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Loaded Miles by Run: Run...... Loaded Miles 1........... 847 2......... 1,031 3......... 1,031 4......... 1,880 5........... 227 6......... 1,142 7......... 1,698 8......... 2,065...

The 30 day trip map I promised is now in the original post. See above.

See this: How's it Going at Landstar?

Photos of that dust storm, also known as a haboob, can be seen here. That is just an amazing phenomonon. Layout, what did you and others do? If your schedule required you to drive in that dust, would you or, would it be better to protect your equipment by staying put? After the storm passes...

I know you are busy but if you can find the time, I'd love to hear more about the differences you see. I believe a number of other readers would too.

That is on purpose. The net would be the gross minus expenses. Enough information was provided for truck owners to figure that out on their own based on their monthly operating costs and cost per mile. Expenses vary a great deal from owner-operator to owner-operator. What some count as an...

Sorry, usafk9, the show is over. My response above concludes this line of dialogue, at least from this side. In an hour, Diane and I will be in an RV park near San Diego. We have not have had a true break since February. We're out of service until Monday at least. Diane just got back into the...

This is one of the most condescending posts I have seen on EO in a long time. I don't have to explain myself to you or any other BCO at Landstar. Until you came along, every BCO that I have met or communicated with online has been nothing but helpful and welcoming. You are altogether...

Those jackets are ours to do with as we please. We bought them. They belong to us. No contract provisions to the contrary exist.

I try not to wonder about the psychological implications of what other people do because it is not a productive activity. I spend a great deal of time observing and thinking about other people's deeds (not thoughts or mindset) because by doing that I can learn what works and what does not work...

No one I have yet met at Landstar wears a uniform so what you say is true, "we are not uniform people here at landstar." Nevertheless, Diane and I are uniform people. We believe in them and what they do for us as we represent ourselves, the company and agents we serve. You have to wear...

How's it Going at Landstar? That is a question Diane and I have been asked many times since we made the move in late June from FedEx Custom Critical (FDCC) to Landstar Express America (LEAM). I rarely share our financial results in public but given the amount of interest, I am making an...

We have been all throught the company store web site, and even visited the company store at Jacksonville when we were there, and purchased some shirts that now function as our company uniform at pick ups and deliveries (Landstar has no official uniform but we like the professional look a uniform...

No. It simply made no sense to forfiet the space they took for no good reason. We had been running with Landstar for a month and had hardly seen a FedEx contractor in that time, let alone one parked nearby. We just got tired of toting the shirts around so into the trash they went.

Diane and I own our own truck and have never been associated with Expediter Services. We have talked with a number of ES drivers over the years and find it remarkable that almost none of them have anything bad to say about ES. There was an exception. The man complained that he could not get...

Regular readers know that Diane and I moved our truck lease from FedEx Custom Critical to Landstar Express America in late June. No longer needing them and not feeling it appropriate to wear them any more, our FedEx shirts went into the dumpster. We would have happily given them to the first...

Re: Fed x expedite going down ? I get your meaning, I think, but for new people reading the forum, let me add this. Expedite carriers are constantly balancing their fleet sizes and customer needs. Carriers want to have enough trucks available at all times to respond when customers call. If...

We flew Diane home and back to the truck several times to see her dentists while she was having braces work done. I don't remember getting any grief for it. A mostly off-topic story if I may: We were once on a cross-country load that took us close to the dentist office and Diane was due to...

When Diane got her braces done and we were seeing the dentists a lot, and they knew about our life on the road, they said to call them if we ever needed to see a dentist on the road and they would hook us up. We never did so but they seemed to have some sort of network for referrals. You might...

Re: Expedite Services leaving E-1 I think it would be difficult for any large fleet owner to put a large number of trucks on at Landstar Express America if the fleet owner's business model includes getting special deals. Landstar's dispatch system is decentralized. Over 100 LEAM agents...