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Dwell Time or Empty Moves is a thing of the past. Once at Landstar if coming over from another Expedite Carrier these two words will leave your vocabulary and there is no such thing with Landstar. Other carriers will pay a truck to move to a better location or they use dwell time to decide who...

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Anyone need drivers for a straight truck? This couple is Landstar DoD cleared and are new to Landstar. They are wanting to stay with Landstar and the truck they are in now keeps breaking down. If you know of anyone looking for a good team these guys sound like they can do the job. They live...

Anyone new to Landstar Express American or considering moving to Landstar there is help after orientation to learn the system and stay profitable. An Express team who has just retired will be available to answer questions and find loads as you drive. She will be a great benefit to solo's who...

One of the hardest things for us has been learning what agent to call in what area. I have started keeping track this year in Streets & Trip of dropping a pin of where we pickup and adding the agents initials of who gave us the load and the date. Some agents have freight everywhere and...

Are any of you using this with Landstar? From what I am learning it looks like it is going to work really easy and fast. It is set up to be used by Express with the ID of LEAM

This year the process is a little different to get the free meal. Go to Landstar Online and register so that on Thanksgiving you can print out your free meal voucher from the kiosk inside the TA-Petro's! If you do not have a TA-Petro rewards card you can pick up the free voucher at a...

To make sure you are getting the most out of your business, join us for the next WebEx on August 21st at 2:00 PM CST to see how you can benefit from the success of others. Everyone who signs up for the webinar will receive an e-mail on the morning of Friday the 21st with login instructions on...

Trying to figure out a way to make sure our permits are up to date. It is easy to forget the permit book in the pocket of the door. One way I read was to check permits daily as part of pre trip One way was when we down load logs from QC to check permits The way that I am going to use is to...

I just found BCOsite.com and what I like is that we can post pictures and also what all extras we have on our truck that is not listed with Landstar. I talked to the owner of the Website and he is an agent in Florida and has updated the web site so that you can add any straight truck of cargo...

Time has been flying for us and we have reached our 6 month anniversary at Landstar In a short period of time we have covered a lot of ground and we want to thank all of the Landstar BCO's that reached out a helping hand with advice and kind words. The help has came from all divisions of...

When leaving home how many agents do you call or do you call any agents? This has been a debate between us on if we can several we know that have freight in this area or if we just call one at a time?

So I got a phone call from Jacksonville... Still learning the difference between scanning with Express Waybill numbers or not checking the Express box. There are several clues besides calling Jacksonville. One is getting an trip advance and if you can get on online it is NOT a LEA load...

Landstar Express America does not have any tractor trailers.... Only straight trucks - reefers and non reefers as well as vans.

This Friday April 10th is the webinar being conducted by Orientation and CABS discussing ways to save money purchasing fuel. These are the topics being discussed: ·Fuel Discounts ·Fuel Tax Trip Planner ·Comparing Two States: Where Do I Buy Fuel? ·Easy Rules of Thumb ·Money saving tips...

We are still in the learning curve and I had a really positive experience last week. Our truck was scheduled for new graphics and we did not go out of service. An agent called and had a load picking up not to far from us with an ASAP pickup. I told her we would not be available for a load...

One thing we have sure noticed as there are a lot of $1.00 and $1.75 dollar fees. There are also a lot of funny rules that we are learning to exploit and I am sure we will learn more. First on our settlement card when we are dealing with any agent that is NOT an Express Agent we have them...

Learning how to figure our Card Settlement Statement and the Contractor Statement had me in flux as I could not get everything to balance... When everything does not balance and I cannot figure out why I stay stressed. Each week I was not able to balance my records and I could not figure out...

We have heard this over and over again and you are right! The fuel ticket will show the cash price usually and no discount. If you want to see the discount you have to log onto the discount cards page. We are now using Comdata with Landstar: Log onto Landstar and go to the money tab, click...

This is interesting reading about the history of Landstar, the present situation, and Landstars business model. It is long but interesting. What are the risks faced by Landstar? - Market Realist