My journey at Landstar

My last six loads to the truck per mile $5.58 on 167 miles, $3.16 pm on 498 miles, $2.47 pm on 1045 miles, $2.29 pm on 906 miles, $3.67 pm on 646 miles, and $3.37 pm on 737 miles.

When I set my parameters in my search I usually put in a minimum of 3.25 and $1000.00 minimum revenue.

 

Twice in the last 6 months I’ve been pulled in for a Level 1 while hauling a hazmat load. Six months ago in Ohio on the turnpike, and yesterday in Texas. Both times passed with no issues and received CVSA stickers both times.

 

So a few weeks ago I did this short load, from Charleston, SC to Fort Mill, SC. It was a hazmat, cross docked load off of a container. The rate con said 44550lbs, the BOL 43246, I can scale 45325 with full fuel tanks.

As soon as I pulled away from the dock I “felt” heavy, so I went down the road scaled the load, and sure enough I was 320lbs over gross. I went back to the shipper and told them they needed to remove a skid. The dock foreman said “we can’t do that” which I replied “ you got two choices, remove the skid or unload the trailer” Well needless to say they removed a skid, and I delivered the load with no other issues.

Or so I thought, today a Landstar CS agent calls me asking about the load and if I remember it? To which I said I did. She than says the agent wants you to go back and get the skid they took off and deliver it. Wait WTF? I said that skid is not my responsibility, the shipper misrepresented the weight of the load, so it’s the shippers problem, not mine ir Landstars.

She had me email her my weight ticket and my rate con. Tomorrow I have to send her an empty weight to prove the shipper was at fault.

I’ll go back and get that one skid if you pay me a truckload rate. The shipper should put it on an LTL carrier and be done with it.