Thumbs up for Admiral Merchants Motor Freight

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  1. FloydNasby

    FloydNasby Light Load Member

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    I feel like I should say something for the benefit of other flatbed O/O's. I was at Landstar (my first O/O gig) for three years. I thought they were the "best" and mostly I was satisfied. But one thing led to another and I found myself at Admiral Merchants Motor Frieight and I can't believe how much better it is to be leased on with this carrier over Landstar. Let me list the ways.
    -no ELD because my truck is older than 2000 (all new hires have to have ELD at LS no matter what)
    -no lengthy orientation. Just filled out the paperwork and did half a dozen Pro-Tread videos
    -find my own loads anywhere I want and get 85%. Loads off the Admiral board are 75% of gross
    (LS loads that I book on my own, pay 12% more to the truck than they did when I was leased on with LS)
    -immediate payment after delivery unless it's late in the day (once a week with LS)
    -lots of help from Admiral agents (very rarely did I get called by LS agents)
    -not required to have hazmat (mandatory at LS)
    -no having to listen to corporate "bs" when you're on hold like LS. Not that I've ever been on indefinite hold like I experienced at LS
    -no more being referred to as a Landstar BCO (business capacity owner) What exactly does that mean anyway?
    -on my one visit to AMMF's office, I did get to chat with the VP among others, and I did get to provide feedback to the IT guy regarding their website. And then they took me out to lunch.

    Also AMMF focus is flatbedders and I like that. They don't have any fancy terminals and that works for me. No, AMMF is not a publicly traded corporation, it's family owned and maybe there's something to that. Yeah, I'm very happy to be leased on with Admiral Merchants.
     
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  3. DrFlush

    DrFlush Road Train Member

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    I've been thinking on and off about moving over to AMMF for a while. Good to hear some reviews on it, not too many people post about this company for some reason. Do they have a lot of decent paying freight on their board or do you have to find most of your loads?
     
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  4. Hegemeister

    Hegemeister Road Train Member

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    Does admirals do much heavy haul?
     
  5. OLDSKOOLERnWV

    OLDSKOOLERnWV Captain Redbeard

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    I lost a very good friend this year, he was on with A M. He never had nothing but good things to say about them. Tim had been with them for many years.
     
  6. Puppage

    Puppage Road Train Member

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    I am sorry for your loss.
     
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  7. blade

    blade Heavy Load Member

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  8. Justrucking2

    Justrucking2 Road Train Member

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    When I flat bedded I hauled a few Admiral loads under my own authority, good paying freight, never an issue. A friend of a friend works there, he really likes it. I forget his name, so no use asking... ;-)
     
  9. blade

    blade Heavy Load Member

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    Thanks I currently have my own authority as well but I’m thinking I am going to suspend it at the end of the year and just lease on
     
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  10. Justrucking2

    Justrucking2 Road Train Member

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    Funny, I'm actually thinking of turning mine back on, LOL! Going to wait and see how badly this ELD kills my income. I figure around a 30% hit right now. Not good. Not the ELD, but the HOS. We shall see.
     
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