Donald Hawkins
Managing Partner — Operations
Leads driver recruiting, dispatch strategy, and motor carrier relationships.
About
Our mission
For decades, owning a truck has been a great way to lose your weekends. Between recruiting drivers, chasing loads, managing insurance and compliance, and reconciling fuel cards, the "passive income" rarely felt passive.
Grand Line Logistics exists to change that. We run the operation — drivers, dispatch, compliance, maintenance, billing, factoring, reporting — so the truck is genuinely an asset, not a second job.
The why
Hot-shot trucking is the most accessible entry into commercial freight: a pickup, a gooseneck trailer, no CDL required for the driver, and a freight market that rewards speed and reliability.
For investors, that means lower capital requirements than a Class 8 tractor — and stronger monthly cash flow than a typical rental property — without the landlord work. For drivers, it means a real path into the industry. For the freight market, it means trucks that actually show up.
Managing partners
Husband-and-wife founders of Grand Line Logistics, LLC. Operators first — they know every step of running a truck because they've done it themselves.
Managing Partner — Operations
Leads driver recruiting, dispatch strategy, and motor carrier relationships.
Managing Partner — Investor Experience
Leads investor onboarding, weekly settlements, and the financial transparency that makes Grand Line different.
Why investors trust us
Trucks operate under a vetted motor carrier with full FMCSA / DOT compliance.
Investors see the same operational data we use to run their truck — daily.
We earn when your truck earns. Period.
Headquartered in Georgia, running hot-shot freight across the Southeast and beyond.

Headquartered in Georgia. Operating nationwide. Open to investors who want a real asset, professionally run.