Profile For Brian C.

Only recently re entered the trucking world after Well over a decade away, I At first contemplated returning to my family’s oilfield hotshot roots, joined some hotshot forums. After observing the mini truckers (What the truckers called us when I was a strapling) on the highway . Frankly I am appalled. I don’t begrudge them earning a living, especially picking up the slack on the Light load partials. But between the forums With the cluelessness displayed in comments and What I’ve seen on the road, I find it worrisome the level of weight these guys are rolling with as cdl hotshot on 1 ton or ton and a half chassis . And the w.t.f. Load securement I see. Am I just spotting the sketchy ones or is this what hotshot has become. Just my opinion here but dang, these guys are going to cause even More prohibitive regulations and insurance issues. From what I’ve seen thus far the d.ot. Boys certainly have a hard eye on them. Thoughts? Be honest don’t hold back.

I looked around and found little said about the older Volvo’s specifically a Volvo vnmt2 with Detroit 60 series.

My individual truck knowledge is well out of date, got out in 05, and even then my experiance was either older auto cars and macks or current then sterlings.And freightliners. Only Volvo i ever dealt with was an absolute problem child. Had a dt engine,..

Kept all my licensing current, And my self up to date on the ever changing regulations. I have an opportunity to start doing a dedicated run as a0/0 cdl hotshot . stumbled upon a local Documented maintenance Very clean 64k Yeah for real 64,000 (farmer) current dot inspection 2001 vnmt2 sleeper Volvo with a Detroit 60 and nine speed , it seemingly fits my needs to perfection. And under 10,000 Out the door price. I have no engine concerns, I’ve still got my grandads first wrecker with a screaming Jimmy in it lol runs like a raped ape. 50 years plus later and lots of stone cold abuse. Of course I don’t actually have familiarity with a 60 series, but my experiance with Detroit’s is they are a go ahead make my day engine.

The big question is this model a solid unit, And expected mileage rarely exceeding 35k gross combined. I just can’t seem to find any legit info on this model. If a worthy by any input especially any maintenance tips or watch for this/that gremlin is appreciated.