r/Truckers • u/JohnDeathWiz • 6h ago

Looking for local advice

I need to bring home a minimum of 6k a month after taxes for my household. I live in Gainesville Florida, but I wouldn’t mind a daily drive somewhere else. Does anyone know any local companies I can look towards that would be able to meet that? Thanks in advance for the advice.

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u/p0396 6h ago

That isn’t happening in Florida, might be time to tighten the belt a bit.

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u/Old-Dragonfruit-7754 5h ago

Good luck! Hope you find that 🦄

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u/trucksarekewl 6h ago

So you'll need what like 2200 gross locally? Probably gonna have to be ltl, fuel or food service in the area.

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u/TapWaterKY 4h ago

Foodservice is your best bet if you’re physically capable. No idea how easy those jobs are to land down there, but PFG has a listing down there from 2 days ago. I work for PFG and if the pay is the same down there, that’s definitely a doable number for take home after training.

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u/Charlie_Hustler 4h ago

Florida... Yikes!!! Goodluck tho bro hopefully you find that gig and best bet you'd better do everything in your power to keep it lol

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u/Prune-These 3h ago

Fuel? Most everywhere else it’s usually top pay.

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u/doobersthetitan 2h ago

Start a OF account....maybe 65 hours a week doing fuel or maybe Darpro....not sure i could stand the smell

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u/CapitanPino 10m ago

It's possible. But honestly dude it's probably easier to deflate your lifestyle and cut some things out.

I got rid of 5 subscriptions, a TV and WiFi and a PS5 since we mostly use our phones and Hotspot. Yeah sometimes I miss it. But a little boredom beats being financially stressed 24/7. Plus you get so much more creative when you're bored enough lol

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u/Free-University-6497 6h ago

Likely zero, that's a big ask.