Hi
First of all, I want to state that I'm not advertising myself in any way. I'm just hoping to share some opinions with Landstar BCOs directly.
If you have any questions you would like to ask me as an agent, please feel free to comment on this thread and I'll be happy to reply.
I would also like to ask all the BCOs here if you rather prefer having a dedicated agent or going off the load board yourselves?
Have a good day everyone!
Ask a Landstar agent?
Discussion in 'Landstar' started by d.landstar, Jun 16, 2021.
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20 years nearly with LandStar as both an approved carrier and BCO. I prefer a lil bit of both actually. I have agents that call me when they have loads upcoming and i pick what i want before they post to the board. However, sometimes i get some pretty good stuff come across my load alerts.
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What I do think is wrong on the other hand is when a BCO works dedicated with me for some time and then cancels the load on me last minute just to earn an extra couple hundred bucks on a different load off the board. I can't believe that those guys sometimes have the audacity to give me a call next week asking about the very same loads they canceled on me. I've got a 0% tolerance for things like that - that kind of behavior gets me blacklisted with my customers and drowns years/months of effort I put in on developing those relationships.
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Are you only hauling direct freight or you also go through 3PL companies with your agents?
I much rather prefer working with the same pool of drivers than cold calling trucks all day and posting my load in 10 different ways trying to get it covered. I think Landstar should do a better job on educating BCOs as to how beneficial relations with agents can be to both sides.Speed_Drums, TheLoadOut, Stray_Dog and 1 other person Thank this. -
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I helped one network a couple of months back, organized other drivers to get jobs done - then a couple of weeks later did $15k with him.
I’ve heard plenty of stories of trash BCO’s lying and screwing up agents freight - stupid muppets don’t realize it’s pretty easy to get caught in a lie - there’s a system that can tell you all sorts of information about whereabouts of an operator.
I typically haul direct, or known 3PL - it may just bill through a third source, but the priority is that the agent -
Knows the freight and customer completely.
Answers the phone 24/7
Never lies to me.
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the redundant load postings, failure to remove loads after they have been booked and racing to the bottom on the rate are things that i look at. even had one agency tell me that he could give me the load but if the load is posted for less then he will have to book for the lower rate. those guys go onto the "do not call list" and get blocked from calling me again and the list get passed around in the BCO group on Fascistbook. i have a list of agents that call me and i stay in certain areas where i can keep moving. another thing i have noticed lately is when one agent posts a load for "Waco, Tx" and another posts the same load but from another city in the vicinity.
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On the other hand I do understand your comment completely as I am well aware of the shady practices some agents use with BCO drivers. I don't condone that behavior in any way. Matter of fact, I'll be happy to inform you about the things to watch out for when dealing with agents.
Last thing I want to state is that I'm not frustrated with BCOs who call in for the first time and then fall off the load for a higher paying one - that's understandable. I'm talking about drivers who were running dedicated weeks with me and then bailed out last minute for a couple hundred bucks extra.
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