Is Leasing on to Landstar really this hard?

you could drive for a fleet owner.

 

I called up landstar and they sent me an excel spreadsheet list of some fleet owners. A very short list. And they were pretty much all for straight trucks.

 

If you are approved at Landstar i can possibly get you a name / # of owners looking for drivers here for van...

 

Get approved first.
Then buy the truck

 

You can get on dedicated walmart here at Landstar but then your kind of at their mercy. I like doing what i want.

 

Well, I'm used to being at a company's mercy. lol It's nothing to do it for a little while longer while I save for my own truck.

And I AM approved with Landstar so any help you can provide would be most appreciated.

 

It took me 3 months to get qualified at Landstar. I applied Oct 7th 2015. On Jan 18th 2016 I drove 200 miles to have satellite installed. .I then drove another 500 miles @.65 per mile to pick my trailer. I did receive an email from recruiting apologizing for the lengthy qualification delay. Too little too late as I have already applied at another company. Yes, I am disappointed with Landstar and their lengthy qualification process, but I'm more disappointed in my self for allowing this to happen.

 

So you went through all that, had the satellite installed, bob tailed that far to get a trailer, Then Quit ?

Which qualification center did your app ? StarQual in Rockford?

 

Yes, regretfully I went through all that and no I haven't officially quit Landstar as yet however, I will notify them this Monday.. Don't know who did the app but the area code is 817 so I assume its Fort Worth Tx?
The good news is that I have found a company that will qualify me in 3-4 days. This new company is better for me as I will be traveling to the same 10-15 customers mostly here in Ontario and Michigan. So its semi dedicated but not auto parts, I will never haul auto parts again but that's another story.

 

Took about 3 months for me too.