Drive With Us

Lease On With a Carrier That Actually Runs HotShot

SoReel Outdoors LLC, USDOT 7638339, MC 48560174, is a hotshot carrier running coast to coast. We bring on owner operators who own their truck and trailer and want to run freight without waiting months on their own authority, chasing brokers, or fighting paperwork.

You lease on under a written lease, 49 CFR Part 376. You run under our MC and our insurance. We dispatch you, and we handle the broker side.

No Authority, No MC, No DOT, No Insurance? You Can Still Run Under Ours

You do not need your own authority, MC number, DOT number, or commercial insurance to run with us. You do need to meet our driver standard. Lease on and you run under ours. Read more: no authority | no MC number | no DOT number | no insurance | no trailer yet | how to sign on.

We Do Not Sign On Just Anyone

Our brokers book us because our drivers pass the inspection and make the appointment. That record is the whole business, and every driver who runs under our authority carries it. Before we put our DOT number on your truck, you meet this standard.

• Fluent, professional English on every call and at every dock, with shippers, receivers, and roadside officers. Every driver is English proficient under 49 CFR 391.11(b)(2).
• A regular U.S. domestic driver license. No non-domiciled CDLs anywhere in the fleet.
• A verified history with hauling: strapping and chaining a flatbed load, securement checks, and the habit of sending pickup and delivery photos.
• A record of maintaining timelines. Appointments made, check calls answered, reloads planned before the first load delivers.
• Following directions. Rate confirmation read, shipper and receiver instructions followed, dispatch kept informed.
• Clean inspection history. No driver has ever been placed out of service. Annual inspections current on every truck and trailer.
• Military veterans and retired fire service, people who spent careers where the paperwork had to be right and the job had to get done on time.

If that describes you, keep reading. If it does not, we are not the right fit, and that is no insult.

What You Need

• Your own truck and flatbed trailer. 3/4 ton or 1 ton, gooseneck or bumper pull, 30 to 40 foot.
• Valid driver license. We take on both CDL and non-CDL drivers and keep both running consistently. If your rig is rated over 26,000 pounds combined, you need a CDL and you join our drug and alcohol testing program.
• DOT medical card
• Clean driving record
• Straps, chains, binders, and tarps
• Fluent, professional English with shippers, receivers, and roadside officers
• A regular U.S. domestic driver license. No non-domiciled CDLs
• A verified history with hauling, strapping and securing a flatbed load, maintaining timelines, and following directions

What a $5,000 Week Actually Looks Like

Every carrier in the country advertises a big gross number. Nobody shows you what is left. Here is a real week at $5,000 gross, figured at 20 percent. Your actual percentage is set by your experience, your equipment, and how much dispatching you need, and it is written into your lease before you sign.

• Gross: $5,000
• Our percentage, at 20 percent: $1,000. That is dispatch, broker setup, paperwork, and invoicing. Factoring is not included and comes out separately.
• Fuel: figure $900 to $1,300 depending on your miles, your truck, and what diesel is doing.
• Insurance: $350 to $500 a week. Your driving record and your age set that number, not us.
• Truck and trailer payment: whatever yours is. Most guys are $300 to $600 a week between the two.
• Maintenance and breakdown money: put back 10 percent, $500, every week. Tires, brakes, a wheel bearing, a transmission. It is not if.

That leaves roughly $1,200 to $2,000 in your pocket on a $5,000 week, before your own taxes. Some weeks are better. Some weeks the truck eats one. Anybody telling you different is selling you something.

Run two or three $5,000 weeks in a row without touching the maintenance money and you will understand why we make you put it back.

What You Get That Does Not Show Up on a Settlement

We are a small outfit and we act like it. The guys running under this authority know each other, talk to each other, and help each other. We get together and do our own preventive maintenance on the trucks and trailers. Brakes, bearings, lights, tires, greasing. It saves everybody money and it keeps the equipment right.

And this one is not a slogan. We do not leave a load sitting, and we do not leave one of our drivers sitting on the side of the road. If you break down, somebody is coming. If the load has to move, we move it.

Percentages, Insurance, and Terms

Our percentage is based on your experience, your equipment, and how much dispatching you need. It covers dispatch, broker setup, billing, and the back office, and the exact number is written into your lease. How factoring is handled is spelled out in the lease too. Insurance runs $350 to $500 a week depending on your record and your age. Everything else is your truck. Email us and we will walk your numbers.

Email us: dispatch@soreeloutdoors.com
Send your contact info and your questions and we will reach out to you promptly. Ready to roll today? Fill out the onboarding form.

Download the lease to read it, or fill it in on your computer. Email it with your driver license, DOT medical card, registrations, annual inspection, a photo of the VIN plate on the truck and on the trailer, a photo of the truck and trailer, and a photo of your securement gear laid out on the trailer to dispatch@soreeloutdoors.com.