Loads with landstar

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  1. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

    HillbillyDeluxeTruck Road Train Member

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    Bet $50 in his hand would've got you a trailer. Everything is a game, I play with no rules because I wanna win at any cost.

    Edit: And no one forced anyone to haul cheap freight. I DH hundreds of miles a week because I don't haul freight for a couple of our dispatchers. Nothing against them, but the freight doesnt pay enough for me to waste the time. Guess what? After a month of not running their cheap loads, I somehow started getting loads that paid 3x's as much.
     
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  3. slow.rider

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    When did this happen? I ran into a similar scenario last time I was in Laredo. Curious if it was part of that.
     
  4. Brandt

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    That's why he got fired for doing stuff like that. I stopped going to Laredo. Agent called me with good paying load to Laredo. I said no, it not worth the trailer problem in Laredo. He said he could get me empty. I asked how because I told him about the 3-4 day waiting list and stuff. That guy Eirne in charge of the trailer list in Laredo was his cousin. He said stop in and see him and I would get a trailer. Sure enough I got empty trailer
     
  5. slow.rider

    slow.rider Road Train Member

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    When did he get canned?
     
  6. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    There are no empties in Laredo.
     
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  7. Dave_in_AZ

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    Go read Landstar So Far thread.
     
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  8. Brandt

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    That was 5 years ago when I was at Landstar. They had some good loads out of Laredo like alcohol or preloaded trailers of new grocery store refrigerated cases or freezers. I always had problem they would not give me the load unless I had empty trailer. I did not have trailer because the one I took to Laredo went to Mexico
     
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  9. Vitkouski

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  10. Antinomian

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    Don't use Laredo as an example of what it's like to run for Landstar. Nothing about Landstar is like Laredo except Laredo. I never go there unless I have an MT and am picking up a live load - which has happened only twice in the six years I've been with LS. Landstar for some reason just doesn't know how to run a trucking operation in the unique environment of Laredo.
     
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  11. Dave_in_AZ

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    You need to cycle back in time and read my posts on their Facebook site about Laredo.

    A dozen people chimed in, in minutes lmfao.
     
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