Trucking out of Florida

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Kstrong86, May 20, 2017.

  1. Aradrox

    Aradrox Heavy Load Member

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    They have dump position and will train... They do both flatbed and dump (dump is local home everyday out of Jacksonville) flatbed is regional home weekly.
    2300 avg miles a week 42cpm loaded 34 empty
    APU and inverter
    65mph
    They do have driver and forward facing cameras
    Sheetrock loads are all pretarped (mostly will need to add some bungies and corner protectors and tighten straps takes 20min)
     
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  3. Vic Firth

    Vic Firth Road Train Member

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    Check out Comcar they have different divisions and they train.
     
  4. Kstrong86

    Kstrong86 Medium Load Member

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    Well i applied to them so hopefully I will hear something from them. Thank you so much for your help.
     
  5. Kstrong86

    Kstrong86 Medium Load Member

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    OK I will check them out now. Thank you
     
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  6. Florida Playboy

    Florida Playboy Road Train Member

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    One month experience, Florida, and home weekly is a tough order to fill. Check out Venture Logistics as they hire from the whole state, train, and advertise home on weekends. Also, WELL Companies hires from central FL but I don't know about hometime. Finally, Marten has a Terminal in Tampa that seems to be always hurting for drivers. The recruiter advertises southeast only. Don't go to a mega unless you absolutely have to.
     
  7. thodges

    thodges Light Load Member

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    Swift is in ocala
    Dedicated walmart in Lakeland.. But home every week ...8hrs driving and tired. Otr is out of the question imo.
    Dedicated...or local job. OR....otr 6 months until you have enough experience.
    In from daytona beach btw
     
  8. Kstrong86

    Kstrong86 Medium Load Member

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    I can drive OTR no problem. But the problem was being stuck in Traffic for 3 hours. Just sitting there and stop traffic moving every 5 minutes is kind of boring. I usually run 9/10 hour days but on that day I was just tired from just sitting in the traffic and not moving. On top of that getting a huge migraine from the frustration of being in that kind of traffic.
     
  9. HaulinCars

    HaulinCars Medium Load Member

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  10. Florida Playboy

    Florida Playboy Road Train Member

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    Who did you drive for the one month if you don't mind sharing?
     
  11. HaulinCars

    HaulinCars Medium Load Member

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    Message sent. You should be able to reply to it.
    If not let me know here that you got it and we will go from there.
     
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