South Florida Freight

Oranges. Along the east coast. Fort Lauradale comes to mind. It will be a while loading.

If yer flatbed, plant city with gypsum sheets.

 

Florida is a taker. If NASA has some trinket or something that needs to go to another western state they probably have that covered.

Every time I have been to Florida with anything Flat, Reefer and van etc it's just a long drive back out empty. UNLESS it is a really good load say chain and cable in jacksonville in reels going to Houston or up to williamsport etc. If you made it that far north you might as well see Georgia.

1.28 is awfully low. That's mid 90's rate close to break even in my time.

 

I carried beer 300 miles from Jacksonville to Florence SC last week for $375 and you know it wasn't a light load. It was painful. The rates down there now are absolutely awful. This was after jockeying 50 or so calls with brokers all day. I don't usually get stuck but I almost did there.

Florida is not improving.

OP, I think the answer to your question is contract freight or move somewhere else.

 

I would have just deadheaded instead of taking that load...

 

tampa / area is way better than south florida area , i dispatch for trucks in tampa and south florida , some go to tampa or savannah to grap loads

 

I know but for a couple of things. 1. Beer, at least in the SE, always pays crap. 2. It was available and fit with my next run perfectly so it paid for my fuel. 3. It fit good timewise.
It was actually my first experimentation with Florida. I've never been there in my truck. Also, I got $1800 on 800 miles going in.

I don't know. I don't want to think about it. It bought my fuel as stated above, so good enough.