Landstar Owner Operator Pay. 1 Month Pay Review. OTR Dry Van. 

Bro straight up no BS like other truck bloggers 😂

I was with Landstar for 6 years. I will say that they will nickel and dime you to death. I left because I retired for medical reasons and sold my truck. Good luck with leasing to Landstar.

Idk how people run for landstar, they charge a fortune. Seems pointless.

1.73 after Landstar takes their cut is 1.03. rule of thumb look at the load and the rate and take 70 cents off. That's what you're running for. An old timer there taught me that. Quick math so you don't waste time

One of the most informative RU-vid pages for revenue and expenses for trucking. The value here is very high.

Personally I wouldn't touch scamstar with a ten foot pole.

Last year at landstar I paid 600.00 in fees just to get my money. I'm no longer at landstar. I found a way to haul the same load and make more money and no fees to get my money.

I doubt Landstar will look kindly at your truthful analysis. Good luck with that.

You shouldn’t be making less than a company driver when you have the responsibility of maintaining your own truck. I’m not going to pollute my sector by saying too much, but I’m making 80/mi as a company driver with tanker/hazmat endorsements. That includes deadhead and the miles are point to point, not zip to zip.

Good flat bed revenue .run Midwest lanes ,did it 30 years. Made good living , with 1 Truck and 1 Trailer flatbed and Drop deck,home most weekends worked average 11 months yearly , retired 2014 .

Hang in there, buddy, just keep plugging away. That’s all you can do.. stay safe out there and keep us posted

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.

Your first month is very similar to mine. My truck broke down on my way to orientation, so I missed that week. Then my truck was in the shop for another week after orientation. Then a family emergency took another week. I worked one week and was very much in the hole for the first month.

FCWP I believe is your worker comp plan, I have mine through an outside insurer. The LCN is your load alert charge & the Trk Scan is from sending in your paperwork. Every time you send a load in they charge $2.00. The Omitrac charge is for you buying the unit. Once it’s paid for, somewhere around $800 I believe that charge will disappear.

Alright. I’ve watched you suffer enough. I don’t usually tell people what they need to do, but you need to move on to flat bedding. Dry van & reefer are dead markets, too many people pull that freight especially all the foreigners. Landstar has decent flatbed, oversized and I believe heavy haul loads. They have a securment class (I believe in Texas) they offer to get you prepared, I would take advantage of it. From there you can progress to more specialized freight. I’ve never pulled for Landstar, but I’m a leased on O/O and do well with that and I’ve had peaks at their loadboard. If you want to do well consistently you need to move on or your weeks will be hit or miss. Wish you all the best ✌️

You are a lease operator at Landstar not an owner operator. The word owner or the word lease does not refer to the truck. It refers to the authority…..

Great videos! Do you stand on top of your mattress and record these videos?

3k for fuel sounds like a lot with the little you ran. Does Landstar put your fuel surcharge into your fuel card?

why you speek like a robot

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

Utah, Nevada, Colorado... basically anything west of I35 is trash

Scam Star before even watching I know they are crooks

Great info and transparent. Keep it up but bring back the suspenders lol

Also, if you think about how much all this would be on your own it would be wayyyy more. Plus they do the maintenance on the trailer and you get the discounts

Maybe you answered this in another video, did you complete a lease purchase at knight and move the truck over to landstar? Or are you leasing another truck with landstar?

Those Landstar charges are wild!

I think you'd be better off in the Midwest you'll have more negotiation room. I do avoid the west. Great content. Good luck at land star!

Here’s a mistake I see, you’re limiting your search area too small, open up the dead head range

What is your TRUCK PMT?

If statutory Workers' Compensation coverage is required and you do not participate in the fleet workers' compensation plan (FWCP) program, coverage must be provided by licensed carriers with acceptable interstate coverage.

Landstar needs a LOT of improvement. Spent 5 years there and the percentage needs to be adjusted. Difficult to be successful without having direct freight. The load board is full of the same posts by foreign agents. Agents never get punished for misinformation but the driver gets a load cancelled and rarely get reimbursed TONU. Too much micromanaging. I can see why there is an AB5 law. You’re almost on an employee basis. They can cut your fuel card which is insane or put you on hold and you get NO loads. Call in and you will be on hold forever for almost any dept. We were blessed to find a customer we pulled for, got our own authority and run the freight with none of the BS. We spent HOURS on the load board calling about loads that were mostly ‘covered’ or they would post a rate and tell you it was less when you called. Good luck to you, find some direct freight with an agent and hopefully a good lane ☀️

I dont understand how they could tell you rates could not be negotiable..landstar is a logistics company that uses agents or brokers whatever you want to call them to sell there loads to you or contractors of transportation companies. THEY ARE NEGOTIABLE .. the company i work for is an authorized carrier for landstar and i can tell you for a fact they negotiate..if you cant negotiate than you might as well consider yourself a company drive that just choose your own loads and time off..next i think. You need to build relationships with agents to get good loads before they hit the load board like an o/o would with its own shipper and maybe yes maybe then use a load board to get home or back to a customers shipment

How do you do the map graphics

You’re going broke ! SLoowwlly,get your own authority,contracts.

So you waiting till the day of to find loads is a mistake. Need to be pre-booking loads. You in the wrong lanes. Midwest is where you need to stay. Stack your week with some buffer in between. Will stop you from taking low rate loads. If you don’t understand the fees need to talk to your payroll rep so you understand. Also, do you know your CPM cost to operate? Also, learn to do your own maintenance, will save you a lot in the long run.

Finally no BS from trucker

I’d stay out of California fuel is crazy expensive

wow... low miles and 35% cut is a lot!!. Can't you better go with a personal dispatcher, may charge you like 17%?

Landstar is getting paid at least $3.00+ a mile to haul those loads! And they're paying owner operators $1.00+ lol crooks

That's some good breakdown numbers. No BS > I can;t wait for week 2 and 3 and 4.

As a carrier I'm definitely following.

You seem a little frustrated. Hope it starts turning around for you soon

One thing I’d say, is you need to understand the lanes better. Talking about not taking loads becomes you would be in trash areas. Not true some of those loads would have got you close enough to really good load areas and worth the small DH miles. JMO

Thank youi am trying to go to work for landstar it very interview ing wow good luck..old timmer mo

My last contract 81 percent for me 19 for agent , plus I got all fuel surcharge.

How come week 2 and 3 both have exactly the same fuel cost of $1505.16

Dude i don't even know how you survive those are horrible numbers.

Fuck I’m glad I didn’t sign up with them that’s insane man

Working for free won’t be in business long like that

When I was with knight and the company I’m with now I’ll always do the 93 over the 17. You save on fuel and time as well

Bro they take 35% do they at least provide you with a free trailer

Tyvm. Bro and God Bless love the show tks

This is a really discouraging video. But I agree with what someone else said about opening up the Dead Head miles. I've seen a few videos about it and that's what the people getting the best paying loads seem to do. Can you do a video showing the load board for flatbed? Would love to see videos like that more showing what people actually have to choose from.

Landstar cut seems high, my recommendation is to try to find a good agent and stick to it because most agents undercut the load rate by almost half.

35% Seems a little steep. Rates have been to low for to long for 35%.

I have a question...of you find your own loads with your own brokers does that work?

landstars cut is far to big for doing literally nothing! Wow, there's no money in dry van's.....you need to get out before you go tits up man. Went bankrupt in 2020 its not fun believe me.

Did you say 1.35 before Landstars cut WHAAAAAAAT ARE YOU KIDDING ME

Thanks for sharing this info. Appreciate you

That is what I see the difference with la star you start work and you still be in negative way more fees with landstsr . Now I have way less fees.

West of I 35 is a tough market. Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania are usually pretty steady to pull out of. Find a rail freight hub near you, and you'll do well pulling out of that city or nearby. Also, concentrate on direct shipper loads only. They pay much better. Find an agent to dispatch you. You'll learn freight lanes that way.

No offense but I think you’re planning the wrong loads.. book pick today deliver tomorrow 600 or less miles. Midwest to east coast then back.. enjoy your videos looking forward to see how landstar works out for you

hey theres a dude bro who live in las cruces new mexico n he runs landstar n west coast only. he makin it work with a damn sfi payment so if he can do it! u deff can. he has a youtube.

Another way to look at it is, find your daily amount you need per day. Then rate won’t matter as much if you can average out to above the dollar amount you need per day. I know blue ribbon at landstar likes to get a load everyday. They’re averaging close to 8k a week in revenue. Just an idea

35 % is the deal breaker.

Thanks for the info...very good explanation...

also south east and texas are terrible. stay tn and north and east of 35 and west of like 81 at tha mac u shud win

thank you for sharing.

You will not always get the pretty good loads. It's what you do with the ugly ones. Your right foot will help with your profit. I would also look at weight lighter loads pay better. Stay safe.

Don't run the truck when sleeping to save fuel

I couldn't put myself through that. U should be able to negotiate. Im not pulling for to much more but damn. Its not worth it. I have a rule of thumb. Minimum 2.50 a mile.

Get your own MC# and safe that 35% you on the road anyway 😂

$2 charge is when you scan in your paperwork

Thank you for this info, hope the next weeks start looking better, the fuel consumption so high must’ve been the sensor that was bad

You are going broke and don’t know it

I installed both nox sensors on my truck in 2 hours. It's very easy. Parts cost me $1100

Where was landstar orientation if you live in tx?

you said move on if they are charging too much? but to where!?

You running loads for free🤣🤣🤣🤣...you won't be in business long

Are you standing on your bed?

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