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Originally Posted by br549trucker1
I am moving to south carolina, preferrably around myrtle beach. Was wondering if anybody knows what kind of local jobs might be there, that pay decent.
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I'm not a local, and don't know the town inside and out, but I ran down there every week for years. Most of the local local people were running dump trucks or dump trailers. There seems to be a lot of sand to haul around, and a lot of rock to bring in from elsewhere to take care of their rock needs. I can't remember seeing any terminals for LTL type outfits down there, and it's so far off the beaten track I think you're going to have a lot of the same problems as the guy from Virginia Beach who was asking similar questions. The far east coast is just too far away from any major freight lanes.
I know Southeastern runs out of Columbia, and that ought to be a good place to find work. It's got I-77, I-26, and I-20, and the weather is usually really good there too. If that's too far away from the beach, you might try Florence. I know Averitt runs local trucks out of Florence, and it's only 90 miles from the beach. Florence has I-95 and I-20. Sumter seems to have a lot of trucks too, though I can't remember any terminals there except Glasscock, which is some local/regional outfit that seems to specialize in hauling dirt and rock.
Almost anywhere you go in that state seems like a good place to live to me. I don't think I'd like living in Charleston, because it's too overcrowded for my taste, but I can't think of anywhere else off hand I wouldn't like the people or the climate. Even west in the Upstate, in what passes for mountains in that state.
I like it better in Virginia, barely, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for the Palmetto. I spent half my life in that state over the last 10 years. I did most of my running in the Carolinas, and I used to run one route that had me doing 900 miles through South Carolina over two days. That's a lot of time in South Carolina, considering how small a state it is.
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful, not being a true local, but I wish you the best of luck anyway. I think you'll like it there.