Shortage of RV transporters.

bound4fl wrote:

greenenvy1 wrote:

Passin Thru wrote:
My brother is leased to Horizon, a Trailer Transit company out of Elkhart. He gets the same rate but is usually only loaded 1 way, has to find a place to sleep when ety, you can't sleep in the truck unless it has a "DOT" approved sleeper and cant use heat or water or the toilet in a new one. He says they don't pay any extra, and only give you a 500 mile/day limit to deliver. Most 5ers pull like sleds too.Return expenses are not built in, someone is dreaming and a decent motel is $95.00.

Actually you CAN legally sleep in your truck, you just can't call it a sleeper.

NO you can't sleep in your truck, unless it has a D.O.T. approved sleeper. And I had a $275 fine from Texas D.O.T. to prove it plus a hotel bill and 8 hrs of down time. I pulled for Horizon transport. Unles you can do some very creative longs (illeagle) it is very hard to make a good living. If you are single or yor spouse rides with you plan on spending lots of time alone.
Pay is for only loaded miles, 99% of the time you have to drive back unloaded.
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Someone said 40 cents a mile while pulling, it is really closer to about 75 cents.

As long as you log off duty and not sleeper you are perfectly legal to sleep in your pick up as of February 2013 (IIRC). If you were fined by Texas DOT you should have fought it. I have been doing it for the past 1.5 years and seen many inspections and have never had an issue.
I do agree with your comments regarding this being a difficult way to make a living though.