Landstar Agency SL2

09/21/2026

A little BCO Days photo dump because we really do love our drivers. We had such a good time catching up with everyone and finally putting some faces to the names we talk to all the time.

Now we’re heading to Dallas for the Landstar Agent Meeting next Tuesday, September 29. Who else will be there?

We would love to meet some of the agents we’ve worked with over the years and hopefully make a few new connections too.

Our office handles every mode of freight, and we’re always happy to help if your customer requests something you don’t normally handle. We can set up a BUS agreement between our agencies, agree on the commission split ahead of time, and handle the shipment from quoting through delivery. Your customer stays your customer, and you can stay as involved as you want to be.

We do this quite a bit with air and ocean freight. It gives you another option to offer your customers without having to learn and manage an entirely new mode on your own.

Mostly, we’re just excited to spend time with more of the people who make Landstar what it is. If you’ll be in Dallas, let us know. We’d love to say hello!

09/17/2026

Robin is currently in the main room at BCO days if you are looking to meet up with her!

09/16/2026

A few faces from BCO Days ❤️

Robin has been having such a good time catching up with everyone, and I love getting these pictures sent back to me.

Some of these drivers we’ve worked with for years!

Hope everyone at BCO Days is having a great time, and please keep sending me pictures so I can pretend I’m there too 😂

Stay safe out there, guys. We appreciate you more than you know. ❤️

09/14/2026

Happy Driver Appreciation Week! 💙🚛

I do this because of the drivers.

There are several drivers I could name who we’ve submitted for Star of Quality over the years, and honestly, there could have been even more.

We are so fortunate to work with drivers who genuinely give a s**t about the work they do and the representation we all bring to the table as Landstar. I’m proud to be Landstar Strong, and I’m proud of the people I get to work alongside every day.

I grew up around drivers. They showed me what hard work looks like, but they also showed me what kindness looks like. I have a lot of appreciation for what I would genuinely call my Landstar family.

Somewhere along the way, drivers turn into friends, and friends turn into family. I love my chosen family, and I’m incredibly grateful for all of you.

To everyone headed to BCO Days this week, have FUN, be safe, and enjoy getting to spend some time with the people who understand this crazy industry better than anyone.

Happy Driver Appreciation Week. We appreciate the hell out of you. 💙

09/10/2026

Okay, dry van drivers…who needs a trailer right now? 👀

Landstar is rolling out 2,000 newly branded dry van trailers throughout 2026. They’ll have pulsating brake lights for better visibility, added security features to help deter theft, and flip-style hazmat placards.

The new look is sharp, but I’m more interested in what this means for drivers who actually need equipment.

Is trailer availability a problem where you run? Are there certain cities where finding one is nearly impossible? If you could change one thing about Landstar trailers, what would it be?

And the biggest question…how many of you need one right now? 🚛

I genuinely want to hear what drivers are seeing out there.

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09/08/2026

We have a busy couple of weeks coming up, and I’m really excited about it!

We’ll be at BCO Days in Las Vegas next week! We’re hoping to see some of the drivers we already work with and meet plenty of new faces too. It’s always nice to finally meet the people we spend so much time talking to on the phone, shake their hands and thank them in person.

Then, on September 29, we’ll be in Dallas for the Agent Meeting. We’ll also be meeting with a customer while we’re in town, and we’re really looking forward to connecting with other agents.

Who else will be at BCO Days or the Agent Meeting? If you’ve attended before, I’d love to hear any advice you have for making the most of it.

Most importantly, if you see us there, please come say hi! 🚛

08/31/2026

This is a pretty significant development for the trucking industry, and I'm curious what drivers and carriers think about it.

There are a lot of different conversations wrapped up in this announcement, but the part I keep coming back to is something pretty simple: the people operating commercial vehicles need to be qualified to do it safely, and the systems responsible for training, testing and hiring them need to be held to that same standard.

I work with drivers from all kinds of backgrounds. Some of the best drivers I've worked with weren't born in this country. I don't care where someone comes from. I care whether they're qualified, safe, professional and someone I can trust with my customer's freight.

I also have some compassion for the drivers caught in the middle of all of this.

If someone was allowed into a training program, certified by a school, passed by a tester, issued a CDL and then hired by a company, I think it's fair to ask questions about every step of that process rather than putting the entire problem at the feet of the person behind the wheel.

At the same time, there have to be standards.

Good drivers and legitimate carriers spend a lot of money and put a lot of effort into doing this job correctly. Maintaining equipment, carrying the proper insurance, staying compliant, keeping up with training and regulations and operating safely isn't cheap or easy.

They deserve a level playing field.

For me, safety has to come before everything else. I obviously want to make money. I want my drivers and carriers to make money too. That's how all of us stay in business.

But there isn't a load or commission worth knowingly putting an unqualified driver on the road.

My customer's freight matters to me, but so does the driver hauling it and every person sharing the highway with that truck.

If this enforcement removes fraud, holds bad actors accountable and creates more opportunity for good, qualified drivers and carriers, that's a positive thing.

I just hope we can have the conversation without painting entire groups of drivers with the same brush. There are good and bad operators in every corner of this industry.

I'm especially interested in hearing from the people behind the wheel.

Are you seeing a difference out there yet? And do you think the changes we're seeing will actually make trucking safer and create a fairer market for good drivers?

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-transportation-secretary-duffy-us-homeland-security-secretary-mullin-white-house

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08/31/2026

Drivers, are you noticing something changing in freight right now?

Because from this side of the desk, I definitely am.

I have worked on more RFQs lately than I have in a LONG time. And these aren't customers asking us to price a handful of new lanes.

They are reevaluating huge portions of their freight.

Dedicated lanes. Regular lanes with established pricing. Hundreds of lanes at a time. I'm even being asked to quote freight that we never really had a shot at before.

And it has me wondering what's actually driving it.

Are shippers unhappy with their current carriers? Are they being pushed to cut costs? Are they comparing asset and brokerage pricing? Are they preparing for rates to change? Or do they simply want more options?

Probably some combination of all of it.

But here's where freight gets complicated.

Drivers are looking at the price of fuel, insurance, maintenance, equipment, and everything else it takes to keep a truck moving.

Shippers are looking at their own rising costs and saying, "I need to spend less."

We're sitting in the middle trying to find a rate both sides can actually be happy with.

I don't think either side is wrong.

A truck can't consistently haul freight for a rate that doesn't make financial sense.

But a shipper can't pay whatever number gets thrown at them either. They have a business to run too.

And the cheapest rate isn't always the best rate.

You can win 100 lanes on an RFQ by being the cheapest carrier in the room. The real question is whether you can still put trucks on those lanes at that price at all, or three or six months from now.

That's why I'm so interested in what we're seeing right now.

It feels like a lot of people in freight are trying to figure out what their freight and their trucks are actually worth in this changing market.

So I want to hear from the people actually living it.

Drivers and owner operators: Are rates getting better from where you're sitting? Are you seeing more dedicated or contracted opportunities? What needs to change for freight to actually make sense again?

And if you're on the shipper side, I'd love to hear from you too. Are you rebidding more freight than usual right now? What's driving it?

There are three very different sides to the freight rate conversation, and I think we need to hear more from all of them.

08/21/2026

What does it actually take to keep a business alive for 25 years?

Honestly, it’s not a perfect business plan or getting every decision right.

It’s answering the phone when something goes wrong at 2 a.m.

It’s admitting when you made a mistake and doing everything you can to fix it.

It’s having hard conversations, protecting your reputation and sometimes turning down business that doesn’t align with how you want to operate.

It’s building a team of people who care about the work and trusting them enough to do their jobs.

It’s remembering that the driver hauling the load, the employee answering the phone and the customer trusting you with their freight are all people first.

Our family opened our Landstar agency more than 25 years ago. I grew up around this business, and I’ve watched it change more times than I can count. We’ve had great years, hard years and plenty of days when everything seemed to go wrong at once.

But the values that built our business haven’t changed:

Be honest, even when the truth is uncomfortable.

Communicate before someone has to chase you for an answer.

Do what you say you’re going to do.

Take care of the people who take care of you.

And never sacrifice a long-term relationship for a quick dollar.

Our very first customer is still with us today. I think that says more about the business we’ve built than any sales number ever could.

In honor of World Entrepreneurs’ Day, what is one lesson running a business has taught you the hard way?

08/19/2026

Have you ever introduced a customer to a great driver or carrier, only to find out later that they were discussing working together directly?

Let’s have an honest conversation about it.

Agents and brokers, have you ever built a customer relationship, solved the problems, covered the difficult loads, and answered the phone at all hours, only to have that customer approach your driver or carrier directly?

Drivers and carriers, has a customer ever asked you to bypass the agent or broker who brought you the freight? How did you handle it?

After more than 13 years in logistics, I have learned that moving the freight is sometimes the easy part. Navigating the relationships can be much more complicated.

I also understand that businesses make decisions based on what they believe is best for their company. Customers may be trying to lower costs. Carriers may be trying to improve their margins. In some situations, it truly is a business decision.

But where is the line between making a smart business decision and taking advantage of a relationship someone else worked hard to build?

Our agency does not double broker freight, post misleading rates, manipulate the load board, or underbid a lane just to win it and then pressure a driver to accept less.

Those are standards we have chosen for our own business. I know not everyone operates the same way, and I am genuinely interested in hearing how others view these situations.

Is it ever appropriate for a customer and carrier to begin working together directly and cut a party out? Does it depend on how they met, how much time has passed, or what agreements are in place? What responsibility does each party have to the person who originally built the relationship if any?

I do not think every situation is black and white, but I do believe communication, transparency, and respect matter.

I would love to hear from agents, brokers, customers, drivers, and carriers. Have you experienced back solicitation, circumvention, or double brokering? How did you handle it, and where do you believe the ethical line should be?