Hotshot freight FAQ

Hotshot freight is urgent, dedicated transport for a single load that cannot wait for a scheduled service. JM Legg Hotshots picks up your freight, usually parts, tooling or components for mining and industry, and runs it to the site that needs it, from Perth across Western Australia and interstate. It goes on its own run, so it isn't waiting on anyone else's load.

JM Legg Hotshots is based in Midland and runs hotshot freight from Perth across Western Australia: the metro industrial hubs, the Mid West, the Goldfields and Kalgoorlie, the Gascoyne, the Pilbara and Tom Price, and the Kimberley, including remote mine sites. It also runs interstate to South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, and Australia wide. Call 0407 538 562 or use the online quote form.

The quote form asks where the freight is, where it's going, how heavy the whole load is and whether the run is urgent or planned. The price is per kilometre of road distance from pickup to delivery, one way, and the rate depends on the weight and the urgency. A set amount of loading and unloading time is included, and extra time on site is charged as demurrage. When the form can find the route, it shows an indicative figure straight away, with the fuel levy and GST already included. It gives no automatic figure when it can't find the route or when the load is over 12 tonnes: call or send the request, and Jarrad comes back to you. Any figure is indicative, not fixed, and Jarrad confirms the final price with you before anything moves.

Yes. JM Legg Hotshots offers 24/7 dispatch for urgent freight, including night and weekend pickups across Perth and Western Australia. Call 0407 538 562 at any hour. Long or overnight runs are planned around maximum daily driving hours, so some need two drivers, and Jarrad tells you that when he confirms the price.

Have the pickup and delivery addresses, a contact name and number at each end, and the freight details: how many items, their length, width, height and weight, a short description, and whether any of it is dangerous goods, with the UN number if so. Say how heavy the whole load is, how urgent it is and when the freight is ready. With those, the online form can show an indicative figure and Jarrad confirms the price with you.

Chain of Responsibility means everyone in the freight chain, including the business sending the load, shares legal responsibility for it moving safely: mass, dimensions, load restraint and driver fatigue. JM Legg Hotshots plans each run around those requirements, with load restraint and driver hours handled before the truck rolls, so a rushed job does not become your compliance problem.