Power Only - South Florda

We did power only for Interstate Distributor out of Tacoma Washington and loved it . But ,,, you said south florida ... talk about a dead freight zone regardless of how you do it south Florida is hella dead. Jb Hunt is dying for capacity coverage out of there Atlanta intermodal operation and yes that includes power only. You will be in north Florida but never go further south than about 50 miles from the Georgia border. Just out of curiosity how much $ are you paying for your insurance per power unit ? Or your truck if your a 1 truck owner op ?

 

Oh wow , so that is only coverage for the loss of the truck then it sounds like ? Not even the right to pic and deliver freight ? Ya big money fo sho .... i have a buddy that handles Georgia and he does dip into Florida i will ask him about florida for you if you would like ? Send me a pm with ur info or i will send you a pm with mine whatever , im not to good at technology so .....

 

You are looking for something that no longer exists, and that's a trip lease. To haul other people's freight you need to be a motor carrier or leased to a motor carrier. Before deregulation you could trip lease, but now the motor carrier needs pre-employment drug testing and a driver file for every driver who drives under their authority.

 

No money to be made in south Fla. Thats been my experience. I live in Fla and I wont dip below I4 with out being compensate enough to dead head back home or back into Ga.

Hurst

 

Location helps,. especially if you are looking for local work.

Not trying to knock your ambitions,.. but Fla in general is a cheap state for trucking. Your competing with retired O/O's who are willing to operate at 25 - 30yr old rates for as long as their equipment will last. Then sell whats left on Craigslist. The other half are the immigrant operators who are all competing with each other and also operating for the cheapest rates possible,.. also with equipment thats barely legal and some not so legal to be on the road. Thats Fla in a nutshell.

Your other issue is you have a new CDL,.. thats an insurance nightmare. Not saying it cant be done,.. but you have an up hill battle. Personally I would have went to work for someone else for a few years and packed as much cash away as possible. Then try to set up some some local or regional work and then buy what ever equipment was needed for that type of work.

Good luck.

Hurst

 

I also live in south Florida and am planning on getting a truck and going solo. Been watching the loads on DAT for a couple months. There’s no money in power only and dry van doesn’t pay much. You can do ok with refer but not on the outbound or local side. Have to go out a few days and bring the money in. Flatbed on the other hand seems to be decent. I’m expecting to gross around $800 a day on average between south GA and Miami. May be tough to get into with a new license due to insurance tho. I was quoted $1800 mo through progressive for running under my own authority.