Guess what I heard stories of Black helicopters at scale houses but that's all that was a story. The insurance companies run this industry and if they tell the company to get rid of you or not hire you. That's what they will do. Most companies have on their web site. The hiring requirement, and most list no preventable accident or 1 preventable accident in the last 3 years, and if you got fired/quit because of it. That's another red flag. Yes you can put in apps for trucking jobs, but I would be putting in apps for non trucking jobs as well. The companies that will hire will run you into the ground. They have the worse safe stat score and they are on the verge of being shut down. If they know you can't go anywhere because of your record. They will treat you like crap, and just hope you don't get dinged in the scale house for faulty equipment or falsifying logs. Also the living in Florida thing throws another monkey wrench into it.
Getting a job with no experience and with outside CDL training
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by JimsK, Oct 25, 2012.
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mamamullins and Dinomite Thank this.
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Please excuse me for not fully understanding, but why does the state of Florida seem to be more difficult for professional truck drivers versus the remaining 47 mainland states? Would this include the entire state of Florida, or just certain areas in Florida?
This seems unusual only because there are, give or take, approximately 30 million people who live in Florida, well populated to say the least, from the panhandle to Jacksonville, all the way down south to Miami.
Proportionately speaking, wouldn't there be just as much freight coming in and out of Florida, especially along interstates I-10 and I-95? -
Florida's population is about 19 or 20 million people. I don't drive yet, but in reading a lot of stuff on here about which states are the best, it seems Florida's not the best place to operate from, at least in part, because it has a small manufacturing base - meaning, to over simplify it, you can get stuff into the state, but you can't get enough out except for ag products, so there's a lot of deadheading or poorly paying outbound loads. Also, Florida's in a corner, which means there's not as much thru-traffic, such as in IL, OH, IN, KY, TN, etc., which provide more opportunities.
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