Fuel surcharge ?

If you are paying for the fuel you should be getting the fuel surcharge 100%

 

fuel surcharge is 100 % to truck. around 50 cents per mile or whatever the rate may be. and comes out of the rate before anything else.

landstar takes a cut AFTER the fuel surcharge. your buddy would take 10 % of whats left.

that's how it works with us, anyways. but with no buddy involved.

and we're paying 1/3 of what your paying for insurance.

so if the load was $1000. miles were 500. X $.50 would be $250.

$1000 - $250 fuel surchage leaves $750 LINEHAUL. landstar would take $187.50 of the $750. leaves you with a linehaul of $562.50 + $250 fuel surcharge.

that's with 25%. if landstar takes that much.

$812.50 to the truck.

do you actually see the load confirmations? rate sheets? and actually pick the loads????

 

90% of the load is what you're getting? Regardless of whether or not he keeps 10% of the LS fuel surcharge, you're getting a good deal running under his authority. Don't sweat it. $1K/month for insurance isn't out of line either, IMO.

I gather that you're not a Landstar BCO. If that's the case, then the Landstar agent's rate is all-in, and there is no FSC - even if they list it on the rate confirmation as such.

When I negotiate rates with brokers, they give me an all inclusive rate. When they generate a rate confirmation, sometimes they list a 'linehaul' rate and a 'fuel surcharge', which when added together equal our negotiated rate amount. It's my understanding that they issue the rate confirmation that way for internal bookkeeping purposes. As far as I'm concerned, it's all rolled into a single rate.

 

Did you not read you're lease is it 90% of gross,or is it 90% of linehaul plus surcharge?

 

Sounds like he taking 10% of the load pay which he's doing the work and taking time to do the load booking. He's not gonna do it for free. Long as he's not taking the surcharge

 

The 'other guy' is snowwy. If you read some of his other posts, you'll quickly discover that the information that he provides is rarely accurate.

 

Not that I am a fan of snowy...and I have nothing against him...but he is 100% correct on the linehaul fuel breakdown and he is also 100% correct that $1000 a month for insurance is insane...

......but I guess you would have to actually own a truck to realize that...but you are correct in stating that not all brokers breakdown FSC and linehaul and the op would need to check the terms of his contract to make sure its 10% of the gross or 10% of linehaul + 100% FSC in the wording seems minor but makes a major difference...in that case the "owner" would be required to breakout a FSC as snowwy explained on every load because most brokers give you a flat rate