Landstar Questions

why does it take so much time to get leased on with landstar? why has it taken 2 to 4 weeks to get on?

 

I don't know a good reason why it takes so long other than they are very thorough in their background checks. I believe they have been using a third party to do their checks for some years. They may own the company, but it does seem to take much longer than most other carriers. With most carriers, you can get on within a couple of days. Sometimes, delays can occur when former employers don't fax back employment confirmations. Landstar won't approve a new driver or owner operator until they confirm past employment. I believe that when I leased to them that they still checked everyone in-house.

 

I applied on 9 JAN 12 and was in orientation on 16 JAN 12.... PSU in Dallas did my packet and everything went smooth... So far it has been awesome here... I own a pete with a 48 flatbed and doing way better then where I was at before...

If it stays like it has been the last 2 weeks I will be doubling my income this year.

 

They are very thorough. Just keep following up with them to show your interest. Good luck to you!

 

I checked out Landstar...the snapshot that they email you...it only shows the highest rates....
When I checked their actual rates on their BCO load-board
( avail. only to BCO's)..

FOR DRY VAN, USING YOUR OWN TRAILER...

over 89% of the loads were paying (on average, to the BCO) $1.35/m plus fsc...so say...$1.43-$1.51/m ...
this search was completed 5 times( 5 different area's of the country, with a 500 mile radius ON EACH SEARCH).

Only about 11% of all of those loads were paying BETTER
( over $2.00/m to the BCO) ...and they were booked very fast, booked in less than 6min..

This was for dry van, owning your own trailer...
this was about Oct. 2011...and so I hear,as of Jan.2012...things are about the same.


crusin

 

Just so I have this strait, the 1.35 was before they took their cut or after? In other words was the 1.35 + FSC to the truck? I have been trying to find out how much I can expect to the truck on average prior to fsc and after fsc, but so far havent been able to get a strait answer. If I knew I could get on average a minimum of 1.45 or more to the truck I would lease there tomorrow. Just for the freedom of not having a dispatcher.

 

It all depends where it's coming out of friend. It also depends on the customer. Most of ours go the national FSC. Landstar has their own FSC that's usually higher than the national. It's overall a good place. It's just not for your average every day steering wheel holder that can't think two steps ahead at all times. As you said. There's no dispatchers or load planners to do the back end stuff for you. The miles and money you make are all on you, so if you have a low paying week, there's no one to blame but yourself.