Tracer,

Wouldn't it make sense to get a nice paying trip to Alberta, and then look for something out of Alberta going East?

Or is there just nothing going east out of Alberta?

Sam

 

Get out of Laredo. Imagine if the US got attacked and the last place you saw was Laredo?

 

I was offered four loads going to Alberta this week and another to Manitoba. Like you, but just the opposite, I can take loads into Canada and loads out, but not intra Canada. It is a hit or miss propisition, sometimes I get loads out of Canada, sometimes I bounce. Canadian drivers I talk to in the Edmonton area all seem to get loads.

 

I don't know how local drivers get out of AB, but each time I check our web site for loads, there's nothing, except for a couple of occasional loads going WEST, to BC. The only way to get out of that 'tundra' is to deadhead south into USA and then find something going EAST, to my area - Ontario, Canada. That deadhead can easily amount to 1,000 miles!

 

I told you that Landstar is sneaky... well the agents are at least. The main problem you are having is our using the loadboard to get you loads. Why not call some agents out of the directory that are located in Laredo, Houston, Dallas and Ontario and tell them your looking for a load? Thats how I got 80% of my loads and they always paid well. The problem is, the agents NEVER post good paying loads because the second they do, the phones blowup in the office for a few hours, just ask them, they will tell you the same deal.......

If I were you, I'd deadhead to Dallas or Houston and go get a load. Houston would be good for you because with the step your able to run jet-engines too..

Just my .02

 

Tracer,

Are you allowed to book your own loads if Landstar doesn't have one? Check out loadlink.ca

Not sure how much it is, but it's a Canadian based load board, I am sure you know of it, I think I have seen you talk about it.

 

Well, I almost made it out today but then the company that brought my load from Mexico across the border gave it to another carrier, which was a total surprise to my Agent. Back to the drawing board ... I left my phone number with 3 or 4 agents that work the area (one is from San Antonio, TX) so I"m hopeful. But this is probably the last time I've come to this dead-end Laredo. IL, IN, MI, OH, WI have much more loads for Canada.

 

Landstar used to have a large agent in Laredo that had a lot of freight, but that has been quite a few years ago. Sometimes it is cheaper to deadhead that sit. If I were you, rather than continue to sit, I would see if I could find something around Houston. There was a lot of pipe coming out going to Alberta that paid well.

 

Holy crap Tracer,are you still in Laredo....didn't you deliver there last Wed. ???

 

For gosh sakes man dead head out or something!sometimes you gotta spend a little to make a little.Beats sitting there for days with no prospects.