Landshark

[jjoerger]

Maybe he is mixing landstar with landshark.

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There are loads like that on the Landstar load board but most are for a 53 foot trailer. The word van on that board means dry van, usually a 53 footer. The weight is listed and sometimes the dimensions. Very few will fit in a straight truck and even fewer will fit in a cargo van.

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[AMonger]

There are loads like that on the Landstar load board but most are for a 53 foot trailer. The word van on that board means dry van, usually a 53 footer. The weight is listed and sometimes the dimensions. Very few will fit in a straight truck and even fewer will fit in a cargo van.

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He had a high vehicle weight, being a unicell. He could only haul 2200 lbs before crossing the Great Barrier. So not only did he have low volume compared to a big truck or even a straight truck, but he was further limited by weight. But that's the first criteria he put in. Once he was looking at all weight-appropriate loads within the radius he selected, he would then look at volume. As we scrolled down, I was surprised at how much freight there was that he could haul.

 

[AMonger]

whom ever this was you talked to must have had his own ins. maybe even authority. and probably brokers freight from them. they dont give contractors access to the freight boards unless he is someone special and they dont have their own freight board. if he was seeing nlm and other freight he more than likely has his own authority. also, last i knew, contractors were paid by the mile and only the ones that run for multiple carriers get paid percentage. the way they pay could have changed though, that is the way it was initially

Contractors having access to their freight boards is something they've advertised for years.

 

[Dynamite 1]

no, i was referring to landshark. they dont give access to freight boards. i know landstar does and has for years. landshark has only been around 2yrs this month. i also think, and john could correct me, carriers cant let their contractors have access to boards such as sylectus and nlm. " rules "

so lets clear this up was it landstar or landshark ?

 

[blizzard2014]

He had a high vehicle weight, being a unicell. He could only haul 2200 lbs before crossing the Great Barrier. So not only did he have low volume compared to a big truck or even a straight truck, but he was further limited by weight. But that's the first criteria he put in. Once he was looking at all weight-appropriate loads within the radius he selected, he would then look at volume. As we scrolled down, I was surprised at how much freight there was that he could haul.

What load board were you looking at? Was it NLM or Active Aero? I don't see any load boards out there where you can just pick and choose what types of loads you want to haul for 3 bucks a mile. You can pick and choose from LTL loads all day and night on getloaded.com, but you ain't gonna get 3 dollars amile to haul that stuff. There is more money in the inicel/sprinter freight on NLM, but it still ain't 3 dollars a mile. I'd love to see the board that Landshark see if that's the case.

 

[AMonger]

Ok, I'm apparently confused.I never knew of a company actually called Landshark. I thought it was an intentional mangling of the name Landstar. It was a Landstar guy... he showed me the high rates on the Landstar board...they're printing money over there at Landstar...

 

[jelliott]

Ok, that is a whole different story all together. Can't comment on Landstar's rates, but payment is no issue with them.

 

[zorry]

I think a company called Landshark actually advertises on this site with those annoying banners. I believe those would be Lanstar rates. If a pallet is quoted $3 per mile, it's $3 per mile regardless if it's on an E, D , or sprinter. At least that's what I've been told. Phil or JJ ought to be able to give us "the facts."

 

[scottm4211]

You know the problem with 95% of the bad threads on EO?...

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Ok, I'm apparently confused.I never knew of a company actually called Landshark. I thought it was an intentional mangling of the name Landstar. It was a Landstar guy... he showed me the high rates on the Landstar board...they're printing money over there at Landstar...

Well that makes the first 25 replies redundant, doesn't it....gee whiz

 

[Moot]

Mudshark, Sandbar, Blacktar, its all good stuff. I'd like to hear more about Amonger's sister and the 3 vendor claims, bankruptcy thing.

 

[highway star]

LOL!!!... You just can't make this stuff up.

 

[Dynamite 1]

ya it kinda does, need to be clear on the names. the rest of the info given in the previous posts were correct for information purposes. so log that info for future use to be given to newbies that may ask for info on landshark instead of landstar, you can tell them the name says it all.
just outta curiosity though, op mentioned looking at boards. other than having access on your own or being at landstar are there any carriers that give contractors access to the dispatch boards. that was the first clue that the name was wrong to me cause i never heard of such a thing.

 

[AMonger]

I'll axe her. She's on a trip now, don't know when she'll be able to give details.

 

[AMonger]

My sister on the bankruptcy thing:

"That's for companies and it's not complaints,it's a motion in court. 3 Suppliers that together are owed at least $10,000 can file a motion with the court to put a company into involuntary bankruptcy. BUT if you file on someone and then it turns out they are not insolvent,it can come back on the filers for fees and court costs,including theirs. It's a big step and you have to hire an attorney. That's why it doesn't happen often. Also bankruptcy is very expensive for the company that is in bankruptcy. So if you can get the company to make payments on their own,even if it takes awhile,you will have a better chance of getting paid more.

"Attorneys fees can suck up a lot of money,and they take theirs first. The time u want to do it is if the owners are mishandling the funds,and stealing assets of the company. Again,hard to prove."

We now return you to your previous topic.

 

[Moot]

I'll axe her. She's on a trip now, don't know when she'll be able to give details.

Short trip. I hope it wasn't a total bummer (hip drug reference), man.

 

[AMonger]

Short trip. I hope it wasn't a total bummer (hip drug reference), man.

Actually, it was, but not in the druggie sense. Death-related. Fortunately, we have electronic communications nowadays.

 

[Marty]

You guys got me all confused with the name. At first I thought you were talking about Landstar but were calling it by a slightly altered name as not to directly offend Landstar but one that we all would know who you were talking about.
Then you said no it was really Landshark and not Landstar. Well I never heard of Landshark so I googled it. Google asked me if what I meant was Loanshark. Now I am really confused. What's the difference between Landshark and Loanshark? Which one are they?

 

[idtrans]

landsharktransport.com

very bad news company

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[beachbum]

The Landstar board is for the carrier group side where a BCO would either get 65% or 72 % in most cases. It would depend on their contract and if their pulling a LS trailer or their own trailer. Most of the loads that are posted are including the FSC not Plus. The only way it would be plus is if it said +FSC.

If a partial is on the board and a Express truck picks it up then they would get 62% of the line haul and 100% of any FSC. For a B or super B most of the time agents wont load you because they don't understand the Express America side of LS.

I was at Landstar Ranger for 14 years and had 1.5 million miles before I left for 1 1/2 years. I came back to LS on the Express side in a Sprinter.