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Originally Posted by allan5oh
There's not much coming out of Winnipeg.
That's why as soon as I dropped that steel in St.Joseph, MB I headed right back into US. The poor US border guy blinked a couple of times when I told him I had no plates on the truck
but after a truck search and X-ray they did let me in, having found no weeapons or illegal aliens in the sleeper. I deadheaded to Fargo, ND and on Friday I'm picking up a load in Iowa that goes right next to my home in Ontario. 10,000 lbs of machinery, $2.41/mi gross. This will be my Load #3 with Landstar. BTW, I got this one from Internet - again. The Internet method didn't work so hot in Laredo, TX so this time I called all major freight brokers ("agents") working for Landstar in North Dakota, MN, and WI and ... nothing! Almost booked a load going to SK, Canada ($3/mi) but couldn't do it because my truck right now has no transmission
Looked at the lOad board again this morning and - bingo! - some guy posted an IA load for Canada. It can be picked up as late as Friday afternoon. The gear that was supposed to be trucked in from Minniapolis, MN this afternoon failed to show up because the shipper chose "2-day delivery" instead of "overnight". The Fargo's International here says I should be ready to lock-n-load by Friday morning at the latest. It's 5 hr drive from here to my pickup in IA ... I hope to make it. Have to... because I already got the cash advance from the trip to help me cover the costly transmission repair
This is the thing I like most in working for LS so far: as soon as you book a load, you can get up to 30% of the line haul imeediately on your Comdata. Great when you know you're going to be needing money, let's say for some urgent bills or repairs. It also helps to keep the motivation and morale in high gear.