Crst malone

If you had a problem with one agent I don't understand why you didn't just work their system? I had several agents that I mostly worked with when I was leased to them, but I was not married to them. I know Al likes to keep his people close if you run off his board. I have no complaints about the rates or availability of freight when I was with CRST Malone. I am sorry to hear things didn't work out for you. Landstar is also a decent company and I did well with them, too. It is a much different setup than CRST Malone. If you are proactive then you should do well with them. Many who do well have a spouse who keeps an eye on the loadboard while the husband drives. It can work well if you have someone who understands how to run a truck. I ran my own truck with them and I did well. I think that I could have done better had I had someone who could have been looking for loads while I drove. There were some small things that I didn't care for with both companies, but I was always treated well and made a decent living with both of them. If I ever decided to give up my authority and lease on to another carrier, I would consider both companies. I don't see that happening. I prefer running my own show. I think that I do better on my own than I would leasing to someone.

Unfortunately, you will find both good and bad agents with any carrier. You can broker loads with Landstar and CRST Malone. With each you will need to run it through one of their agents.

 

Most companies would not do that for their drivers.

 

We've made the jump, run a couple of loads, got paid and it was EASY! Everyone is so nice, and helpful.

Al was NOT our agent. That was part of our problem. OUR agent treated Al's driver's like crap. Al was still good to us, even if our agent ignored his drivers. Hell, half the time, our agent ignored us, too.

We thought about going system, at CRST, we talked about it, often. We made the best money, working the system. In the end, it was lack of loads, the safety rating and low rates. Hubby likes oversize loads. He's booked on one that pays well, we have our permits and it won't get yanked.

I hated going to a different company. We decided months ago, to jump on May 1. LS has been FABULOUS! This time I stayed back, insisted my DH shows me everything and he takes charge. He asked me about the change. (I went to orientation at CRST with him) He was grumpy I didn't take over everything, when we moved. I just wanted him to learn. We had just started dating, when he dumped his trucking business in my lap. After 3 years, I wanted him to understand why it took two hours to scan a load and I don't get everything done in 5 minutes, sometimes.

He needed so much for his audit. I hadn't been around trucking since 1980. I put all his records in excel and organized him, for his audit. The auditor told him his records and logs were too neat. If that guy only knew what I had to decipher, from notebooks...

Hubby brought me in with his own authority. Before I knew what was happening, I did his books, went on Harvest, then we hired on to CRST. In six months, I was thrown back into trucking, learned how drive a truck, keep books and went on the road. I booked loads, and frequently had us scheduled for 3 loads, in advance. It just reached a point I could no longer do that, with CRST. I can do it, with Landstar.

Thanks for your thoughts, I really appreciate it.

 

Oddly enough, when the old man was alive, Malone would do the same for drivers.

The bar for great companies was set really high for me. That was Mayflower, circa 1972. In addition to that, our dispatcher housed us in her basement. She had a special crew. After she was promoted, she took "her guys" to her desk. She was a VP and still dispatched 6 guys. They were the "special" group. They hauled electronics and did trade shows. When Mayflower was bought out, they fired Charlotte and downgraded her drivers. My father, with all his pins, quit in a spectacular manner and was horribly depressed, for months.

He hired on to Atlas' Electronics group, sold his cabover and bought a FANCY truck. The majority of his buds retired to Hawaii, or their ranches. Trucking and truck companies changed drastically after de-regulation.

* Nothing I say is against the current Mayflower company. Besides, Mayflower has been sold at least 4 times, since my dad left, circa 1987-88.

 

Most of these major carriers were started by drivers. They mostly had an open door polciy where any driver could walk into the president of owner's office and get a problem solved. Most of the older owners have passed away or sold out. Those who turned them over to their children unfortunately didn't pass along their compassion and love for the business. Most likely have never even driven a truck.

I suppose that change is inevitable, but sometimes I think it was much better before all the changes. Deregulation certainly changed much in this industry. Lower rates, more competition and more regulations. Today's drivers are night an day different from those who started a few decades ago.

 

I almost went with North American not long after I got started in this business, but changed my mind. I would not have been surprised if the elder Malone would have helped one of his owner operators or drivers. Some of the older carriers might have done the same thing before the bean counters got involved and the founders died. Good luck with the new venture. Keep us posted.

 

To WitchingHour, I'm new to this entire trucking business. I've been researching CRST Malone. I have 2 trucks and my viewpoint is from an owner's, not a driver's. Since your original post here about CRST, what are your thoughts on the company ? Have they changed ? What should I know about how CRST works to tell my driver's should I decide to lease to CRST ? Your insight would be very much appreciated . thank you.

 

crst malone is still looking for drivers on Craigslist Atlanta.

 

CRST Malone has a large agent in Atlanta.

 

how do you send in you paperwork with crst malone. fax,trippack,?