What no one tells you about Landstar...

Read my post above this one you made. Because of the type of freight I chose to haul I did not have the problems you do.

 

Nope I do not know what you mean.


I don't wear flipflops, sleeveless shirts and I shower regularly. And I looked respectable for my customers as well.

Wuss wagon drivers for the most part have the worst reputations from what I've seen. Maybe not at LS, but certainly across the board from other companies.

 

Freight runs in cycles. Always has, probably always will.

First I heard about this.

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I think if you REALLY figured up the freight going to those undesirable places it is no where close to 98%.

Thats not LS's problem. The court system will not rule in your favor on a law suit with that excuse as a defense.

I kept my laptop mileage program open and already had the miles figured by the time I called the agent on a load.

True enough.

unless the shipper pays it, you won't get it

Tools of the job require more minutes on the phone. Its all in how you work your business.

Thats life in a first come first serve business. One of the hazards of the business.

70 hr rule got in my way ALL the time. Not just 2005.
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True enough, but not every company is perfect. LS does have a complaint department on that regard.

Life is not perfect, neither is LS. But they are certainly better than many many other companies.

I could post you some of my load payment numbers, but I don't want to make you jealous. I've got a good friend still with LS that pulls a wuss wagon. I would never drive for the rates he does. At times my weekly pay to the truck would be twice what he was doing with a van.

I left and sold my truck because I wanted out of OTR, nothing else. LS begged me to stay with them.

Think about the reason why van freight is so cheap. Its so easy that any body can do it. Mind numbingly boring, sit there all day holding the steering wheel. Sit and wait to load, sit and wait to unload.... sit sit sit sit sit. Very little action. There is massive competition with many many companies pulling van. Competition forces prices to drop.

 

Like I told you before, I don't make the rules. But I am asked to enforce them. If you don't like the site rules take it up with the site owner "WiseOne".
I'm not offended by the S word, or the F word or the rest of them. I can keep up with a sailor in that department.

I accept your criticism of my name for wagon drivers. I mostly do it to make fun of them, and then when they get unhappy about it, then its all the more fun.
I'll work on it. I'm no chicken hauler!


I've pulled vans for a couple weeks. No challenge (compared to securing freight and hauling OD loads), mind numbingly boring etc. But hey I'm glad some body likes to pull that cheap freight because I like to eat and enjoy the other goodies at the stores just as much as any body does. Thanks for being willing to give up revenue to pull a wagon.