Landstar Questions

I have done all 10 tires throught LCAPP. Not all at the same time, but Landstar took a set amount weekly for up to ten weeks on the drives and five weeks on my steers. I did have a road side breakdown recently and they advanced me the money while I was sitting on the side of the road to pay the bill. Then spread it out over five weeks as well. So far Landstar has impressed me. Everytime I talk to them I find out something else good about them.

 

Anyone have info on teams at Landstar? My buddy and I have been running for a company for about a year. We work well together. From all the guys I have talked to they say the teams are killing it. Is that so? Seems to be the advantage of a team is we don't stop and get the hot shot loads. We have also been looking at trucks. What engine do you guys prefer? We are looking at trucks with the ISX or the Detroit. On another note we have gotten a good lead on an agent at Landstar. I hear that that is one of the ways to get the high paying loads. To have a good agent contact. What are the start up costs there also. I'm not talking about the truck itself, I mean the fees or whatever they charge you up front. Any info is appreciated. Thanks!

 

I know there are a lot of loads that I could deliver early at Landstar if I were a team. If you came over to Landstar it may take 3-12 months to learn which lanes and/or agents have the best team freight. Whatever you do dont start in the first quarter of the year. That's the slow time and I started in February so most BCO's I talked with out on the road told me just hack it out until May or so and things will get better and it did. Now I have been with Landsat for almost a year and a half and its easy for me to line out freight for myself two weeks in advance.

 

I ran team on the A&E fleet for most of my time at Landstar. It is harder to do well I think as a team because Landstar doesn't really have 24/7 capabilities. You book your loads and most agents go home at 5pm so if you don't have a reload by then you wait overnight. Wasted time because of that and not having a load that runs you through the weekend kill the productivity of a team. If you are on the A&E fleet then you have access to better paying loadsthat mitigate some of your lost time but then hauling explosives has it's own set of pain in the butt. If you have never hauled explosives before at one of the other 5 or 6 primary explosive haulers then Landstar won't let you on the fleet till you have been leased on for at least a uear with a perfect driving record. Teams can stay pretty busy hauling Fedex freight and some do Walmart runs as well.

 

As someone who has been out here, 30 yrs, she is 200% correct, we need to quit driving rolling sweat shops.

 

You go CHUBBYBUNNY

 

Just wondered, do you have your own trailer, if not where do you store your equipment?

 

Your correct, by the time you start and stop, eat up time, it would be better to pay the toll.

 

More like scuba gear.

 

Very well put, sound advice