Update: New TIRES! Dayton D610D

[Waterloo]

(06-15-2020 )JimT Wrote:  Waterloo: Sounds like you got a nice gig lined up. I love it at Landstar, but if something like you have popped up that runs back and forth past my house, steady work, I'd probably jump on it.

As for the Landstar rates, don't get too caught up in the "average". All the outside broker/loadboard stuff is bringing down those numbers. The company's direct freight is much better. But Landstar is all about finding the right agents and developing good relationships. Once you do that you'll find all kinds of amazing loads that come to you and never get posted on the internal load board. I just hit 2 years here (today) and it's only in the last few months where I've made enough contacts to keep me busy in and around New England without having to go searching for scraps or running halfway across the country into unfamiliar markets.

Jim, I hear you there... I have run quite a bit of LandStar freight over the years. When I was speaking with the "recruiter" I told her the same, it takes time to build those relationships with the agents vs working the live board. She was a nice lady, but a bit clueless... I am hoping this run works out, $2000 net a week, every week, as long as the plant is running. LandStar is in the wings, just in case. I have no desire to go back OTR, with the expenses out here, the dead head miles, etc, as you stated, are what kills us.