Landstar inspection sites- good or bad ones?

Never heard that one, my extinguisher is in the side box too. No handle on it, it opens by cable from inside the drivers door. Never had a problem with a DOT inspection, maybe it is a LS rule. They do have some strange ones.

 

How much did it cost?

 

Usually around $50 for the first one. After that LS pays for them as long as you pass. If you fail, you pay for it

 

Back in the 80's when I built my IH 4300 Glider Kit,my first trip out with it,was to California.Was with Consolidated Freightways then.Got DOT inspected by Ca.,at the west bound bug check at Truckee,this was before they built the permanent scale there.Creeper cop went all over my rig,the only thing he could find wrong was ,I didn't have a "Fire Extinguisher Inside" decal on my side box door.Was pretty proud that's all he could find with my homemade truck.Gave me a fix-it ticket,no fine,but you have to take care of it.Bought the decal at the truckstop,got the ticket signed off at the scales on the way back east.

 

If you are late for your inspection,you pay,too.

 

You have to be really late though. Like really really late. The only time I got charged was when I was over a month late. I'm normally a week or two late depending on my home time.

 

Ok,in 15 years with Inway HH,I was never late with their insp.,they always warned me,that was good enough for me.

 

They created the monster by making you have the truck fixed at the inspection site, or towed. I hear about unscrupulous sites all the time on FB. I only go to one site for inspections, except when I've bought trailers, which only reinforced my perception. I took over a BCO's trailer from LCAPP 5 or so years ago. Brought it to the Carlisle Petro for the prelease. It needed two tires and I had the lcapp p.o. for them. Mechanic tried to fail trailer for the two tires, even though they were on the workorder to replace. I don't need nonsense like that.

 

Southeast trailer is the only place I go for inspections. They have been good to me.

 

Fleet Equipment in Memphis is very good also.