Landstar is getting cheap.

CGI doesn’t cancel the load.... that’s Fed ex or whatever LTL carrier that they book a load for that cancels.

RVW is big in automotive, if a supplier doesn’t have the load ready or they cancel the order, not much they can do.

 

Sorry dumb phone

As for CGI that is why I said they are suspicious. I've never had a FedEx load cancel but I do not usually work with CGI to get them.
RVW on the other hand: I was told by the agent when they called to cancel less than 8 hours ahead of time in the middle of the night that it was a regular occurrence for the particular load to cancel between 11:28 and 11:29 at night. 11:30 is 8 hours which is when they have to start paying tonu. That is need to know information and not telling drivers ahead of time is not acceptable. I would not have accepted their load and I definitely would not have booked one at the destination. Its ridiculous that RVW puts up with it from the customer, but it is on them to inform the drivers of the situation.

 

Well could you please list the good agents for us?

 

Not really getting the hostility for wanting to call out agents that cause unnecessary problems. Booking loads that often cancel or that you don't even have yet costs everyone money. The driver, landstar, and other agents. It only works because there are a surplus of drivers to burn and landstar is short sighted

I was actually thinking about an app with a rating system that tracked particular problems. If they are a good agent they would have a clean record.

VAK only a minor issue out of 6 loads
CTU ok, hide your pet (chem plants mostly)
JIX ok, only one load so far
Want me to go through my loads from the last month? Are you friendly with one the guys I called out?

 

I don't know any of those guys.

 

Fls
Jbx
Sid
No issues (all limited dealings)

Yos never again (long story but read fine print on their loads, it may cost you 400 miles out of route for free)

I really wish I could remember some of the ones I have enjoyed working with. Unfortunately I run nationwide and dont end up with the same ones very often and I'm horrible with names. There are a few I've learned how to deal with and what to expect (pueblo chem loads)
The good ones with good lanes dont need much mention. Guys find them and tend to stick with them. If an agent is good overall but has a bad customer the prudent thing to do would be to drop that customer until they get their act together or inform drivers ahead of time. Instead many will take any customer they can get for a chance to make a few extra bucks, even if it may screw drivers over occasionally. Or post loads before they have them so they can make sure they have a driver if the load happens. If it doesn't again, the agent loses nothing while the driver gets burned. Those agents need to be reported and clean up their act. Get rid of the bad and then all agents would be good agents to work for

 

I really wished you could remember some of the ones you've really enjoyed as well.

Here's where I am with agent relationships. There are two I pull for that I would consider outstanding, have one of those loads right now, that I have gotten into HEATED arguments with.

Now, these are two that I would consider really good, and stuff still happens.

It's the nature of the beast.

Now there's a half dozen, mostly female, that I have identified on my phone with various curse words. Some I just block.

Now there's two agencies that are almost all women, that are outstanding, but they are ruthless business women.

It's just business.

If you feel the hair stand up on your neck, you don't have to be rude when you just hang up, just hang up.

Everybody takes it in the ### at times.

 

Yeah I have great weeks and I have crap weeks. The first three I mentioned were within one week. Two last minute cancels in a row then one slipped (2 days before when she accidently called a day early to cancel) and let me know that she wouldnt actually know if she was going to get the load I was booked on (5 days ahead) until the day before, I booked something else and didn't bother answering when they called to cancel the next day.

Yeah I have great weeks and I have crap weeks. The first three I mentioned were within one week. Two last minute cancels in a row then one slipped (2 days before when she accidently called a day early to cancel) and let me know that she wouldnt actually know if she was going to get the load I was booked on (5 days ahead) until the day before, I booked something else and didn't bother answering when they called to cancel the next day.

PEO Was good to me when a customer got screwy and changed the address several times, after I showed up.

AUL on the other hand (probably part of AUS but havent verified) will flat out lie about paying extra (out of pocket load shift due to customer mistake) I still take his when I have to get out of Denver but I learned not to count on anything not on the original bill and to set my own appointments

 

Joilet IL to Chesapeake VA; roughly 900 miles, tolls for the better route and multiple stops. Let's say two days to clear that run. What do you quote for that? 2k plus tolls and fuel? Or more? 3k total minimum?

 

It's 4:45am in Chicago right now... So there isn't much posted... but there is a Napoleon, OH to Manassas, VA up for 2050.... So I sincerely doubt that Chicago should pay 2k. I'd be pretty unhappy doing less than 2.50 a mile on a 900 mile run out of Chicago to anywhere that isn't a few specific hot markets. VA isn't one of them.