Profile For Ralph G. ( Arejay )

Off the top of my head, Knight and Werner both have terminals in Lakeland, so I would think would be a good option if you are willing to drive to their terminals. Cheney Brothers has a few locations including south Florida as well if you are ok with doing food service delivery.

I drive for Knight. Whenever I'm in Florida they almost always find my backhaul out of St. Augustine. I am a dedicated "Hydro" driver. Hydro has a plant right there in St. Augustine. I would think they have all kinds of needs for drivers at that plant alone. Sometimes I'll pick up aluminum ingots or logs at the ports on the West side of Florida and deliver them to the plant in St. Augustine.

For what it's worth, I just spoke on the phone with a Knight recruiter two days ago and she told me that Knight currently does not have any openings for local or dedicated runs in Florida. If you are interested, I would suggest to reach out to them anyway, since availability is always subject to change at any time.

Update. A phone call in to the listed office got me in touch with Corey. I explained my confusion and he told me to just submit proof of paid taxes to California and the letter received to the email listed. Sounded exhausted explaining it, perhaps this is a wider issue at the moment.

Am waiting to see if another arrived for my 2020 year of employment as well.

Will update again when I get confirmation in writing that all is well and I keep that 1200 in my pocket.

As with the other comment warning to be careful of a scammer trying to get money out of you. I'd also advise to be careful that you are only sharing your proof of taxes paid in your state to a scammer who wants to steal your identity.

Whoops, poor wording there... I meant to say be careful you are NOT sharing your information with an identity thief. haha lol

Update. A phone call in to the listed office got me in touch with Corey. I explained my confusion and he told me to just submit proof of paid taxes to California and the letter received to the email listed. Sounded exhausted explaining it, perhaps this is a wider issue at the moment.

Am waiting to see if another arrived for my 2020 year of employment as well.

Will update again when I get confirmation in writing that all is well and I keep that 1200 in my pocket.

As with the other comment warning to be careful of a scammer trying to get money out of you. I'd also advise to be careful that you are only sharing your proof of taxes paid in your state to a scammer who wants to steal your identity.

I had heard that this was a re-brand of Eagle. I'm curious if this was partly due to too much bad publicity? When I lived in the Chicago area, Eagle had a very bad reputation for having the most aggressive and rudest truck drivers on the road. I can recall at least a few occasions where I was almost hit or run out of my lane by an overly aggressive Eagle truck pulling mail hauler trailers. On every occasion, these occurrences all took place on the expressways in and around the Chicago suburbs. I wonder if that was just a thing in Chicago or something? The 10 Roads trucks that I've seen around Florida all appear to be pretty new and in good condition. I've also noticed the 10 Roads drivers in Florida are much more courteous than what I recall of the Eagle drivers in Illinois.

Violation of Basic Rule (VBR)

(1) A person commits the offense of violating the basic speed rule if the person drives a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard to all of the following: (a) The traffic. (b) The surface and width of the highway

Thanks Banks! That text sure does read like it contains a ton of gray area and lots of wiggle room for "interpretation" by Law Enforcement and the Judge?

What is a Vbr ?

I second this question... what in the world is a 'Vbr'!?!

People work the legal system because the system is systematically broken. It is my understanding that only a small percentage of cases actually go to trial because prosecutors want to avoid the time and costs. Cases are plea dealed.

Your comments about the legal system remind me of some old YouTube videos I used to hear that featured a lawyer that learned to specialize in beating traffic tickets. This is the same lawyer that went on to create a law firm that pretty much does nothing but traffic law around the country. I'd completely forgotten that this was even a thing. I'm not sure how good their services really are, but they've been around for several years, so must be doing fairly well overall.

For me, I keep a file of index cards for every shipper and consignee I've been to. It's a huge file.

Name, address, good phone number, my own directions and notes for the place (which gate, best times to be there, parking possibilities, egress route, if the guards are a PITA, etc.).

I don't trust doing it electrically because my card file never crashes, doesn't need a charged battery, or gets any malware.

All good points! I've heard of using index cards and even considered it myself. I started out with notebooks... keeping track of each load and notes about how to get in and out, etc. I know of several others that do exactly the same. I dropped using the notebooks a few months back and am currently just using a sheet of copy paper that has everything I need on it for each location that I deliver to. I'm up to about 160 pages already. I like the paper method and it seems to work OK for the most part, but it does have several drawbacks as well. Hence why I've been wanting to work on this project for some time. I'm mainly planning to build it for my own use, but it is being designed with the idea in my mind that I would like to share it with others that may want to check it out and see if it helps them out.

Yes, Google maps satellite view is a tremendous help... I use it also in my trip planning along with my Garmin and paper diagrams that are provided by Publix for each store. Larger facilities, I agree I've also had little issue with getting in and out also, it's mainly the other stuff that I've found if I'm not super careful I can get into a pinch very easily. I'm mainly working on this project since it is something that I've been wanting to do for a bit and now since I need a project for this class, I have an excuse to actually spend some time working on it to see what I can accomplish with it.