moving to tampa,fl

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  1. aiwiron

    aiwiron Road Train Member

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    I disagree, jobs are around but not for many who do not qualify.
     
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  3. Bigarmin88

    Bigarmin88 Road Train Member

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    I don't know about south of I-4 but OP said he moving to Bradenton Fl which is where I live.Now Bradenton is about 45 miles south of Tampa and local gigs around here required min.of 1-3 years and pay is crap.There are jobs around Tampa yes but more you go south,more less chances of finding a company hiring.
     
  4. JP11283

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    Alabama Motor Express (AMX)
    2 years experience

    Anderson
    Trucking Service (ATS)
    North of Jacksonville; 12 months experience

    Barr-Nunn

    12 months experience

    CCC

    Yes

    Celadon

    No

    Covenant Transport

    Yes; teams only

    Crete/Shaffer/Hunt

    No

    CRST

    Teams only

    CTL

    Yes with Hazmat & Tanker

    Davis
    Express
    12 months experience

    Hanna

    12 months experience

    Heartland Express

    12 months experience

    JB Hunt

    No

    KLLM

    No

    Knight Transportation

    No

    Melton Truck Lines

    2 months experience

    PAM Transport

    No

    Prime Inc

    No

    Raven

    3 years experience

    Roehl

    No

    Schneider

    3 months experience

    Shelton

    12 months experience

    Southern Refrigerated

    12 months experience

    Star Transport

    No

    Stevens

    No

    Swift

    Yes

    US Express

    Teams only

    USA
    Truck
    No

    Werner

    Yes

    Wiley Sanders

    12 months experience

    Willis Shaw Express

    No

    Wil-Trans

    24 months experience

    These are the companies I called this week asking if they hire recent driving school grads out of Tampa. Windy Hill isn't on here, but I'm pretty sure they hire from Tampa and I believe Armenilli will hire teams from here. A lot of people here on TTR say that things can change as far as companies hiring areas, so hopefully when I get out of PTEC I can get on with a decent company.
     
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  5. Nycmex77

    Nycmex77 Light Load Member

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    thank you :biggrin_25514:
     
  6. Nycmex77

    Nycmex77 Light Load Member

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    I decided to stay in texas. Better choices.
    Thank you for help.
     
  7. strawberryrhubarbpie

    strawberryrhubarbpie Light Load Member

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    Yes Texas is a great place to be for a trucker :)
     
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  8. Nycmex77

    Nycmex77 Light Load Member

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    Yes it is. :biggrin_25520:
     
  9. JP11283

    JP11283 Light Load Member

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    Strawberry, what companies are you looking at when you finish up at PTEC?
     
  10. Nycmex77

    Nycmex77 Light Load Member

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    So its official staying in tx.
    On monday Im going to stevens
    Transport. Wish me luck.
     
  11. strawberryrhubarbpie

    strawberryrhubarbpie Light Load Member

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    JP, I have an additional hurdle besides my location (Lehigh Acres). Since hubby and I were 'self employed' with no taxes filed (there's a legal reason for that) we don't have that 'consistent work history' everyone's looking for. So, we have 2 choices - Werner or US Xpress. We are going to try Werner. US Xpress will be our back up plan lol.

    Otherwise we would have to move to Tampa, to work for Swift, our back up plan to the back up plan haha.
     
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