Why pay Landstar over 30% of the load when you can have 100% with your own numbers?

I pull a ls van because I do a lot of drop and hooks 1 up to 5 a week ... the landstar loads are for the most part good loads pay and more importantly for me you are not dealing with ######## at either end .. with the insurance fuel and tire discounts do add up .. you will not net more with your own authority unless you pull a lot of your own frieght .... I get paid every week .... I could net 1000 a week but what would I do the other 5 days of the week (lol) if you get your own authority or run under a 90 % and are planning on using the load boards you aren't going to make any more than a bco anyways .. I ran my own show under my uncles authority and just way more bs than I wanted to deal with so I went with landstar and it took a while to get on to the system couple of months or so ... for me it's perfect but I don't think it's for everyone

 

The AA&E folks I have talked with are usually kept busy. As an AA&E team you will be a commodity. Agents should be calling you rather than you chasing loads.

Agents must be approved to do AA&E.... That should filter out the majority of the lesser fools.....

For AA&E you will need to have the Satellite tracked EOBR.

They have an AA&E spec for trailers. From what I understand they have a special bulkhead and other things from the factory. Not sure if any Agents may have one kicking around for you to use.

I would suggest calling/e-mailing the recruiters and tell them you want to talk to the folks in AA&E....

 

do you set the working days with them early on or is that something you've earned over time? I take it 3.5 days of work a week is enough income for you? mind if i ask roughly how much net that comes down to?

 

Landstar is self dispatch truck owners. You only work when you feel the need.

The choice to take time off or work is not something that is earned or granted it is just another business decision.

If the truck is paid for, the maintenance fund is healthy, and housing costs are low, 3 to 4 days a week of good paying freight would be enough for me.

 

Knowing what you've posted you're probably right.

I haven't seen any real loyalty out of any agent yet.
They don't have to be. They the goods, all they need to do is post it and it's taken.
Even the best ones aren't always 100% honest, from what I've seen so far.

I work the board for the most part too.

You see a load and you're going, " Wow, that looks good." Then you see who posted it. And it's like, Mmmmmmm maybe not. Lol.

There's one on there right now. HUGE load. Right where I'm going to be empty. But it's from an agent I just described.

 

yep I think a major part of the learning curve is what loads not to take lol .... I do have a few agents that I do a lot of loads for and I think a lot has to do with my location ( ohio ) most of the time they are a week or so out so I have to work around them but it's pretty easy to get in and out of the 5 states surrounding ohio

 

Factor is at worst 4% at Loves. Let less than 30% etc.


Be Safe Out There


Captain Dave

 

Read my posts again.

It isn't where you just become a BCO and the loads all come to you, you have to provide something to tell the agents who you are, communicate with them when you are headed for their areas (not physical), meet with them when you can, it is really not for everyone and those who really do well are the ones who take it seriously, leverage the tools they give you and communicate with both the carrier, customer and agents.

 

you probably can make it just fine using the landstar load board , there's some loads I really like doing . so I call the agent when I am headed to that area and it's a few days ahead and the agent may not have anything listed now but know they are going to have something for me when I get there . that same agent might call me on Monday and tell me that they have some good loads coming on Friday. . anyways there is a lot of ways to make it as a bco you just have to find your own niche