Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

FYI for anyone that has looked at Landstar for vans...I did the webinar yesterday afternoon and had a chance to see what rates looked like on their board. Within 100 miles of Scranton, PA, most of the rates I would say we're between 1.40-1.60/mi, with a few 2.00/mi scattered in, along with one that really caught my eye... .79/mi from NJ to OR lol. Keep in mind, these were the rates before Landstar's 35% cut, with no tolls or anything covered.
While it may be getting tougher there, the grass doesn't appear to be any greener at Landstar.
I know you can call and negotiate with the brokers over rates at LS, but with the current freight market, I can't see most being able to negotiate much higher rates, IMO

 

No..but I don't go around asking anyone either..

 

With all due respect, I guess now you have heard of it?

I really don't mean to be argumentative, but can I ask, what proof would you need to accept that someone can get a new truck with zero down? I mean, I told you that is what I have negotiated, I have the emails that show just that, another person just said that is what he was offered, and in a week and half I will have the signed agreement. Do you need more than that? Why is it such an issue man, obviously your KW is a different animal than a stripped Cascadia Evo so it's not apples to apples.

I guess I just don't see why it is so hard to believe or why it's such a big deal. Sorry again no offense to you.

 

I wouldn't be concerned....Sfi offered you a deal..and that's it...all that matters is if your happy with it..

 

I don't want to wade into the middle of this. Is it possible that SNI has too many Casscadia's not being leased and they're offering a lower down payment to leasees meeting certain criteria?

 

Yeah I agree, I get it. I really just don't see why it is such a big deal and honestly it gets in the way of me trying to gather some current info which is my objective. Instead we have 3 pages of zero down or no zero down. Its cool though.

 

Honestly, if I can negotiate that kind of deal, I may be very tempted to sign a 3 year.