No jobs in florida

What gate? All of the OTR companies roll in off East Ave. Only wood truck use Bus 98. Unless they changed something...

 

florida is bad bat you have to make some compromaise i' live in south florida i know is hard my i'm a o o and i get home evrey 2 mounths it is what it is .you can do the same .

 

Yep, bus. 98, last gate before the water. I should be out there towards mid week, I've got some other loads to handle before I get back out that way.

 

I would be at the East Ave gate. I wont get over there before Thursday at least.

 

I take it you work out there? I'll probaly be over there Friday, early though I try to leave Tally by 2am, so that puts me over your way around 3am your time. If you happen to be on shift come on over and I might let you flip my tarp for me Seriously though, those sure lock tarp systems can be a major pain in the arse sometimes, not something I like to deal with that early in the A.M.

 

No I'm on the beach, but I have pulled a few loads out of there when I was with AWC Carriers back in 03. All of them went to Lewisburg, TN.

I'll probably mosey over yonder after L-Tryptophan celebration day and see who is pulling outta there now.

 

Well I have spent all morning calling recruiters. I have no hair left. I since you all know the area I live in this is particular to my location. But thought I would share.
As of 13 Dec 10.


Alabama Motor Express (AMX) - Hiring requires 2 years experience.
Anderson Trucking Service (ATS) - Hiring requires 1 year experience. Flatbed division Only.
Barr-Nunn - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
Celadon - Hiring in all of Florida. 6 months experience required.
Central Refrigerated - No hiring in all of Florida.
Comcar - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
Covenant Transport - Hiring Teams only in Florida.
Crete/Shaffer/Hunt - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
Davis Express - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
Hanna - Hiring requires 1 year experience. Flat only.
Heartland Express - Hiring requires 1 year of experience.
JB Hunt - No hiring in all of Florida.
Knight Transportation - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
May Trucking Company - Hiring in panhandle of Florida. 6 months experience required.
Maverick - No hiring in all of Florida.
McGriff - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
McLane Distribution - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
Metal - No hiring in all of Florida.
Melton - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
PAM Transport (PTSI) - Not Hiring in Florida west of Lake City or south of Orlando.
Prime Inc - No hiring in all of Florida.
Raven - Hiring requires 3 years experience last 2 years must be OTR.
Roehl - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
Schneider - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
Shelton - Hiring requires 1 year experience. Flat only.
Southern Refrigerated - No hiring in all of Florida.
Star Transport - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
Stevens - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee
Swift - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee
TMC Transportation- No hiring in all of Florida.
US Express - Not hiring solo South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
USA Truck - Not hiring South of I-10 West of Tallahassee.
Werner - Hiring in all of Florida.
Williams Brothers Trucking - Hiring requires 1 year experience.
Willis Shaw Express - Not Hiring in Florida West of Perry.
Wil-Trans - Hiring requires 2 year experience.
Wiley Sanders - Hiring requires 1 year experience.

Dear god, I may be forced into big blue...

 

For those of us in the Tampa area, I went through this list and contacted recruiters to see if they hire recent school graduates from this area. CCC, CTL, Swift and Werner said they hire recent grads in this area. Covenant and US Express only hire teams out of the Tampa area. The rest of the companies either require experience, won't touch anyone in the Tampa area or both.

 

Well I am in Tampa and would not say the jobs are not out but the ones that are available are few and few between, when you see craigslist ads for OTR drivers every week listed they must be hiring out of Florida.

Load boards are full of freight so the opportunities are here for outbound, just have to match the experience with the company.

 

How many of those craigslist ads are legit? In my experience, most ads on craigslist are phishing scams, regardless of industry.