Anyone else notice landstar becoming TQL #2 ?

Almost gotta pay them to haul there cheap stuff ain't even worth the phone call. Unless you want amusement for the day.

 

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.

 

Did you tell Landstar that you dont want a CSA score of "---" or worse hauling your freight?

 

Have you told your agent that you only want Landstar trucks? Landstar has a huge brokerage as well as the actual carrier side. We have many customers that require only Landstar trucks move their freight.

 

I picked up more business from direct shippers because of that same issue with other brokerage firms as well, I showed them my scores and rating and they gave it to me direct since the brokered loads were going to fly by nights and low ball and low score haulers.

 

That's funny. I see someone's been drinking the Landstar Kool Aid while they read the propaganda. Have you checked their CSA scores?

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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[TD="class: snapshotHeader, colspan: 8"]csa basics (As Of 04/02/13)
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[TD="class: csaUD, colspan: 2"]Unsafe Driving 22.1%[/TD]
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[TD="class: csaFD, colspan: 2"]HOS Compliance 58.1%[/TD]
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[TD="class: csaDF, colspan: 2"]Driver Fitness 25.8%[/TD]
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[TD="class: csaCS, colspan: 2"]Subst/Alcohol 3.9%[/TD]
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[TD="class: csaVM, colspan: 2"]Vehicle Maint. 57.3%[/TD]
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That's exactly correct. They ARE worse than any other broker for TONU.

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.