Often within a few hours, especially for a cargo van or box truck, which are the easiest trucks to find on short notice. A hot shot or flatbed can be harder to source late in the afternoon or overnight. Location matters too: a cross-valley pickup has to get through I-15 traffic and the Spaghetti Bowl. You get a realistic pickup time on the first call, and an update right away if anything moves it.

Yes, in most cases. Los Angeles is about 270 miles, roughly four to four and a half hours down I-15, and Phoenix is about 300 miles, four and a half to five hours on US 93 and I-11. Leave town by late morning and either city is a same-day delivery. San Diego, at about 330 miles, is a same-day run too. Salt Lake City is about 420 miles up I-15 and is same-day with a morning pickup, while Reno, at about 440 miles, is usually a long day or an overnight run.

Most hot shot rigs pair a one-ton or larger pickup with a gooseneck or bumper-pull flatbed between 32 and 40 ft long. Payload is commonly up to about 16,000 lbs, depending on the truck, the trailer and the combined weight rating. Many trailers have ramps for rolling equipment. If your load is longer, heavier or wider than 8.5 ft, tell us the dimensions so we can book a full flatbed or plan for a permit.

Go by weight, size and how the freight loads. A Sprinter van carries up to 3,000 lbs of enclosed freight, such as parts or a pallet or two. A box truck carries up to 5,000 lbs, and a straight truck up to 9,000 lbs, often with a liftgate. A hot shot carries up to 16,000 lbs on an open deck and loads by forklift, crane or ramp. If the freight needs cover, choose an enclosed truck. If it is heavy, long or awkward, a hot shot is usually the better fit.

Ask the company for its USDOT number and, for interstate for-hire freight, its MC number. Enter either one in the FMCSA's SAFER Company Snapshot or the FMCSA registration search. Check that the legal name and address match, that the operating authority is active, and whether it is listed as a carrier or a broker. Insurance on file and inspection history are listed too. Call a phone number you already have before you act on any change to pickup or delivery details.

Yes. We pick up in Las Vegas proper and throughout southern Nevada, including Henderson, North Las Vegas, Apex, Boulder City, Summerlin, Spring Valley, Paradise, Enterprise and Sunrise Manor, plus Pahrump, Mesquite, Moapa Valley, Indian Springs, Laughlin, Primm and Jean.

Yes. Booths, displays and demo equipment for shows at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the other convention halls in town move on box trucks, straight trucks and Sprinter vans, and heavy machinery goes on a hot shot or flatbed. Shows usually set move-in and move-out windows and may route trucks through a marshaling yard or the show's freight contractor. Tell us the show, the hall and booth number, the delivery window and any check-in steps when you book, and we plan the truck's arrival around them. We can also pick up from the show floor when it closes.

Yes, dispatch runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. Fewer trucks are working on nights, weekends and holidays, so rates can be higher and the pickup may take longer to line up. If you know a weekend load is coming, call early so we can book the truck before the weekend starts.

Send the pickup and delivery addresses with ZIP codes, the weight, the dimensions and the number of pieces. Tell us how the freight loads and unloads, whether either end has a dock, and when it is ready and has to arrive. Mention anything hazardous, fragile or oversize. With those details, we can book the right truck the first time and give you one price before you commit.

Hot shot is the better choice when a load is urgent, heavy or awkward and too small to fill a 53 ft trailer. It drives straight from pickup to delivery, with no terminal stops. LTL costs less for small, palletized freight that can wait a few days. A full truckload makes sense when you have a full trailer of freight. Many Las Vegas shippers use all three for different loads.

Show freight is a big part of it: booths, crates and display gear for the city's trade shows. Data center and electrical equipment, machinery and machine parts, aircraft parts, and steel and other building materials are common too. Casino and hotel equipment, plant parts, medical supplies, electronics and palletized warehouse freight from North Las Vegas that is too urgent for a consolidated LTL run also move hot shot.

Yes. We also arrange hot shot trucking from Reno in northern Nevada, and you can see all of our Nevada locations. A load can start in Las Vegas and deliver anywhere in the continental U.S.

We book freight for shippers on this page, but if you're a driver who found it, here is the short version. Running loads yourself takes operating authority of your own, or a lease onto a carrier holding it, along with insurance and equipment that matches the freight. Be wary of ads that quote huge weekly earnings: what you actually clear depends on your lanes, how many miles you run empty and what the truck costs to operate. Look up any company on FMCSA's SAFER system before you sign with it. Carriers can reach us at (702) 583-6200.