Recent content by jdcooper

Childsafe.... Are you looking to buy a van or driver someone elses? I may be going back to dispatching in January and not quite sure of what I want to do with my van. (2002 GMC Savanna-diesel). Email me if you wanna chat..... [email protected] Dan

Hi there.... There is some freight in your area- I live in Augusta, GA and have been dispatched several times to go to the Spartanburg area. I've picked up and delivered in Duncan as well as Clinton a few times. With my company, Landstar Express, I also get load out of Atlanta and Charlotte.

Nice one weave.... Hmmmm.. where to start. Unfortunately, this business can be cut throat. According to management, I am here to cover loads- and to cover them as soon as possible- not babysit drivers (hence, the owner operator system). I have 2 hours from the time a load is called in to us...

Weave, I'm sorry if you don't like the "you still have to make the truck payment comment".... but when it comes down to it- that's your first expense. If a driver cannot make the payment, he's going to be walking home. Even if a driver has to take short run after short run- they can still...

Gingerbreadman... One more point- If you plan to start refusing the short loads- you will more than likely be remembered as someone that doesn't want to be a team player- Don't forget-- you're the one that has to make the truck payment JD

Hi, I just wanted to respond to the new LEA driver that was passed over. Whenever a service center gets an order for a pickup- we look at our board to see what drivers are in the area and available. All drivers usually get paged. Usually the first driver to accept the load gets it. We...

Thanks Tony for the good response! If anything I said in my previous post helps just one person-- then it's worth it. Dispatchers get kinda stressed out when we can't get our OWN drivers to take a short load. I've learned of a few that will do anything I throw at 'em. Today I got a load from...

First of all, I'd like to say hello to everyone on the board- I have been on here a few times reading the posts. After seeing the Landstar Express America messages, I decided to go ahead and register. I am a new dispatcher at Landstar Express America (4 weeks) and thought I'd give a little...