Can I Make It at Mercer?

HalpinUout · Apr 20, 2017

MOGLAR said: ↑

Yup...... its the lesser of 3 evils for the moment. However.....its not a whine....its letting people know the sneaky under pinnings of Mercer. Now Mercer is not quite as bad as Landstar. Landstar is far more devious in their ways.

People should not think that Mercer is all lollipop dreams and teddy bear lunches. This is why Mercer throws adds all over the place.....to keep the owner operator mill fed.
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You were leased on to Landstar in the past?

mickeymouseclub · Apr 21, 2017

MOGLAR said: ↑

Many of the fancy Mercer trucks are usually husband and wife teams and they pull many secure/DOD loads. That is all they pull for the most part.

They wont wind up on goat trails, skinny deep docks and other areas. Some have been there so long and usually have dedicated runs set up. No problem with that at all.

Knowing the ropes is kind of a two way street. For example....if you pull a load to Arizona or California for $3,000 dont whine when you sit there for 5 days and cant get out. There are areas that make no sense to go to unless you are one of their favorites (this is the other part of knowing the so called ropes). Then you will have everything set up for you all nice. Lots of shell games played here also. Knowing the ropes is knowing about all the game playing and buddy hustling that goes on. Not to mention the majority of the loads are just cut and pasted off other load boards and carrier load boards (CRST, ATS, TQL, Landstar, CH Robinson, Quality Logistics, DAT, JB Hunt, Schneider, Daily Express.....I can go on and on). That is why many of the Mercer load rates are in the toilet.

I will tell you this much. Landstar is far worse.

I can put it this way. Going to Mercer is suicide and so is going to Landstar. It is basically if you want to bleed to death (Mercer) or jump off a building (Landstar). That is the best way I can put it.
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so how long were you leased to landstar? also how can you tell on load board where the load was pasted from?

RStewart · Apr 23, 2017

That guy must be making all kinds of money since he has it all figured out. I bet he can really work the system.

nikondvr · Apr 30, 2017

Blind Driver said: ↑

Why should I care how much it cost the contractor to fix his poorly maintained truck?

It forced me to sit and cost me a bunch of money in lost wages.
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