Soon to join Landstar***

You may have a little trouble finding good paying van freight OUT of Florida. Definitely do your lane match and makes some calls. Everytime I loaded out of Florida, back when I was still running van, I found loads by calling agencies using the Lane Match tool. Or, what I'll do sometimes, is do a nationwide search for freight paying over $4.00 per mile. You can find high paying freight that justifies the cost of a long deadhead. Just make sure you're still earning your target cpm over all miles driven.

 

Sorry to see you come down to FL for your first run. This is the dead time of year for vans. At least you got a trailer though. Lane match is your friend.

 

It seems to me that every newbie here gets their 1st load and it goes to FL. Most see the good rate and jump on it.... sometimes that "good" rate isn't that great when you do a 500 mile bounce to Georgia to get to your next load. Just give it time and you'll learn the board and how things work. Too many guys lease on here and then give up after a few weeks because they can't handle self-dispatch and finding their own freight. Rule of thumb is, after about 6 months, you should have a pretty good hang of it all. Just make sure you are not too far into debt or those 6 months can break ya. Good luck and see ya out here

 

Yeah good ole GLF... I'm on one of their loads now that takes me back to the house. If you live in Charlotte, that load is usually always there for the taking

 

Ya I do 62 mph unless I am running late. I realized with Landstar that it's quality miles now not quantity.

 

Yeah that's usually the issue with that load