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Silver Ghost Transport LLC offers hot shot carrier services nationwide, including vehicle hauling and general freight moved overland on a flatbed truck/trailer combination.
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What Exactly Qualifies as a Hot Shot Load
A Hot Shot Load is everything that can be transported in a truck/trailer combination. This comprises extremely valuable, time-sensitive freight that must be delivered immediately to maintain the functionality of production facilities or equipment. Hot shot truck loads have three main advantages: quickness, exclusivity, and price.
What is Hot Shot Trucking
The term hot shot typically applies either to the vehicle, the freight, or both. In the 1970s, the word was originally used to describe pickup trucks and other small trucks waiting to rush crucial parts to commercial oil rigs. Today, it is used throughout the United States for any source of freight transportation. Typically, I use a truck/trailer combination to transport for-hire freight.
Transporting a Single Load
Hot shot trucking mainly transports a single item or a collection of goods in a truck/trailer combination by a time-sensitive deadline. Due to their bulk and slower speeds, full-sized semi-trucks cannot compete with the flexibility of hot shot trucks. Hot shot trucking excels in that market segment. Although there are obvious exceptions, they generally travel point-to-point within a certain local area, region, or nation.
Speed
Hot shot truckers specialize in loads with a tight deadline. They are frequently employed when delivering a time-sensitive item outside a pre-determined window will result in severe and expensive manufacturing delays. Expedited shipping and hotshot trucking are different freight services, but they are frequently confused. One way to ship an expedited load is with hot shot trucking, and hot shot loads frequently resemble expedited loads.
Exclusivity
Your shipment does not need to wait for the pickup of other freight. There are no hub-and-spoke transfers, freight swaps, or cross-decking that potentially delays or harms your shipment. The hot shot trucking is advantageous in this situation because it can cater to your shipping and logistic needs. After consulting with you, I will decide whether this choice makes sense for your freight.
Cost
Cost savings is one of the main benefits of using hot shot trucking services. Any truck/trailer combination's space is incredibly valuable. Full-sized trucks will charge more for overhead since operating them is more expensive. Due to their lower operational costs, smaller hot shot trucks are comparatively less expensive. Additionally, hot shot truckers may haul much smaller loads. It is not cost-effective to use a larger vehicle for very tiny shipments. Hot shot trucking can be a very economical option if the shipment can fit on a truck/trailer combination.