Truckers Report Jobs

Find Trucking Jobs

Company Driver Company Driver Dry Van Dry Van Flatbed Flatbed Refrigerated Refrigerated Specialized Specialized Owner Operator Owner Operator
More Trucking Job Searches ⌄ Fewer Trucking Job Searches
⌃

Anybody do LTL in Florida?

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by Oi!, Feb 12, 2013.

Page 1 of 2
  1. Feb 12, 2013 #1
    Oi!

    Oi! Road Train Member

    1,233
    936
    Jun 20, 2011
    Florida
    0
    Wanna hear some stories, what city are you out of? what company? What do you do there? P&D, linehaul? I'm thinking about moving back to Orlando, my current company has an opening there for linehaul. I wonder what kind of runs there are out of a city like Orlando. Only thing I can think of is Miami, Tampa and JAX. Unless Pensacola or Tallahassee has any LTL movement.
     
    Oi!, Feb 12, 2013
    Oi!, Feb 12, 2013
    #1
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Feb 18, 2013 #2
    Oi!

    Oi! Road Train Member

    1,233
    936
    Jun 20, 2011
    Florida
    0
    not all at once!
     
    Oi!, Feb 18, 2013
    Oi!, Feb 18, 2013
    #2
  4. Feb 18, 2013 #3
    fortycalglock

    fortycalglock Road Train Member

    6,162
    6,604
    Jun 25, 2011
    Tourist Town, FL
    0
    What company has a line haul opening?
     
    fortycalglock, Feb 18, 2013
    fortycalglock, Feb 18, 2013
    #3
  5. Feb 18, 2013 #4
    Oi!

    Oi! Road Train Member

    1,233
    936
    Jun 20, 2011
    Florida
    0
    Con-Way Freight, Central Transport and Saia were the ones I found.
     
    Oi!, Feb 18, 2013
    Oi!, Feb 18, 2013
    #4
  7. Feb 18, 2013 #5
    xlsdraw

    xlsdraw Road Train Member

    4,228
    8,507
    Nov 17, 2010
    Lake Alfred, Florida
    0
    You should probably stick with Con-way Truckload unless you are willing to do some labor. If you are as young as your avatar says and not afraid of work, MBM would be a good option to significantly increase your income. They have two locations in Orlando, 1 in Haines City, and 1 in Lakeland. Those Polk County locations offer about as cheap of a Cost of Living as you are gonna find in Florida. Worth considering.
     
    xlsdraw, Feb 18, 2013
    xlsdraw, Feb 18, 2013
    #5
  8. Feb 18, 2013 #6
    Oi!

    Oi! Road Train Member

    1,233
    936
    Jun 20, 2011
    Florida
    0
    I left Truckload in November. Never doing OTR again, it was a sacrifice to get experience, nothing more than that. My new job is not cherry, has a lot of BS to it, but the ride back home on friday night past all the truck stops makes me thankful for having it.
     
    Oi!, Feb 18, 2013
    Oi!, Feb 18, 2013
    #6
  9. Feb 18, 2013 #7
    91smgt

    91smgt Bobtail Member

    10
    4
    Dec 5, 2012
    0
    Hey oi! Im outta st pete and im in the same boat you were in..im with ctl rigjt now too and my year should be up soon...who did you go with after you left conway tl?
     
    91smgt, Feb 18, 2013
    91smgt, Feb 18, 2013
    #7
  10. Feb 19, 2013 #8
    SoCo

    SoCo Bobtail Member

    19
    3
    Oct 4, 2012
    Dallas, TX
    0
    I hate to say it, but FFE out of Dundee/Orlando area has LTL. Out and back, average 10-12 hour days, depending on loading/unloading times. If you're feeling froggy, they'll let you take loads up to their Lithonia/Atlanta terminal as a weekend trip. It helps when you need a day off during the week. Be warned, FFE has a bad reputation for lay offs! Including drivers, but I haven't heard of any in the Dundee office. I have a friend there, been there almost 5 years now and he loves it.
     
    SoCo, Feb 19, 2013
    SoCo, Feb 19, 2013
    #8
  11. Feb 21, 2013 #9
    Oi!

    Oi! Road Train Member

    1,233
    936
    Jun 20, 2011
    Florida
    0
    Central Transport, they will hire you with 6 months of experience and most terminals usually have openings for linehaul almost all of them for night shift (7pm-7am). Their equipment is junk, I'm fortunate enough to work at a terminal that got "new" tractors two years ago, so we have a bunch of Freightshakers with 200-300k miles, most of them governed at 63 but a few that top out at 75-80. In the end I make more money than when I was at CWTL and get weekends to be with my family but I have to put up with a lot of their poorly maintained equipment specially trailers.
     
    Oi!, Feb 21, 2013
    Oi!, Feb 21, 2013
    #9
  12. Feb 21, 2013 #10
    E.S.A.D

    E.S.A.D Light Load Member

    63
    24
    Jan 31, 2013
    0
    If you are over 23 yrs of age, have 3 years of experience driving, clean criminal / driving and can pass a drug test, I can hire you running loads of water, sodas and beer to Atlanta, back and forth all year around. Monday thru Friday deal. Tractor has to be around 19K on the weight. Need 5 new trucks starting Monday 3/4... pm me for details.

    Gotta be O/O to get hired right away but if you are a driver I have some people wanting to lease to us so I can facilitate you getting in touch with them and make your own arrangement.
     
    E.S.A.D, Feb 21, 2013
    E.S.A.D, Feb 21, 2013
    #10
    secorp Thanks this.
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

    • Page 1 of 2