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Once i held the entire load in my trailer because they did not pay me..
They did next day.

Currently am owed 8K for 2 weeks of work done for a broker out of Illinois, i returned my trailer i was leasing and went to their yard to pick up theirs. Its in my yard now...

No mercy for these lowlife scumbags..

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Originally Posted by pepe4158

Thks all for the suggestions (been too busy to respond)....yeah the last ideas make sense...but not really for me, think it will be better for Merrick.
Lot of people commented when I first got my authority I was just, 'buying a job' and their right cuz of my unuque sitauation with my wife in the Philippines....it just wouldnt work for me trying to be the next landstar right now lol...wife would shoot me for not seeing her enough.
When I go home I travel 25,000 miles or so to Manila and Im almost due........planning to put the truck in storage soon n sell the trailer so I can head out soon....a lease that is flexable with me would make sense...if there is 1?...where I can come n go as I plz...mulling over my options now.
N thks Loadit....yeah they were good contacts, but I quess im not good at developing them as I take no for an answer too easily probably.
yes I understand a different headache, but cuz of my married life I think ill be better off with a lease headace right now then own authority...it takes too much time of consistency to delelop a clientel (own authority) and I need to take off soon instead.

Hey Pepe

If your going to lease to some-one I would suggest some-one other than Landstar. A lot of people have been with them a long time but they were and still are so rude to some people. I was there 1 year and left because of the people and attitude problems. I was with GreenTree out of Pittsburg Penn. They treated me real real good and have sister companies just like Landstar. Next day pay and no hassells . THeir number is 18002333262. I was there 4 years . I don't think they would squak about you parking the truck to go n see the wife. A lot of the guys I work with over here have girls in the Phillipines that they go n see on RNR. I did'nt mean to rain on anyones contract with Landstar that is doing well with them.

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Originally Posted by LOAD IT

You should concentrate on finding 4 trucks to lease on to your authority, pay them 75%. Now you have about 100% revenue of 1 truck coming in with little expense, you could do 2 things. 1. run your truck and collect the 100% or 2. collect the 100%, lease out your truck and sit home keeping the 4 trucks busy. You cant be in this business without headaches, so choose your migraine.

How exactly does this work? I mean what if you get someone who turns out to be lazy? Don't you have to run the under your insurance? So if they don't run you still have to pay the insurnace? I know probably not collision etc, but liability and cargo

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Originally Posted by merrick4

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Originally Posted by LOAD IT

For every truck that you lease onto your authority, you cover the cargo and liability each month, you can put it in your contract that the operator will be deducted for this, you can pay it all from your percentage or you can find creative ways to pay it. If you get a lazy job hopper, you may want him to pay by deduction, but if he is lazy the insurance company should allow you to drop that truck and replace it with another truck. To answer your question, yes the insurance still has to be paid if the truck doesnt run.

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Here's how it USED to work:
If you were running five or more trucks you would pay by the mile based on your quarterly IFTA reports. The quotes I was getting worked out to around 5 cents a mile. A lazy driver won't penalize you. Less than five trucks, the underwriter wants a flat rate per truck payable up front or financed monthly.

Ummm he finally paid...or at least sent me a check, crossing my fingers to see if his check clears and doesnt bounce :p
Ohhh yaeh and OOida helped me quite a bit with Info and even a shakedown call to Ian......I highly recommend OOIDA as being one of the best moves I ever made as a small O/OP own Auth.