Leased on O/O - Georgia

Use their insurance, cheaper.
Local, good luck, reginal most likely, try j b hunt
Their load boards or dat, free load boards. Truck smarter direct......

 

I'm leased onto Landstar with 2 platform specialized trailers.

You can keep your own physical damage insurance, they don't care. Their insurance provider is Gallagher, and I saved about 40% sourcing my own underwritten by Great West.

Cargo and liability is covered, you almost have to use Gallagher for the bobtail/unladen, they have a strict set of parameters that most won't honor. It is $31 a week.

I'm in MO which requires work comp - that's $33/week. Not sure about GA, if it applies in your state.

LS has 7500 trucks, 5,000 of which are van pullers. 65% of linehaul to your tractor, 7% to your trailer if it's yours - or you can pull one of theirs. 100% of FSC. Mercer has a lesser truck count. Bennett is focused more on government/defense/AA&E - and teams, and about 2500 trucks.

LS has an internal load board, and I would have to know your trailer type and area, but I'd guess that given your requirements, you'd probably do OK on filling out a week with a few short hops, motel nights when you have to. The bigger REVENUE may be OTR, but not necessarily the most profitable.

LS load board is 70% filled with double posted junk from agents outside the US - but when you do find actual agents, and do a good job for them, you can fall into steady work that just relies on you to cover their needs. LS still has a lot of 'specialized' customers - but you won't see them posted on the board often.

 

Cheep. Ls

 

In the Georgia area, or van freight, or just Landstar?

Are you leased on there or at one of the others the OP asked about?

It's OK to use complete sentences in response too - I think the OP can understand.

 

Ehhh - they don't have a lot of reefer freight, you'd be best to approach your buddy and have him do an in-depth lane match and load search by trailer type to see what does ship.

Lane match reveals what is not posted on the board, in past tense, but has enough details to allow you to solicit the agents with your equipment type.

The other questions - it's a longer conversation.

An acquaintance down the road from me used to run his own reefer with them - he did OK but had come from a company job and had a mentality that matched, if that makes sense.