Landstar Inway reviews

I leased to Landstar for 15 years..had a perfect record..no accidents no cargo claims no problems. My wife and I drove team and we drove many many miles.

When we first signed on we were out of Rockford. We were wary of lease companies because before Landstar, we had leased on to a company that had not registered our trailer or filed our fuel taxes correctly. We watched carefully at first and Landstar Inway kept our records correctly so we stopped verifying their paperwork. We felt we could trust them.

However in 2004 or thereabouts, everything was moved to Jacksonville..and the paperwork started to be a mess. Addresses weren't changed, licenses weren't verified, logs went missing, the new trailer wasn't registered. People on the phone were unfamiliar with trucking. I talked to one supervisor who did not know what a CDL was. We were stopped for a stolen trailer because Landstar hadn't registered it properly. A few thing over a few years..but it added up. Now it is costing me to hire an attorney to sue them because Landstar did not do the insurance properly. Yes, it is their mistake, yes, it is going to be resolved but I have to sue them and it will take years and the lawyer will get the money. 

Look...trucking is based on trust. A driver has $$$ dollars worth of freight and is wherever he wants to be doing whatever he wants to do. A company has to trust that driver is where he is supposed to be doing what he is supposed to be doing..mainly delivering the freight on time in good condition. I could be trusted to deliver. A driver has to trust that the Company is doing their job which is taking care of logs and fuel taxes, and registrations, correctly billing customers and getting the insurance done correctly.

I prove 1.5 million miles worth of Trust to Landstar. Landstar made a mistake that cost me $$$ and Landstar says shove it where the sun don't shine..

Don't trust Landstar!

There are a lot of positives to Landstar besides the availbilty to get freight and make money,when you learn how.They will finance your license plates,permits and tire purchases,with no interest charges.Fuel discounts are also huge,almost a dollar a gallon in some instances.Won't find a better price on tires,either.And you get paid quickly.The only thing that will hold your pay up,is if you submit something wrong.I'm retiring from Inway Heavy Haul at the end of the month after a long and prosperous trip with Landstar,have nothing bad to say about them.