Landstar Questions

Is that how it works? You've tried it? I thought the two hour PC allowance only reset after a ten hour break.

 

No. It's based per day. Can't be under a load and you cannot be moving toward your next pickup.

 

I ask this because I plan on staying or straying not far from home, as I care for my Dad. There are a dozen cities a few hours away.
Looking at your load board on webinar & half a dozen of you BCO's phones I've talked to around here at docks, I don't see my self having any problem finding my way back Phoenix.

Thank you all for your responses.

 

Do i need to have my own truck befor i can work for landstar or do they have a lease program. Im tired of being a company driver.

 

Gotta have your own truck... no company lease purchase or deals with Quailty

 

1) How does fueling work? Do they load an amount on card per trip, or can fuel at will and it is deducted at the end of the week / trip?

2) I have two choices for orientation. Dallas or Reno. Is there any freight out of Reno?

Be going to one or the other next week.
Got all the pieces in the puzzle I believe.
Also, LS will issue me temp plates right?

Thank you.

 

Ok, where the heck are you people getting an hourly figure from? There is not a single regulation pertaining to the matter and only one guidance

Question 26: If a driver is permitted to use a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) for personal reasons, how must the driving time be recorded?

Guidance:

a driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work, time spent traveling from a driver’s home to his/her terminal (normal work reporting location), or from a driver’s terminal to his/her home, may be considered off-duty time. Similarly, time spent traveling short distances from a driver’s en route lodgings (such as en route terminals or motels) to restaurants in the vicinity of such lodgings may be considered off-duty time. The type of conveyance used from the terminal to the driver’s home, from the driver’s home to the terminal, or to restaurants in the vicinity of en route lodgings would not alter the situation unless the vehicle is laden. A driver may not operate a laden CMV as a personal conveyance. The driver who uses a motor carrier’s Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) for transportation home, and is subsequently called by the employing carrier and is then dispatched from home, would be on-duty from the time the driver leaves home.

A driver placed out of service for exceeding the requirements of the hours of service regulations may not drive a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) to any location to obtain rest

 

You can take an advance of 30% of the line haul amount plus 100% of the fuel surcharge as soon as you are dispatched. After that you buy fuel wherever you want. LS gets a pretty good fuel discount if you use the Comdata card. The discounted prices can be seen on the Comdata app so you can plan fuel for you trips .

LS will overnight you everything, plates, permits, decals, prepass, etc. prior to orientation. You'll get regular plates, not temps. You'll need to bring you truck, decals applied, to Orientation. You'll get your Qualcomm installed there. Then you're in business.

Don't know about freight out of Reno. Texas is not the best freight area, but freight can be found there.

 

It has nothing to do with regulation. The two hours per day is Landstar's policy.

 

Tyvm. If I could trouble you for one more thing.
Do you know a time frame for them to send all that once they receive the documents? The final piece of the puzzle was the inspection, and I got that yesterday.