Landstar Questions

What is the difference between Landstar Inway and Landstar Ranger,

 

Operating authority, mainly. Few hundred more trucks with Ranger, than Inway, also.

 

Ranger is the elite division. Only the best drivers, like me!

No difference really. There used to be Gemini, Ligon, and a couple more, but they consolidated down to two.

 

Does Landstar pay for trailer washouts on its dry vans? How about the exterior of the trailer?

 

LS will pay for an occassional trailer wash, but, I don't know the schedule anymore. Washouts would be on the BCO, I'm pretty sure.

 

Trailer washout......OMG that's funny.................most of these new age door swingin' drop & hookers don't even own a broom!!!!

 

Contrary to your assumption, a dry van will occasionally need to be washed out. Example: hauled a load of very fine sand packages in 50# bags. There was residue on the floor a broom just would not completely catch. Next load was food grade. Shipper would not load till ALL of the ground in sand was gone. Guess what had to be done.

 

Yes, I'm well aware of that.....I have had my van washed out more than once but I own it therefore I pay for the washout. LS will let you take the company vans through a Blue Beacon every so often but as far as a washout I dunno, I guess if the shipper requires it and LS wants the load hauled either them or the agent would pay for it or maybe scan in the receipt and they reimburse......

My point before was most of these new drivers don't care about the next guy, they drop trailers with bad lights, bad tires, broken wires hanging down, etc etc and leave all the grief for the next BCO who comes along.....so if they will do that the last thing I would expect is for them to leave the trailer clean....a lot of the D&H shippers/recievers are the same way.

 

There is an agent I cant remember his code but i know his name is Bill. I know he use to be Gemini. They have drivers that pull containers out of ports on chassis just like all the other container companies on chassis. But these drivers do this daily....

 

Im a landstar bco and I am wondering if landstar has any rules about hauling cars in a dry van. Thanks for any help.