I wouldn't really know about that business personally, and most here probably wouldn't. It's a special niche.
To answer your question, no. Not just anyone can get a pickup truck and go. Well maybe if all you were going to pull was campers.. 1 at a time and that pays pretty bad from what I've ever heard. Generally they are not just regular pickups. I know my nephew's truck certainly isn't. His looks like a heavy haul pickup cab with a sleeper attached.. has 3 axles (steers and 2 drive axles) for a total of 5 axles including his trailers, a flatbed platform for chains, straps, and tarps, and a 5th wheel sized like a big rig... Not the rinky dink ones you see pulling campers or small horse trailers. He also runs elogs. Also trucks like his are classed as a COMMERCIAL VEHICLE (all hotshots are) but requiring a class A CDL. It's a COMBINATION VEHICLE and his gross is almost always over 26k pounds.
Again , I that highly recommend you do your research on the OOIDA forums and website. Talk to people who do this type of work. I think your goals are very unrealistic.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Elog:
Electronic Onboard Recorder
Electronic Logbook
A device which records the amount of time a vehicle has been driven. If the vehicle is not being driven, the operator will manually input whether or not he/she is on duty or not.
Elogs:
Electronic Onboard Recorder
Electronic Logbook
A device which records the amount of time a vehicle has been driven. If the vehicle is not being driven, the operator will manually input whether or not he/she is on duty or not.
Combination Vehicle:
A vehicle with two separate parts - the power unit (tractor) and the trailer. Tractor-trailers are considered combination vehicles.
OOIDA:
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
Who They Are
OOIDA is an international trade association representing the interests of independent owner-operators and professional drivers on all issues that affect truckers. The over 150,000 members of OOIDA are men and women in all 50 states and Canada who collectively own and/or operate more than 240,000 individual heavy-duty trucks and small truck fleets.
Their Mission
The mission of OOIDA is to serve owner-operators, small fleets and professional truckers; to work for a business climate where truckers are treated equally and fairly; to promote highway safety and responsibility among all highway users; and to promote a better business climate and efficiency for all truck operators.
I wouldn't really know about that business personally, and most here probably wouldn't. It's a special niche.
To answer your question, no. Not just anyone can get a pickup truck and go. Well maybe if all you were going to pull was campers.. 1 at a time and that pays pretty bad from what I've ever heard. Generally they are not just regular pickups. I know my nephew's truck certainly isn't. His looks like a heavy haul pickup cab with a sleeper attached.. has 3 axles (steers and 2 drive axles) for a total of 5 axles including his trailers, a flatbed platform for chains, straps, and tarps, and a 5th wheel sized like a big rig... Not the rinky dink ones you see pulling campers or small horse trailers. He also runs elogs. Also trucks like his are classed as a COMMERCIAL VEHICLE (all hotshots are) but requiring a class A CDL. It's a COMBINATION VEHICLE and his gross is almost always over 26k pounds.
Again , I that highly recommend you do your research on the OOIDA forums and website. Talk to people who do this type of work. I think your goals are very unrealistic.
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Elog:
Electronic Onboard Recorder
Electronic Logbook
A device which records the amount of time a vehicle has been driven. If the vehicle is not being driven, the operator will manually input whether or not he/she is on duty or not.
Elogs:
Electronic Onboard Recorder
Electronic Logbook
A device which records the amount of time a vehicle has been driven. If the vehicle is not being driven, the operator will manually input whether or not he/she is on duty or not.
Combination Vehicle:
A vehicle with two separate parts - the power unit (tractor) and the trailer. Tractor-trailers are considered combination vehicles.
OOIDA:
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
Who They Are
OOIDA is an international trade association representing the interests of independent owner-operators and professional drivers on all issues that affect truckers. The over 150,000 members of OOIDA are men and women in all 50 states and Canada who collectively own and/or operate more than 240,000 individual heavy-duty trucks and small truck fleets.
Their Mission
The mission of OOIDA is to serve owner-operators, small fleets and professional truckers; to work for a business climate where truckers are treated equally and fairly; to promote highway safety and responsibility among all highway users; and to promote a better business climate and efficiency for all truck operators.