Hotshot companies in Illinois
102 companies in the Illinois book. Checked November 2026.
The Illinois book covers Chicago and the collar counties, Rockford, the Quad Cities, Peoria, Springfield and the downstate farm counties. Every company in it hands equipment or freight moves to outside hotshot owner-operators.
Standing open
Free5 complete companies from the Illinois book, standing open in full. With access, every company in the book opens like this.
Cross Implement
IAA
IAA
IAA
The rest of the Illinois book
Locked97 more companies in the Illinois book open the day you pay.
The person in charge, a direct phone number, and an email address — printed on the cards that hold them, and every card is graded, so you can see what it holds.
Illinois government doors. This state also buys hauling through 3 named bid doors — purchasing portals and surplus sales that hand work to registered drivers.
See the government doorsCity books in Illinois
Cities in the Illinois book with doors enough to stand on a page of their own. Every other company in the state is in the book above.
Chicago — 5 companies
Joliet — 5 companies
Aurora — 2 companies
East Peoria — 2 companies
Elgin — 2 companies
Elk Grove Village — 2 companies
Frankfort — 2 companies
Morris — 2 companies
Naperville — 2 companies
O'Fallon — 2 companies
Rockford — 2 companies
Springfield — 2 companies
Streamwood — 2 companies
East Dundee — 1 company
Markham — 1 company
Minier — 1 company
Nokomis — 1 company
Open the whole book
One payment opens every state book — the person in charge, a direct phone number and an email address on the cards that hold them, graded card by card. The scripts come with it:
The walk-in script for a yard counter — What to say in the first sixty seconds at a rental yard or dealer counter — who to ask for, what to leave behind, and how to get your card into the right hand.
The call to the person who books haulers — A short phone script for the transport coordinator or branch manager: how to open, what to ask about their runs, and how to name your rate without talking yourself down.
The email to an auction house — One page, written out in full: how to offer hauling to the buyers at a farm or equipment auction, and what to put in the subject line so it gets opened.
Follow-ups for day 3 and day 7 — Two short follow-up scripts — one for three days after you first show up, one for a week later — so a quiet door hears from you again without hearing from a pest.
Ready answers to the questions every door asks — The insurance question, the rate question, the “how fast can you get here” question and the new-driver question, each with an answer you can say as written.
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