Wanted- Best Co to lease thru and get % of loads

I'm glad to see that it's only a one year lease, but 15 months experience still isn't enough to get on with a GOOD company that pays on a percentage basis. Anyhow, it appears that you've already made up your mind, so best of luck to you.

I will appeal to your good sense one more time: please think this through before you jump in and commit.

As to my opinion of a good company that pays percentage, everyone already knows my opinion from my other threads, lol.

Yep, word of mouth is the best indicator. That's how I made my decision. I asked other owner/op's for years and kept a mental note of companies who consistently had the best rapport with their drivers. I would also pay close attention to who was sitting in dead areas and who was moving. I almost chose Mercer, but in dead freight areas, I noticed that there were far more Mercer drivers sitting waiting for loads than there were Landstar drivers. Also, I liked the fact that with Landstar, you could choose from a private load board or call agents, but with Mercer, you are assigned a coordinator, and you had to wait in a queue of other drivers to get a load. I discovered this in Lodi, CA. I was sitting in Lodi and I counted 11 empty Mercer flats and steps, and zero Landstar empty flats and steps. I asked a Mercer O/O about it, and he said that there were actually 22 empty guys waiting for loads in the Lodi area. He said that's nothing...in Fontana there were 48 empty O/O's waiting. He said that it's first come, first serve. He was number 2 out of 22, and so number 3 couldn't get loaded until number 2 was loaded (unless number 2 refused a cheap load, then number 3 could accept it). He had been there for 5 days waiting in line. Well, this finalized my decision...no Mercer for me.

 

Okay, I'm done. Brickman, please help this guy!

I had to leave out of here for Bakersfield an hour ago, but I decided to stay and help out because this discussion is VERY important. Your FUTURE is on the line here my friend, but no matter what we say, you are going to debate.

I've given my 2 cent's worth. I'm out of time. Do what you have to do. But you should really take the advice of the veterans and do some extensive reading in the other threads that have to do with doing a L/P from the company that provides your freight. If, after all that, you still decide in your infinite wisdom that you are going to be the exception to the rule and make it work, then God help you.

Later. I have to go make some money pulling for a company that pays me a percentage of the gross.

 

sleepingbear...if you wont run on ice/snow covered roads your really limiting yourself to the southeast for about 5 months a year