LandStar ???

Please stop. Pretty please.

 

Well that experience alone should tell you something about what type of driver Landstar might hire. But I'm sure you know you can't judge by talking to just one person. I'd rather sit and talk with a driver I find to be knowledgeable about his company than rely solely on an internet forum where you have no idea who most of the people really are. Anyone can post anything here and some people will believe it.

If you run your truck like a business , as most definitely do not, fully researching a potential company to lease to would be called due diligence. It doesn't happen much in this job.

 

One guy kept telling me he drivers a "sleeper". I ask but what kind of truck it was and he kept saying "it's a sleeper. Has two beds"... Lol

 

At least he used sleeper instead of condo.

 

What else about lstar? U have some valuable info...tell me more.

 

Instead of leasing on with them, just become an approved carrier for them. This way you can run their loads and others as well. You should be able to see the same loads as leased operators.There will be lots of times you will be wanting to look at other boards. I have ran for Landstar for about 6 months now and 60-70% of my loads have been from CH Robinson. If you want to get $2.00/mile, that will mean that you will have to have a rate per mile at least $2.77/mile. You better be a quick draw, because when a load comes up paying that, you have 3,000 other trucks calling also. My feelings are mixed right now about Landstar, I like their setup but they have some really really poor agents and 72% is not what I want to make very long. It has been a starting place for, as I got out of trucking a few years ago and just recently got back into it. I finally bought a trailer, and will be reactivating my own authority soon. At least I'll have other options and not restricted to just Landstar board. Like some others have said, do what works best for you. Just remember, that 28% per load you are giving to Landstar adds up really fast..

 

You aren't really giving up 28 % to landstar. Trucking liability is going to run you around 10k. Thay cones out of landstars cut. Also you are assuming you will get paid the exact same as the customer would pay landstar. Even on brokered freight through ch robinson as an example. 99 times out of 100 that broker will not pay a1 truck show the same as they would pay landstar.

Basically, 100 percent of rate x is not necessarily greater than 75 percent of rate y. This becomes even more apparent when you get out of the general commodities market and into the better specialized time sensitive segments.