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Florida produce rates

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Largecar359, Jan 13, 2015.

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  1. Jan 13, 2015 #1
    Largecar359

    Largecar359 Road Train Member

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    Has anyone been down to the sunshine state this year? I Haven't been south yet, I'm looking to shoot to south Florida from NJ in late January. I know winter is traditionally bad for Florida produce rates, but last year I was able to come back up to Nj for $2,900 in late January. What are you guys seeing for rates heading north to NJ/NY area? I figure if I could come up for $2-2.50/mile, then I can leave my going south rate alone. If no one is seeing $2/mile coming out of Florida then I'm gonna have to get more going down. Thanks for your feedback.
     
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  3. Jan 13, 2015 #2
    Skate-Board

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    Where in Florida and where in NJ? Rates to and Florida have always sucked going in both directions. You have 10,000,000 retired truckers living in Florida running their last truck into the ground so there's plenty of supply and truckers willing to take anything and be done with it.

    I just checked and rates going from Daytona, FL to Newark, NJ are best at $1.80. There are only 21 loads listed right now within a 100 mile radius of Daytona and 100 mile radius of Newark.

    Rates down to Daytona from Newark are around $2.00 and still only 20 loads listed within 100 mile radius of both places.
     
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  4. Jan 13, 2015 #3
    Largecar359

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    I'm not worried about rates going down just coming back. I am a house carrier for a shipper in Nj so I have flexibility on outgoing freight. If I get decent rates coming back I scale down the rate to my shipper. If freight is garbage coming back I need to charge more on the way down. My starting point is 3.45$ going down. If I get 2$ plus coming back it stays there, if it's less, I need to make up the difference. I know its not as scientific as some of the trucking companies on here but I've used this system with my shipper for 37 yrs. Florida is always a tough area tho. I've been down there this time of year and sometimes I end up deadheading up into Ga or Sc to get decent freight. Other times we pick up in south Florida and come up for $3800. I'm sure other guys on here have a better feel then I do for that area. Our freight usually runs from Maine to Virginia area. But every once and awhile we do Florida.
    I made a few calls today and found some freight coming up for 2,200$ Southern Florida to nyc. That seems ok, not great, but if your saying $1.80 is what your seeing then that's about where these loads are at. Didn't get a great feeling on them tho. Seemed like the type of loads that are much more work then advertised.
    Thanks for your feedback. Skate Board
     
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  5. Jan 13, 2015 #4
    Hurst

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    Florida has always been hit or miss when it comes to rates and loads.

    When I ran reefer I was always sent to Orlando or Lakeland and picked up OJ from Coca Cola when I headed back out. I think I picked up News Paper inserts going to Boston once.

    Even now doing flat bed work, its a 50/50 chance I'll get some kind of equipment with a partial or dead head up to Ga or Ala.

    I think Skate-Board is dead on with the retired truckers, that and broke rednecks and hispanic guys buying up $4500 - $8500 trucks and running them into the ground with low rate runs in and back to Fla. I see them all over the state.

    The thing with the retired guys is that most arent really going very far. The few that I have talked with dont like to be gone for more then a day or two at most. So they really arent any competition for what I do.

    Hurst
     
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  7. Jan 13, 2015 #5
    Largecar359

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    Yeah your right about retired guys. Most that I talk to down there are looking for local in-state work for the most part. I like running Florida b/c its a change of pace from what I do daily especially during the winter months. Finding a decent rate coming back just makes my life easier, but if it's not there I'll have to make it going down. Some of these rates posted are crazy, it's like they want you to pull their freight and pay them for hauling it lol.
     
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  8. Jan 13, 2015 #6
    CoronadoDriver

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    My First year running reefers or refrigerated whatever you wanna call it but i pull a lot of crabs and other things But if you pull seafood you have seasons that you can make money, A guy i know running in seattle,wa to boston makes money. He used to pull coffee to georgia on a dedicated run but he stopped.When you can make a diffrence running from boston to colorado and oregon pulling seafood
     
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  9. Jan 13, 2015 #7
    Skate-Board

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    So, your a household carrier carrying produce? Curious how you bump a dock with one of those trailers?
     
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  10. Jan 13, 2015 #8
    Ruthless

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    "House carrier" carrier that hauls majority of freight for a given customer/location.
     
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    Skate-Board Thanks this.
  11. Jan 13, 2015 #9
    Skate-Board

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    Oh, that's a new one on me!
     
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  12. Jan 13, 2015 #10
    Al. Roper

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    Also referred to as "in-house" carrier. I worked for a small flatbed outfit that was "in house" for a steel company, pissed off lots of people when we bypassed the line to get in and load or drop.
     
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