How is step deck freight in and out of Florida?

Watch your Deadhead.Also DO NOT jump at that huge money load.Chances are it is going into no man's land with nothing coming out but Agent brains...Welcome and DO NOT be afraid to SAY NO and set boundries for yourself.Don't allow anyone to push you around and make sure you get EVERYTHING IN WRITING...Trust that...I MEAN EVERYTHING...Good luck..

 

Let me know about how the Teaming works out. I am very interested in that. Pulling a van I'm guessing?

 

GOOD LUCK! Make sure you get a load confirmation, make them email you. We tend to not have bad agents but there is always one in a bunch thats shady! even here. Didnt catch what kind of trailer you have but for steps its good going in hit N miss coming out, unless its auction time in KIssimmee or davenport. Other than that we dead head to Jacksonville or Mariana.

 

Nice.You are pulling a step deck..Good deal.Not sure if that will work as far as teams,then again i am not pulling steps.I do alot of Logistics.For future reference,you may want to ask about pulling ''government'' team loads,A@E Team loads..These used to pay teams 400-500k yearly.Many of the rates got cut a few years back,but i am sure it still pays decent.

As far as building ''relationships'' with agents,good luck with that one.Keep in mind,it is hard to work on a relationship when only one person is doing all the work.Just like being married or committed.After 20 years over here i found it was very hard to have a long term relationship with the ''agents''.

I may catch some slack for this.But DO NOT depend on ''agents'' for your future here at L/S.You will find that out soon enough.People put to much ''stock'' in this overated building relationships with agents here at Landstar.
The BEST RELATIONSHIP you could ever build is building a realationship with the ''freight lanes''.Once you got that down pat,you will be married for life.You will NEVER LOOSE once you established that.Very rare do i ever loose and i still hen peck the board.I found it much better to build my relationship with great freight lanes,the load board and the highway system out there.It has not failed me yet.

For example.I DO NOT go west of Kansas City.I DO NOT go South of Kansas City.I go as far north as Minnisota..I DO NOT go east of Albany NY.Once in a blue moon i will.Providing it is paying HUGE.I drop down to NYC and start west again from there..I just turned down a load going to Central Washington for $4.00 a mile.No Thanks..Add in the 600 mile deadhead and cheap freight,that $4.00 goes to crap.Catch my drift..Do NOT let these ‘’big money’’ loads deter you in any way,like it did me early on.I grabbed a load from KC for a whopping $3.00 a mile one time to SLC..I was stuck in SLC for 2 days and finally found one at a $1.40 at 44,000lbs..Whopp-eeee…Never again..lol,lol…

In the end believe it or not I make a killing here at L/S running ‘’short hop’’ and ‘’regional’’..I made close to $150,000 this year and I worked around 7 months…Not to shabby.I was able to have a personal life,remodel my home completely and even work on my health..It is nice to have found a ‘’balance’’ in life…If you ever need any help,do not hesitate to PM me and I will call you…Good Luck…

 

well have to agree and disagree with the building agent relations! dont know about pulling a van have never done it. but with platform and in my case mostly all OD stuff I work with about 10 agents and fill in with board loads and i do dam good this way. Most of us that have specialized trailers and steps tend to fall into clicks with agents and groups and it works well for us.
As far as team hauling A&E and sensitive cargo, Yes GOOD Money, and theres enough of it to go around just alot of BS to put up with, Talk to the office they can get you with a few of the agents that handle that. If you have can locks even better as the Military is shipping in TRI and Quad Cons more than 20 footer now. A buddy of mine just spent the money for a conasoga for his step, all the do is A&E and senstive stuff.
The money is there for the taking all you have toi do is find your nitch! Ill dig out a few agents that do Gov stuff and email them to you

 

Glad you finally found your way to the board Mike. Guess you aren't over on the BCO Forum anymore?

We do A LOT of platform and have stuff for steps with ramps. Look us up. I'll invite you to the private section. Welcome to the family!

DC, I would avoid doing that brother. I'll pm you why.