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Where would you go as an owner operator?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by DMW0296, Jul 5, 2020.

  1. Jul 5, 2020 #1
    DMW0296

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    Between Texas (Houston) and Florida (Jacksonville) where would you relocate to? Is one better than the other when it comes to loads?
     
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  3. Jul 5, 2020 #2
    abyliks

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    Texas, TN or Florida have no income tax iirc do one of them, depending on what you want to haul
     
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  4. Jul 5, 2020 #3
    clausland

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    TX & FL may not have income tax, but what about the insurance rates. MS has one of the lowest rates on truck insurance, much better than FL, not sure about TX...
     
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  5. Jul 5, 2020 #4
    DMW0296

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    Do you know if the loads are better in one vs the other?
     
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  7. Jul 5, 2020 #5
    86scotty

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    Florida isn’t great. Not sure about Texas outbound these days. I know rates going in there weren’t that great a year or so ago.
     
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  8. Jul 6, 2020 #6
    abyliks

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    What will you be hauling? Usually tx and fl is cheap because of the snow birds, TN in kinda right smack dab in the middle that leaves you a bit of options
     
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  9. Jul 6, 2020 #7
    danny23tx

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    Dallas Area if I had to , I wouldn't mind Phoenix or Saltlake.
     
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  10. Jul 6, 2020 #8
    Midwest Trucker

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    Neither but Tx if I had to choose.
     
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  11. Jul 18, 2020 #9
    skywizard

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    who has good insurance rates as a start up company in MS
     
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  12. Jul 18, 2020 #10
    Largecar359

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    Best thing would be to scout out local freight rates. All depends on the type of work you do. Florida is difficult to say the least, TX will have better outbound freight. But there are always exceptions, Florida can have some honey holes, definitely more difficult to find.
     
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