When I first got my authority 7 years ago landstar was my first customer and was that way for my first 18 months.
After that I started hauling for other companies and seen how LITTLE they were paying in lots of cases.
The past year I've noticed most of the loads they have are double/triple brokered and getting a TONU when they screw up is worse than any other
broker out there and there loads pay less in most cases than anyone Else's. Is this just something to the area I'm in or has anyone else noticed the same?
I still say landstar is a good starter company but that's about it as I don't see them as a way to make a really good profit.
I truly believe landstar is becoming a bottom feeder operation
Anyone else notice landstar becoming TQL #2 ?
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Almost gotta pay them to haul there cheap stuff ain't even worth the phone call. Unless you want amusement for the day.
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They have been double brokering quite a bit lately. I have a VA-PA run 337M I usually pay $925 to move. I received 3 Landstar invoices the other day with 3 different carriers, that hauled it for $825. And 2 of those carriers were on our Blacklist . When I tender over a load to Landstar, I expect a Landstar driver to haul it. I don't want a cheap carriers with poor CSA scores hauling our freight.
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make a carrier look really unsafe when that's not the case. I have no violations on my record but have never checked my score. Might I suggest before you black list a carrier that otherwise may appear good to find out the true facts and not look at king ray-ray's useless site totally. Why help landstar in their quest to make every O/O inti one of their minions (bco)?aiwiron Thanks this. -
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I think they are trying to keep the freight OFF Landstar trucks to clean up their CSA basics because they were over threshold on some basics a while back.
I used them quite a bit in the past also, but more and more agents have turned into liars and cheats. I am not a warehouse for their freight screw ups and I will not hold it for free without a detention agreement. Worst part is Jacksonville backs up the scum bag agents.
If they treat their O/O's the same way they treated me lately, no wonder they have the CSA scores they do. Who else would work for them?
I wonder why they went to mandatory E-logs 58% HOS basic. HAHAHHAHAHAHA.
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I even had one of their agents reduce the rate agreement from $1200 to $1000. Even sent me a new rate agreement to sign. Jacksonville called and said they withhold payment on ALL my outstading invoices until I signed the new (lower) rate agreement. Bottom of the barrel these clowns are.
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