Owner Operators: Who is a good compamy in FL?

Dryver · Oct 15, 2011

rickybobby said: ↑

Just about every week someone is asking for advice about , getting work out of FL.
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Thats because there is none. Any load that I take will have to pay enough for me to deadhead back up into Ga if needed.

SHC · Oct 16, 2011

Everyone in FL wants to be a truck driver I guess, probably because there are no jobs in FL to begin with........

here is a good idea MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just like all the africans who live in the desert and starve, it's called sand, s*** doesn't grow here!!!

MrsGoGetter · Feb 4, 2012

It's either one or the other.....home time or miles and pay!

Jay

DrtyDiesel · Feb 4, 2012

What about Sunco Carriers? Their based out of lakeland. All reefer company with only o/O's.

They have regional or otr available

newly crusin · Feb 5, 2012

brycey1 said: ↑

I also live in Florida, not sure what your looking for but here is my take so far, if you want local or home every night, not much money to be made, not many opportunities, if you want to go OTR expect to deadhead out of Florida or be prepared to accept $1 per mile ish or less, not many companies are hiring O/O out of florida, Landstar will, but its a tough company to get on with, took me 3 weeks to get approved, by that time i had already got hired with Jones Express out of PA, so im staying put to see how it goes, you could run under your own authority, however insurance is expensive, as well as plates/2290 etc, ive been out a week so far, this is my first week, just to give you an idea of possible problems, i purchased my truck from Select trucks in Tampa, its a 2005 freightliner century with 511k miles, i paid $28k for the truck including taxes and 60 day assurance warranty, i paid another $4k for 1 year 100k mile warranty, i delivered in NYC on friday, the clutch gave out on me, ive been in a hotel for 3 nights so far with 2 more to go before i get the truck back from service, they are replacing the clutch, clutch brake and starter, its all covered under warranty, without warranty it would have cost me $3000 + to get fixed, even so it has cost me almost a week out of service and $500 in hotel room + $150 in car rental expenses, i have owned the truck for 3 weeks, there is allot of cheap freight around, how the f--ck people can try and pay around a buck a mile or less to drive a semi is beyond me, it cost me $2.35 a mile to get a cab in my town, so i have told many brokers/agents what they can do with their cheap freight, i would rather deadhead for nothing than take a cheap load like that, that being said i got $1600 for my trip from Carlisle PA to NYC 220 miles + $100 tolls, also got $1.66 per mile loaded from GA to CT, as it turned out with the snow in CT, and the breakdown in NYC + tolls, as well as cheap freight coming out of both places, i wont be coming to the north east again anytime soon!!!! anyway good luck, be prepared for the worst and hope for the best, there is allot to learn, it is very different from being a company driver.

Rich
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My answer to the $1.00/m freight is:
1) the O/O, small trucking
(especially the one's who never managed a successful business or never owned their own successful business)
company will accept this to reposition their truck for fuel money.

2) The big trucking company will accept this to reposition their truck rather than it sit there "costing them money".

Until this changes, $1.00/m freight will always exist.

This country need's to do what happened in Paris years ago, all the truckers (hundreds of them) "parked" their trucks first thing in the morning at every ON/OFF ramp blocking all traffic in/out of the city....and collectively bargained for an increase of wages...they got it that day....talk about solidarity.

crusin

newly crusin · Feb 5, 2012

DrtyDiesel said: ↑

What about Sunco Carriers? Their based out of lakeland. All reefer company with only o/O's.

They have regional or otr available
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A guy I know is leased to Sunco...he gets screwed all the time...
he currently is seeking someone else to lease onto...
he hates it..

crusin

midnight_trucker_1971 · Feb 5, 2012

it's ashame most americans won't do what they did in europe and fight for what they deserve.

SHC · Feb 5, 2012

I know of a guy who is leased to Landstar and lives in Jacksonville. He gets flatbed loads all the time for $3.50-$4.50 a mile to south florida and he just deadheads back to Jacksonville. This way he averages about $1.75-$2 for ALL miles driven and is very happy. I've been thinking about relocating as well

Starline · Feb 5, 2012

FREEBRD said: ↑

2 for move!!
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Make that 3 for move...

You better secure a place to park on your truck because your going to have some PIA snowbird crying about how your truck trashes the the neighborhood... sad part is that he will live 8 blocks away and have nothing better to do then make your life miserable.

Secondly, Greatwide is also Dalis Mavis = very bad CSA score

jimvrg · Feb 5, 2012

never much coming out of flordia except illegals

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