IS IT WORTH TO BE A TRUCK DRIVER IN 2025? LANDSTAR OWNER OPERATOR THOUGHTS 💭

[@lmbyas1]

Glad you finally got the dedicated run. The way you put up the numbers helped me immensely when I was wondering if landstar would be better than my current company (they will be, by far).✌

[@mrusatransportation]

@@lmbyas1 yeap. Landstar have over 8k trucks leased to them now with the bad economy. That shows you how strong of a company Landstar is. The income is always going to depend on how people run their businesses.

[@mischiefwolf8252]

@@mrusatransportation these Mega carriers like the one that you work for in many others are the problem with the trucking industry another big problem in the trucking industry for all truckers that are OTR drivers is there are too many Brokers scamming OTR drivers we need less dot restrictions on OTR drivers thank God Trump is in the white house again so we can get rid of that Buddha judge Department of Transportation gaywad in our government he is the problem with a part of the big problem that OTR drivers have to deal with these Mega carriers and all these Brokers brokering loads are screwing the OTR drivers our government needs to pass a law to where we need to get rid of a lot of these Brokers cuz they're scamming OTR drivers they're guaranteeing loads they're not even hauling they're using your reputation that you'll get the load there on time in the meanwhile while they're screwing you the pay on the load even at Landstar

[@tipppy1000]

I’ve got my truck paid off with my current company and I’m going to be coming over in a few months. I was with Landstar seven years ago with another truck and I loved it back then.

[@mrusatransportation]

@@tipppy1000 congratulations on the paid truck 🦾🎈🎊🇺🇸✅. LS is still good compared to outside carriers but as everyone knows rates are lower than 7 years ago 😂. We are very happy at LS

[@paulbuckles1235]

Great video! Thanks driver!

[@mrusatransportation]

@@paulbuckles1235 thank you 🫡✅🙏🏼

[@Vic-v3o]

Nice video

[@mrusatransportation]

@@Vic-v3o thank you for the support 🙏🏼

[@JesusGarcia-lr2iu]

Thanks for the numbers brother.

[@mrusatransportation]

@@JesusGarcia-lr2iu no problem. 🫡✅

[@douvonnie]

1 year otr to qualify to get on landstar. Yea I’m wait to find a dedicated agent here hard with solo

[@mrusatransportation]

For solos the best way is lane match. There you can find the dedicated agents

[@sedrickwilliams2343]

Hey can you do a load board video for flatbed coming out of the south in from Louisiana looking to run out and back from there

[@mrusatransportation]

I can try but I don’t understand much about flatbed lol. Sometimes it’s not a good load and i think it was lol

[@bruceevert1655]

Your getting 6c off bc its the cash price insted of the credit price. Then the landstsr discount is off the cssh price..

[@mrusatransportation]

@@bruceevert1655 didn’t know that 😂 thanks 🙏🏼

[@adrianramirez3668]

Hey boss. Thinking of going to Landstar but want to stay in CA or AZ. Is there good freight volume with decent rates in SoCal? Can you check the Los Angeles or Fontana to phx lane? Or the lane going to Vegas.

[@mrusatransportation]

@@adrianramirez3668 there is plenty of loads coming out of LA and phoenix area. You wouldn’t have a problem finding a load back and forth.

[@hamerdo]

Great info! Any pointers on purchasing your semi ?

[@mrusatransportation]

@@hamerdo yes. Stay tune for the next video. Im gonna be talking about that. We purchased our truck at Pride truck sales of Atlanta GA very good service

[@fabojohnson2302]

Me and my bother n law does team driving 2 weeks out 1 week home, and we make very good money

[@mrusatransportation]

@@fabojohnson2302 nice… as long as you guys are happy is what matters… Is that your own authority or what company?

[@fabojohnson2302]

@mrusatransportation mercer, but we wanna go to landstar

[@mrusatransportation]

@@fabojohnson2302 nice change… mercer was our 2nd option.

[@edwardalcala8278]

My wife and I just paid off our truck. We are connected to hirschbach right now. We Iive in Colton ca. We've been driving for 9 years now. What do we need to do to drive for landstar. Do you have a dedicated to Phoenix and back?

[@mrusatransportation]

@ Hey 👋🏻… you guys should be good to go here. You need a year OTR experience and its required to have your hazmat endorsement before orientation if you don’t already have it. They have contracts all over the country boss.AZ and CA is very good with loads.

[@mischiefwolf8252]

Also Mr USA you need to you should get you an APU on there the best apis on the market or green apus you have to go to their place and they will install the new green APU they have an excellent warranty program the best in the business when it comes to apis better than Thermo King better than carrier and cheaper and it's still a better Apu than those other brands I mentioned😊

[@mrusatransportation]

@@mischiefwolf8252 my wheelbase is too short … won’t fit, so I did a home made APU with the generator.

[@mischiefwolf8252]

@mrusatransportation all of them apu's will fit on them new Peterbilts they put a thermo Kings on them they put carrier apus on their I've seen them on all the Peterbilts just like yours I would check more into it cuz I believe they will fit

[@infinitedarkmind8864]

You gonna do a 34hr and theirs 2 of you driving? Dont get it if when theres both of yall bruh no way🤔

[@mrusatransportation]

It was only 16 hrs driving to get there boss i drove 6 and she drove a whole shift and there we stayed 10 hrs parked at the receiver and Renata did another whole shift. Driving team we don’t stop 34hrs like a solo unless we want to.

[@infinitedarkmind8864]

@mrusatransportation You think even if solo im running recap or using the clock in way that'll keep me with a payload...Keep Truckin' 💪🏾👊🏾👌🏾

[@mrusatransportation]

Here at Landstar you can get fired for misusing the PC 😂. So now we have to be 💯 compliant with rules

[@infinitedarkmind8864]

@mrusatransportation Oh I understand that well, yeah man I hustled a few loads from fedex and amazon I know that well stay in compliance😂

[@mrusatransportation]

@ I had the Russian ELD in the past 😂

[@winnaung1238]

Getting team should be okay for solo is tough!!

[@mrusatransportation]

@@winnaung1238 It’s hard for both sides. But not impossible 🫡✅🙏🏼

[@mischiefwolf8252]

Hey mister USA I had a good idea since you hall for Landstar how about the name for your truck Landstar Black Beauty

[@mrusatransportation]

@@mischiefwolf8252 could be Black Landstar 😳

[@StickNclutch]

It is if you know what you're doing

[@mrusatransportation]

@@StickNclutch yeap… definitely not gonna have a change if keeps burning the bridges presented on the way up. 🫡✅😎

[@rolandodenova1603]

Can you please help me get to the dedicated account you have?

[@mrusatransportation]

@@rolandodenova1603 are you team?

[@rolandodenova1603]

Yes sir we are​@@mrusatransportation

[@rolandodenova1603]

​@@mrusatransportationyes

[@rolandodenova1603]

How can we comunicate? KZbin keeps erasing my phone number

[@rolandodenova1603]

My are code is 210

[@NicholasEstrada-tp8cj]

What’s up Mark

[@mrusatransportation]

@@NicholasEstrada-tp8cj yoooooo leta goooooooo

[@mischiefwolf8252]

Hey I haven't heard you call your truck bike Beauty in a while you're not calling it Black Beauty anymore

[@mrusatransportation]

@@mischiefwolf8252 it’s too dirty now to be called black beauty 😂

[@mischiefwolf8252]

@mrusatransportation that's okay if it was my truck it would be washed every single week it would look mostly clean most of the time I know it's expensive to get truck washed regularly but it's part of owning a truck that truck would look a lot better though if you get rid of the gas catcher exhaust and put the why pipes on it so you can have pipes installed on it, if you get bored check out Trucking together they took a 2020 Peterbilt Ultra Loft epic like yours and they had stocks put on it and it looks pretty sick to see these new Peterbilts and Kenworths with real exhaust pipes like the old school trucks when they come from the factory with gas Burner Exhaust that's Peterbilt and Kenworth being cheap putting cheap exhaust on them

[@LifeTrucking]

Do they have Solo Dedicated? -Also, are you saying as a Solo O/O with LS you would only make $2K/week? - Many of us don’t have a Teammate.

[@mrusatransportation]

@@LifeTrucking they have many solos dedicated boss. And here will depend on how you run your business. I did 2 months solo here and averaged 4k net week. Many people starve here too from the way they run their business.

[@alexhowley9834]

​@@mrusatransportation4k a week net? What loads/areas? I just got on with Landstar . Got my 4th load tomorrow.. hazmat. Once the new year starts I'm gonna be running hard

[@tamalasmith8266]

Bro its .60 cent off not 6

[@johnlucas8924]

Trucking ain’t worth it anymore period

[@mrusatransportation]

@@johnlucas8924 😂. You’re just traumatized brother 😂

[@thatboi5415]

Speak for yourself

[@mrusatransportation]

@@thatboi5415 this is just my opinion boss. If someone is not happy where they are then they have to move.

[@thatboi5415]

@@mrusatransportation i was replying to the other guy.

[@mrusatransportation]

@@thatboi5415 ooooh sorry 😂 so much haters here bro lol