Why pay Landstar over 30% of the load when you can have 100% with your own numbers?

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  1. Midnightrider909

    Midnightrider909 Road Train Member

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    I have looked into Landstar and they basically have their own board that you can pick up loads off of or you can work with their agents which are basically brokers. You could get your own numbers and do the same thing and keep 100%. Why does anybody lease on to Landstar and give them 30%? I can see the point if you have to use their trailers but if you can afford your own I would think you would be shooting yourself in the foot every day that you paid them a 30% cut.
     
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  3. Brickwall

    Brickwall Light Load Member

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    I don't hear too many good things about Landstar anymore. I'm leased onto Leonards Express, and make 72%. I feel like I'm getting a lot for my money
     
  4. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    Well it depends. @Old Man has solid thoughts on this.

    Pulling a company van at 65% - in times where the rates are down, I think it's a struggle. Right now they're doing fine - a van guy I know is pulling Amazon freight 4 days a week at $2.40/mile to the truck after the cut. Good for him. Last couple of years - I would have advised a top paying company gig.

    If you own your own trailer - platform, at 73% - you give up 27% or less. Better option in my opinion.

    You'd have to compare the apples to apples on insurance and all other costs for a better idea.
     
  5. Ridgeline

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    Why?

    Because you don't have to chase the money, you get paid no matter if they collect or not.
     
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  6. Brickwall

    Brickwall Light Load Member

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    Very good point. Being leased on go someone means free factoring.
     
  7. Midnightrider909

    Midnightrider909 Road Train Member

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    30% is a lot to pay for factoring.
     
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    Not to mention that when leased to a company like landstar, you get x percentage of the full Monty. Most guys that go on their own just pull for a broker instead of the carrier. Brokers don't work for free, they will keep as big a slice of the pie as possible, in many cases its just as much as the carrier would of kept, if not more. I can't count how many times a guy has walked up to me while loading bragging how he got x dollars browsing the load from the carrier I'm leased to and how bad they are screwing me. The number is rarely more than 50 bucks more than im getting. For 50 bucks a load ill happily let the carrier pay the liability insurance, front the fuel money, handy all paperwork and legal requirements, and get my money with in 24 hours of delivering.
     
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  9. Midnightrider909

    Midnightrider909 Road Train Member

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    So your saying a broker would just keep more of the take if you have your own authority?
     
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  10. Brickwall

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    factoring, trailer maintenance and rent, cargo insurance and liability, dispatching, fuel card, you get a lot more than just factoring
     
  11. Tb0n3

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    Maybe the 18% my company would take isn't that bad after all.
     
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