How can i locate a freight broker in my area to get jobs from?? Flatbed trailer and im located in wauchula, florida

 

It won't matter that the broker in your area. You can try getloaded,ITS, Datconnect to start with.

 

If you have your own authority, there are several load boards you can subscribe. www.getloaded.com, www.internettruckstop.com are two of the most popular. There are a number of other load board. A few of the load boards are geared toward specific types of freight, such as cars. Some of the larger brokerage companies also have their own load boards which you can access for free once you set up with them. Schneider, Landstar and CH Robinson are only three who have their own load boards for the brokerage side of their business.

 

Thanks for the info. Do those boards have plenty of freight?? Is that what you are using??? Is there usually some Florida/Florida loads

 

I subscribe to both getloaded and internettruckstop. I have used other boards, but seem to do better with these. There is usually a good amount of freight. Most freight coming out of Florida is cheap. If you live in Florida and want to run intrastate, rates will usually be higher. I have seen intrastate freight around $2/mile. It depends on the type of freight you haul as to the rates and availability. Your best bet will be to find some of your own shippers and deal direct. Rates will usually be higher dealing direct. It takes time to find good shippers.

 

I seem to get a fair number of calls from Getloaded, but I seldom call on a load that I see posted. Don't know why that is.

I don't subscribe to ITS anymore. I used to, it was pretty good, but I chose GL because of the message board.

DATconnect is what I use the most. It just has way more loads. $129/month.

Also use Posteverywhere for $20/month.

Trulos, Pickatruckload are free. Frieghtconnect is about the cheapest at $25/month.

 

Is it worth the extra $100 a month uh rank?
G-mans was about 130 a month too?....would you say its worth it G-man....I have 0 exp here as I aam trying to call and sort through brokers now. One wanted to fax me a big long application, and I wanted to know if thats common?

 

If you're in wachula, why aren't you hauling sod? So much of it goes out of there on a daily basis running up my way, i can't count how many times i've picked up loads off of hwy 66, 64, and 17, i wouldn't think you'd have any problem getting a run on a daily basis. You might try FPT, Florida Premier Turf, when i was with my last company they had quite a few drivers hauling sod to us in brooksville, when i talked with those guys, they were getting 20 dollars a pallet, and hauling 20 pallets at a time, so the loads were paying 400 dollars, and they would run 2 a day. Anyway, just a thought since you're down that way, i would think if you want steady florida runs, then that's where it's at.

 

Yep.
$25/week @ two loads a week..... 10 less dead miles per load and I'm money ahead.

 

say rank...hmmm i just tried them as a demo, to see if they could find me any loads from within 300 miles of Chino Ca, LA is only 4o miles away so shoulda been something?.......Did i do something wrong?....came back a big 0?