Question: Fees to Alaska?

Hey - how are things on the van side at LS right now, I occasionally look but I do platform. It's been real quiet around here.

 

Why would you go up for so little. You can do better staying in the lower 48 with less risk. Quit getting excited seeing the big gross amounts.

 

As a Canadian I always ran US rules while running international unless staying in Canada for the week. The only things I had to watch is the "24 off at least once in 14 days" rule and the 36 hour reset instead of 34hours.

 

Here’s some reading for you.
Trip Dallas, TX to Anchorage, AK

Running produce to Alaska

 

Landstar gets a 35% broker fee???
Seriously....why would any o/o do that...what do they offer to full time contractors to even begin to justify that???

 

No LS gives the rest to you of what they get for the load, you are not giving up anything, they are the source of the load.

 

In your op you said what you’d be paid After Landstar takes Their 35% cut
Do your getting .65 on the dollar of actual load rate.....
Standard Reputable broker fee is 8% mind you I said reputable.
So I ask again....What does Landstar Give their contractors...that justifies 35%

 

For many people they probably have access to loads that don’t hit the load boards.

 

Are the rules different if you run on the Can-Am Hwy from border to border? I never have been in Canada.

 

If your not allowed in Canada now and your thinking of working on it….. I’ll assume you have a record and Canada won’t let you in. Good luck on getting that fixed , it can be done but it’s quite a process. And you’ll probably need an immigration lawyer…….

p.s. those rates ain’t high enough for those runs……