You need to get a hazmat and look into doing multi stop loads that require you to use a pallet jack to bring it to the tail of the trailer. Yeah you'll have to touch the freight for like 25 minutes but those loads pay a lot more than what youre getting with no additional maintenance on your truck
You need to get in touch with Blue Ribbon Logistical Solutions, LLC. Sounds like you need help dispatching. They are a Landstar BCO. Larry Long and Chris Polk. I think they have a dispatch program.
Been with landstar going on 6 years… i feel your pain… its slow right now. Fortunately, my wife and i run teams, and we have dedicated lanes. Took about 6 months to get in good with direct agents. Most good loads don’t even hit the load board. Our average rpm is 4.15. Good luck. Hope it works out for you.
How does the fuel surcharge work? I see all the loads just say line haul. Does fuel surcharge get taken out of that and you ask broker on the phone about it?
Bro please leave!! 35% is insane!! At my company i only deduction is 349 a month for insurance. I'm at 146k for the year so far and did 367k last year with 2 months of downtime! Please leave
Knight went down hill when they merged with Swift, they have some goons running it now. $30k a year to work 7 days a week 12 hour days. You would make more if you put those hours in a McDonalds for minimum wage and be home every night
@@codyfolsom365 I'm not saying it's impossible at all. The two 250 mile loads for $2000 in one day is outstanding the 10 mile load for $500 is awesome too only if you got another load after that delivery. I used to say $1000 dollars a day profit at a minimum but thinking with the extra inflation it needs to be more closer to $1500 No that's great👍
@jamesnelson5700 lol relax bruh. I'm just trolling. Idk why it says 48ft perhaps some other factor but weight isn't the issue. Either way I like this guys vids and it's still solid info especially if u are considering landstar
Question, on the loads you show it shows the total amount paid but I've only seen 0 for accessorials pay. Which landstar can't touch that. I was just curious on why no loads show that pay. Example you showed a load paying 1800 here. So landstar would take 35 percent of that? Since it shows 0 on access pay?
@truckingthesevenseas but when looking at loads you can't see what the accessorial would be to even subtract it. Or when you call the agent do they discuss the accessorials then? I wouldn't want to book a load without knowing. That's what I was getting at
@@mr3000gtmanthe agents use the accessorial as a negotiating tool to make it seem like they are doing you a favor. They should be including the fsc on top of the gross load rate, but the BCO’s don’t put any pressure on them to negotiate usually.
They dumbed down the trucks (automatic transmissions) and flooded the market with minorities and women who are willing to trade their lives for scraps. What did you think would happen?
Im really glad he put out these videos, im making more money driving local for a fuel company and was thinking of getting my own rig. This is good insight into how bad the market is at landstar. Ill just wait on that plan
Man this is super thorough and incredibly helpful. As a company driver with little business acumen but wanting to know the numbers of the other aspects of owner op/ leasing. This is super helpful.
Your booking too cheap and if your gonna book that cheap do short load. To get you back to the money. You gotta figure if it’s posted for $3.00 that about $2.00 to the truck after landstar’s cut. Would never book a load for less than 2.50 and that’s to get out of a bad area. Which rarely ever happens that I have to book that low. I’ve been with landstar less than a year and don’t have many contacts and it’s not hard to gross 6-7k easy weekly.
Great content. How many hours away from home this week? It may not be worth it if you are making $15 per hour 22.5 OT. I had a business and threw in the towel for a city job for this reason. Best decision I ever made.
It's not included. I debated whether to count it but decided against it. I never really see the land star cut so I decided to not count it. Although counting it in the cost per mile is certainly reasonable as well.
@@truckingthesevenseas I add the companies percentage as a cost and I've compared my cost per mile to others costs and seem it's higher than most people's. Perhaps because of the percentage taken from the company. I try for a 50/50 if I can bring home 50% I'm doing good but it's hard with the percentage as a cost. It's great to watch your videos it makes my realize things about my own business.
Most loads either don’t hit the board or they only hit for a minute. Been here since October and I’m killing it. All depends on your area and personality of how you run the business.
The 1 thing you don't quantify on your spreadsheet is the value of working for yourself and the flexibility that allows. I would always take lower pay for more time off.
Thanks for the video. Numbers are looking a lot better. The fricking maintenance is costly in money and especially driving time. Have you noticed a decrease in fuel expense since you have a APU now? What is your average mpg?
Ya its looks like it increased my MPG by about .4 or .5 MPG. Was at 7.2 now its at 7.7. This could also be partly a function of me taking longer loads than when I was at Knight though.
I saw the video wen he left knight. He sead he was on duty 142 days in a year .but had 52 weeks of pay.so how did he do this.well 142days is not even 6 months.he wasn't making any money.well I lease a truck at knight for 5 years .retired may 2020 with 35 years over the road and 3.8 million miles. My pay was from $2100 to $ 2600 a week.snd staid out 4 weeks. Home for 2 days then back again. I don't know what's going on out thete but don't look like he puts enough time in on the road
I retired from knight in may 2020 as a lease driver and my tske home was between $2100 @ $2600 a week. I dont know why you would not bel doing the same.
