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Tim
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RoadMasters Transport
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Ok let me explain. I am an outside agent for RoadMasters in which I have MY trucks leased onto, as well as other owner operators who are leased under my domicile terminal and run my freight(some even have their own customers). So out of the 25% that's taken out, 8-10% of every load goes to the domicile agent(me) that recruited the truck. That's what I mean by I get 85% for MY trucks because I'm also the agent/owner. The rest goes to the company for ins, authority, bond, billing, dispatch services etc.
RoadMasters is setup in the exact same way Landstar is. In fact we are also an agent for Landstar. As a Landstar agent we get 7% of 98% of the gross revenue as an agent. We have our trucks leased to RoadMasters instead of Landstar due to several reasons. One the pay percentage is higher. Landstar pays 74% of 98% to owner ops. Two, the lease on stipulations aren't near as complicated to sign on with RoadMasters as opposed to Landstar. 3 RoadMasters has that small family feel you feel important and not like a number like at the huge companies. Also Landstar deducts for anything and everything, including that 2% that they pull right off the top of everything. Big companies feel like they can take anything they want and they deduct from our settlements for all kinds of things. We are basically also an agent for Landstar for the fact that we have access to all of Landstars freight(they do have a huge freight network)if we don't have any of our own company freight available for our trucks. As well as we also have access to all of Landstar's owner operators when we have freight that we cant cover on our own trucks.
We actually had our trucks leased on with Landstar for about 7 years prior to finding a better system for us.
So basically we have access to all of RoadMasters freight, Landstars freight, and of course worse case we can haul for any of the good brokers and we know which ones are.
I am just a small fleet owner who has his trucks leased to RoadMasters, as well as a huge freight agent for RoadMasters. We currently have contracts with about 8 out of the 10 biggest construction, oilfield, and pipeline companies in the US and have been doing the flatbed/heavy haul niche for a long time and have been very successful due to this. Very solid customer base that is worried more about service than cheap rates. We quote about 90% of our freight and then pick it up. We don't "accept" a load or have to even outbid any other carriers on most freight. Hope I clarified for you guys!! Just wanting to share with you guys what works for us.
RoadMasters is setup in the exact same way Landstar is. In fact we are also an agent for Landstar. As a Landstar agent we get 7% of 98% of the gross revenue as an agent. We have our trucks leased to RoadMasters instead of Landstar due to several reasons. One the pay percentage is higher. Landstar pays 74% of 98% to owner ops. Two, the lease on stipulations aren't near as complicated to sign on with RoadMasters as opposed to Landstar. 3 RoadMasters has that small family feel you feel important and not like a number like at the huge companies. Also Landstar deducts for anything and everything, including that 2% that they pull right off the top of everything. Big companies feel like they can take anything they want and they deduct from our settlements for all kinds of things. We are basically also an agent for Landstar for the fact that we have access to all of Landstars freight(they do have a huge freight network)if we don't have any of our own company freight available for our trucks. As well as we also have access to all of Landstar's owner operators when we have freight that we cant cover on our own trucks.
We actually had our trucks leased on with Landstar for about 7 years prior to finding a better system for us.
So basically we have access to all of RoadMasters freight, Landstars freight, and of course worse case we can haul for any of the good brokers and we know which ones are.
I am just a small fleet owner who has his trucks leased to RoadMasters, as well as a huge freight agent for RoadMasters. We currently have contracts with about 8 out of the 10 biggest construction, oilfield, and pipeline companies in the US and have been doing the flatbed/heavy haul niche for a long time and have been very successful due to this. Very solid customer base that is worried more about service than cheap rates. We quote about 90% of our freight and then pick it up. We don't "accept" a load or have to even outbid any other carriers on most freight. Hope I clarified for you guys!! Just wanting to share with you guys what works for us.
RoadMasters Transport
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Of the 25%, the 8-10% the agent gets is Included just like Landstar
So an owner op will get 75%, and a fleet owner or agent will get 85% of the gross revenue for their trucks.
My point being that for a small fleet owner like me, for only 15% we get an excellent dispatching service and great loads, no extra charge for 2 Million general liability or 500K cargo insurance, operating authority, bond, free loadboards, much other help, tools, and support, and the respected name and credentials in which we can do business with anyone. Ask any one of my 10 trucks or the other 250+ RoadMasters owner operators and they will tell you there is something better about this company. That's why we are with them, and why I would recommend them to anyone.
So an owner op will get 75%, and a fleet owner or agent will get 85% of the gross revenue for their trucks.
My point being that for a small fleet owner like me, for only 15% we get an excellent dispatching service and great loads, no extra charge for 2 Million general liability or 500K cargo insurance, operating authority, bond, free loadboards, much other help, tools, and support, and the respected name and credentials in which we can do business with anyone. Ask any one of my 10 trucks or the other 250+ RoadMasters owner operators and they will tell you there is something better about this company. That's why we are with them, and why I would recommend them to anyone.
I run a dispatching service and have for 5 plus years. I also owned a trucking company for over 10 years. Tons of experience in this business. I have so much to say about trucking. I think there is a lot of money to be made but I see so many mistakes made by O/O. You can be in this business forever or you can sink your ship in seconds. Do your homework and that goes from finding a dispatcher (If you need one) to finding a repair shop and everything in between. I do think that if you hire a dispatcher, they should have owned or currently own a trucking company so they know exactly what the O/O is dealing with on expenses and other issues that come up daily for the O/O. I also think all brokers should have been drivers before they were brokers but that will never happen. How can you truly know what an O/O is dealing with if you haven't walked in their shoes? I just wanted to throw my 2% in for whatever it's worth
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