Landstar practice

Dont get me wrong please, but its your fault as well. Before doing anything, not just trucking, you should always read your rights. In this case, if you read Landstar rules and regulations, you would know that you have every right to ask for TONU and even report the agent. I do know that some of the agents are terrible, and I totally agree with you on that part, but as in any work, you have good guys and terrible ones.

 

I’m sad to hear that you had a bad experience, I hope you did find better company where you see yourself and that it’s going great for you. As for me, I’m working at Landstar as Agent/Transport Coordinator, and tje reason why I joined this forum is beacuse I noticed a lot of people complaining about some stuff that are not strict, so just wanted to give a heads up when I can.

 

The agents (brokers) at Landstar do not know how long you’ve been there unless you tell them, so from that side of things it has nothing to do with being new. There are some terrible agents, and some terrible loads, just like everywhere else. I agree that you’ll get crickets if you report an agent, and that’s because Landstar is just a big master broker so they protect their own brokers. Nothing you can do about that though except create your own black list and understand that no great driver will ever be more important than a garbage agent.

Some loads you have to learn about the hard way. Watermelons are a perfect example... anyone that’s hauled them once could’ve told you it was a mistake to book that load. You also should’ve known to ask about detention pay before you booked that or any other load in case of a delay.

How could you mess up the paperwork? All you have to do is write your truck, trailer, and trip numbers on the top page and send it in.

I’ve been at Landstar for five years, and I do very well here. The first 6-12 months aren’t the best, as there’s a lot to learn and not a lot of help learning it. Experience is the only thing that will help you succeed as an O/O with Landstar or any other company, and it sounds like you weren’t willing to accept that learning curve. No one starts at the top, sorry.

 

Detention / Tonu

That was exactly my point, if you read you will see that you have right to as detention (depends on the customer, but in 90% detention can be requested after 2 hours. As for tonu, that is a MUST.

Watermelon

I totally agree with you. If you see a good load on Landstar board, you should ALWAYS ask the agent whats the commodity. Try to stay away from watermelons/bees - things that can screw up your trailer

Agents

I do not agree with you on that part. Trust me, BCO drivers can do a lot when it comes to bad agents, especially the ones that are spamming the board with fake prices (posted for 4k, driver calls, oh its 3,600 for example). After you call CS trust me, they will submit report on that agency.

 

Produce loads show as commodity type "Exempt".

Bees? Don't they always go on a flatbed?