Mercer vs Landstar

I never was leased to Mercer... I run my own authority and I haul for them on their carrier board... so The same Dry Van loads those kids get I get too... just Like Landstar I get some of the same freight they do and I don't get no 35% fee taken out...

 

Ok so you get the left over scraps anyhow... Not sure how you can tell someone dont go to them, having never even been leased on here.

 

Well if they wanna go for it try it... and no its not scrap.. I hauled a foam load for Mercer other week that went from Charleston, SC up to Oxford, NC.. 319 miles Paid me $1000 no fee... So no their loads aren't scraps left over...

And couple months ago I took a Landstar metal load Dryvan from Springdale, AR to Hartford, CT 1402 miles and it paid me $5000 NO FEE.... so no there not scrap

 

For sure you are hauling the leftover junk loads that leased Mercer o/o didn't want. And dont kid yourself thinking you got 100% of anything do you think Mercer gave that load to you for free out of the goodness of their heart? It would be surprising if Mercer didn't take 35% or more off the top of that load before they tendered it to you and your expenses are a LOT more than any Mercer o/o.

 

lol, Yeah you did- Don't be fooled my friend, They'll take care of there own before outside carriers.

I don't use EITHER of those 2 for my return hauls.

 

Whether they did or didn't I don't care... at the end of the day their name isn't on the side of my door and If I breathe the wrong way I won't get fired...

 

At Landstar forget to cross one T or dot one i and you will find out only when trying to buy fuel using the Landstar fuel card. They will shut down the settlement card for good measure. Pass one random and you instantly become the number one pick. At some clinics I got to know the people there on a first name basis. Right now we got this 2290 thing going. I filed and paid the IRS. Everything good between me and Uncle Sam but not with Landstar they won’t accept what the IRS excepted for the past 11 years. Same truck same bill paid. Some years Landstar loses sent in 2290. Other years they say too dark or too light. One year I sent in same page 20 times before they excepted it. They excepted after I let slip a certain word. Mercer is looking good to me now. I am looking for greener friendlier grass. So am checking all feedbacks on Mercer Transportation versus Landstar.

 

Key word is some of the same freight.
I ran my own numbers and hauled quite a bit for both of them too, and some very good loads at times.
I didn't however kid myself to think I was ever getting the cream though, when one had a big move and they needed a bunch of trucks right now, a guy would get in on the cream, but that was about it.
The landstar board that you get to look at is nothing like the one that leased operators look at.

 

Go look at the main Mercer thread on this site.

 

Rates are horrible at mercer for van right now and freight is very slow