Know your legal hot shot payload before the scale does
A hot shot is only profitable until a DOT scale ticket wipes the run. Enter your rig ratings and empty weights to see the net cargo weight you can legally haul. Runs on your device.
Hot Shot Trucking Payload Calculator
Net cargo is limited by whichever is lower: your combined rating (GCWR) or the trailer rating (GVWR).
How it works: GCWR limit = GCWR − truck − trailer. Trailer limit = trailer GVWR − trailer empty. Your net cargo is the smaller of the two. Axle and tire ratings can lower it further — confirm on a scale.
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