call.

Who does your load board Alex? And you hiring any owner operators?

Good morning Alex my name is Jason I am here in Dayton, Ohio and I would like to know if I go non CDL what size trailer would you recommend I'm getting a dodge 3500. I would so greatly appreciate your advice.

so did they compensate you at all for driving there and loading it on their error? honestly i would of told them the discrepancy and if they made the rate suit the load and a little extra for the risk id run it but its not my license on the line, safety and equipment point of view you were all good, maybe pull the spreaders to the rear and pallets up front to lighten the rear axle, slightly over on trailer axles but on nice smooth interstates theyll do 25% over rating all day just run it 5mph slower

So did you get any pay? You did load, secure, moved it. It was near 5x the weight you were told... Ok heard $250. Hope you didn’t drive empty far. I wondered if the center, the pallets were removed if you might have hit under 26

if i was a cdl hot shoot i would've took for one i would have not been stuck in Cali for the weekend and renegotiate the pay for the proper Wight and no i would not be happy but mistakes happen and hey ya know that's life it is all good though

So how much it the cargo weigh?

Get your CDL bro !