Landstar Reefer

I'm With @Dave_in_AZ on this one.

1) Run their van for a few months to get a feel for the freight that you run.

2) Set up load alerts for refer freight in your area that goes to your E-mail so you can get a feel for refer freight.

3) get hold of the agents that are posting refer loads and "lane match" to find those that do not post loads on the board to get a better feel for if it is a good move.

Refer trailers tend to weigh more than a box cutting your weight capacity which may kill your ability to get a load out of a bad area. No loads that require nailing into the floor (unless you get a wood floor refer). Some loads that have wheeled cases (like trade show) may turn you down.

Refer opens you up to "keep from freezing" loads and the nice paying Haz TC loads.


I purchased my van after 6 months running a Landstar trailer because I rarely ended up doing drop and hook.

 

You'll see whyou when you get there. Landstar's load board is a plethora of information and research tools.

Depends how you intend on running as well.

Balls to the walls road savage?

Maybe you wanna do more of a regional.

Maybe something more dedicated or laid back.

There's a bunch of directions you can go.

Reefer is a fraction of what the van is though.

The load I'm doing right now is FedEx load all the way from back east. I drop MT, hook their loaded, sealed trailer ( which is a regular Landstar trailer ) drive to Phoenix, drop it, hook empty, bye, pay me.

This actually had a double drop / double pick in two parts, cause I delivered to one, then hooked this one to keep going.

This load was booked two weeks ago.

So you gotta be able to plan. Your truck has to be running good.

Nobody gonna wanna hear you say I don't have hours or any BS.

I started this Thursday. I'll deliver it one day early ( tommorow ).

After fuel, Landstar, truck & maintenance for 5 days, I'll net about $3,000. And I'll be 12 miles from the house, which is where I'm going lol.

I'm already turning down people calling with $4 mile freight cause I need some R&R, and truck needs some things.

Now if you wanna mess with some guy counting and pinching tomatoes for 4 hours, more power to you.

They freight we do will blow your mind.

Me, I only do dog food & bottled water.

 

With your own reefer here at LS... it’s more than 3%.... it’s more like 9 I believe

 

I can tell you a lot more about what reefer has available and where and such later next week.

I study the load board as kind of a hobby I guess. I can tell you anything you wanna know about van. I study it weeks out, all around the country.

It would take a solid $1 mile more, maybe even more than that, a mile to get me to do it.

Just the hassle. Dry van, especially the direct customers, is just so so much less grief.

 

That must be some prime dog food to be shipping Fed-ex @Dave_in_AZ.

@kbarttt will you be doing team or solo?

Also, Just a heads up, quite a bit of stuff going through SLC for Boeing. If American citizen, carry proof of citizenship (Enhanced license, passport, birth cert......) sometimes needed for access to some companies.

 

That's not a hobby for you, It's way past that and into obsession territory.