Landstar Owner Operator Dry Van Pay Week 19

[@noso4609]

You should be an accountant brother… you have a gift and attention to details. Appreciate your content. Glad you had a descent week from the looks of it.

[@MrAMandTM]

Thanks for putting this info out there for those of us that were wondering.

[@fighter4christ7]

Congratulations 👏 Glad to see you finally had profitable runs. Hopefully you can build a consistent customer base with some of these brokers that will like you specifically to run their customer freight. Good luck 👍

[@A_A_Ron_G]

Solid numbers man, congrats. You'll survive this downturn.

[@stevespriggs3302]

Sometimes you have to do a lower profit load to get to a better market rate. Money is the major factor in determining the best outcome. Stay safe

[@Richardbagshaw-os9dm]

Good stuff. You are spot on about Atlanta.

[@ranatoipanema]

Great video, very enlightening. One question I have, this freight you showed picking up on August 8th and leaving on August 13th, if by chance it arrives earlier than expected, could you leave the cargo?

[@truckingthesevenseas]

Those pickup and drop times are not correct. There's usually a window and the app just shows random dates in between the windows.

[@cowboyduke]

Depending on your engine specs, if you can keep your RPM below 1500, you'll get way better fuel economy. That means you'll probably be running around 65 down the highway. A little slower than what you're normally running, so pros and cons

[@samgraves8045]

So those two dollars a mile loads are before Landstar takes out their 35% cut , so you really are just making around 1.50 a mile. Am OO with Schneider and seriously thinking going to Landstar now that my truck is paid off

[@Smooth_Operator_83]

I recommend using fuel gauges app to keep up with fuel cost

[@markmitchell7268]

I had a 17 cascadia bought it new and had 900000 miles on it when I sold it lifetime fuel mileage was 7.9 mpg and I pull a reefer and alway heavy always drove 63 mph to no more than 66 mph anything over 65 mph was throwing $ out of the exhaust pipe lol

[@notjustanotherdeal4865]

This is what I did. also when I slowed down, I wasn't as tired/stressed at the end of the day! 😃

[@Smooth_Operator_83]

Fuel is your biggest expense

[@CarlosPerez-pl2jz]

Bro I make that money doing port work every week and everyday home before 6pm. Stop wasting your life there

[@jasonmartin2965]

Which port?

[@KojLok-dy6gp]

He is not gonna tell you 😂😂. They are always like that.​@@jasonmartin2965

[@LifeTrucking]

Owner op? Which port?

[@CarlosPerez-pl2jz]

@@LifeTrucking yes jacksonville fl

[@CarryMePlz2239]

Just curious, have you been keeping up with some exercise? I think I saw a treadmill in one of your videos last year. I remember thinking "that's gotta be a heavy!"

[@botto80]

👍🏻

[@henrybattle314]

Hello, are you ok out there. When is the next video.

[@Livestockhaulin]

$3200+ after all expenses is solid money to the business. Especially with the carrier taking 35% & fees. 1$ a mile net is my floor with an authority.

[@fighter4christ7]

Holy cow a burrito was 2000 calories!? 😂 I’ll have to check that out next time I get one. Since everything in nutrition facts is based off a 2000 cal/day diet I guess that burrito is supposed to be your whole day according to FDA lol.

[@truckingthesevenseas]

Well sort of.. It was a breakfast burrito in the morning and then a Mexican bowl in the afternoon... I simplify some food items into the same group so I don't have so many columns. But ya it was not an ideal day.

[@fighter4christ7]

@@truckingthesevenseas ah I see, that makes sense. Honestly I don’t calorie count and today that seems to be old school weight loss, however if you’ve lost 8lbs it is working some. I’ve come to notice cutting out certain foods or certain food groups completely for an extended time shows real results. And the fasting of course. I’ve never struggled with weight and I actually lost 15lbs when I started driving because I was forgetting to eat 😂 I had also fasted for a week once and had nothing but water. Lost a total of 15lbs. Was crazy to watch weight fall off so quickly on the scale.

[@Everysingletimeowitz]

Great content man keep it up. Do you have plans of getting a trailer and your own authority one day?

[@truckingthesevenseas]

Yes I do actually. I am likely looking to start my own fleet/authority next year. I haven't announced anything on the channel yet as I'm still planning it. Its the next logical step for me... Company driver, lease operator, O/O leased on to company, now O/O with authority, then fleet owner.

[@ThatOneGuy-hp2pb]

If he moved 300 from lieul to the assessorials.That means you made roughly an extra hundred dollars

[@truckingthesevenseas]

He added an extra 300 to accessorial. Didn't move it. Added straight up.

[@billestep6804]

You’re not figuring truck replacement. If you did you’d make less than most company drivers.

[@datboinate0192]

What song is that in the beginning of the video

[@lenejaia]

Probably because all the Fl driver DH to GA

[@codyfolsom365]

Heck you're making a full $1 per mile more than I am making. My last load for linehaul after the linehaul split and fsc was taken out it was 68 cpm not much decent paying freight ATM with landstar.

[@JeffreyCrowther]

That money at land star is shit I do 8.000.00 average after expenses and get paid in 24 hours after Bols go in

[@codyfolsom365]

@@JeffreyCrowther where at?

[@KojLok-dy6gp]

​@@codyfolsom365You believe him 😂😂

[@majorpipe]

I'm confused about the hotel. I understand the need for A/C in that heat, but why would you need to idle your truck for so long? You installed a new APU only a few months ago - is it still out of service?

[@truckingthesevenseas]

It works OK during the night so it does save me some costs by staying in the truck. The hotel is partly for pleasure... Gets me out of the truck, have a bathroom, shower, breakfast, gym, etc for effectively only about $30-40 more per night after considering the idling costs. Well worth it IMO.

[@fighter4christ7]

APU’s I have learned unfortunately can’t always keep up with the heat. Sometimes the truck engine is needed to at least build up cool air and hopefully you have good insulation and the APU can keep it steady. But mid day over 100 degrees, unless you have one of the brand new electric ones you can forget about it.

[@CarryMePlz2239]

@@fighter4christ7 are you talking about a REAL APU or Opti-Idle. I"m using opti-idle as I type this and it sounds exactly like what I have. Considering the costs of APUs, we'd think they'd be able to keep up with any heat

[@fighter4christ7]

@@CarryMePlz2239 Real APU’s. I have the Carrier Comfort Pro. It only operates 2 vents in my sleeper which is not sufficient and has its own A/C lines. The trucks A/C system carries much more of a charge.

[@jamesnelson5700]

Are you using the pump price on fuel or the LS discount

[@truckingthesevenseas]

LS discount.

[@Smooth_Operator_83]

You don’t stack your loads? You wait until you’re empty to start looking for loads?

[@kashkash1541]

Hey week 19 fuel expense was very low. Is that your average. Ty

[@somerandomdude9877]

Why would you not add taxes and truck insurance? I know it’s a big cost per month. I’ve noticed a lot of KZbinrs never revel the actual net after ALL the deductions. I’m assuming to just make the net look better? Don’t get me wrong I appreciate the content that’s put out to help truckers like me that’s thinking of becoming an O/O with landstar but trying to figure in my head how much taxes and insurance would drop the profit is kinda scary!

[@truckingthesevenseas]

Insurance covered by landstar. If you want to back your tax rate out it would be easy enough for you to do with whatever circumstances you have.

[@michaelcoachtechvp2846]

Simple answer your making sweet dick all and getting fcked

[@412hwc]

💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 how have u been doing with tha agents?

[@truckingthesevenseas]

Just fine... I haven't really made headway into any specific lane though. I don't think I'm going to focus on finding a lane tbh. I just follow the best loads and the best areas. If I happen to find an agent that has dedicated loads going to those areas... Then maybe I'll work something out.

[@412hwc]

@@truckingthesevenseas yea it will come. ur one of those guys that dont care shere u go, long as you makin money. thats real truccin💪🏼 u gon b jus fine keep makin it work for u bro.

[@jackking9400]

Why are you hauling anything below $2.20 to the truck this is 2024 operating costs

[@micclay]

If you get a pump and hose and take the guy's fuel next to you while he sleeps, you can get your operating cost way down.

[@qthetroll]

@@micclaybye bye

[@flakoloko5009]

How many mile truck?

[@truckingthesevenseas]

200k. High idle time though. Idle time closer to 300-350k.

[@daystroy]

Can you send me that spreadsheet?

[@okiefenokee6935]

So why do you say profit lost? It looks like you made a 35k profit so far. Or am i hearing you wrong?

[@truckingthesevenseas]

Profit loss (P/L) is just a generally accounting term that's used to describe a companies accounting... Sometimes a company makes a profit... Sometimes a loss. So its called a P/L.

[@jk6854]

Landstar cut of 35% Company paycheck

[@stepback3211]

He makes more money from youtube than trucking. Stop moving CHEAP LANSTAR FREIGHT.

[@jamesnelson5700]

You have to learn to use land match

[@whalescience8831]

At 18:56 it seems like your expenses are undercalculated by about $160. Maybe im wrong though and am not following your math. Either way great vid. Enjoy the info. Seems like loadstar takes a large cut. I'm just curious: Do you feel its truly worth it, or are you getting your money worth paying them?

[@bryanjones972]

If your working all week to bring home anything less than $3k weekly, your wasting your time while making all the middle men more money with almost no overhead. Trucking is a migrant workers party now... flip floppers are rampant.

[@CarryMePlz2239]

next you are going to say that you make $4k/week as a company driver , home every night, meals paid for, etc.. 🤣 You right about the migrant workers party, FS

[@bryanjones972]

@CarryMePlz2239 no, I got out of the trucking game as O/O. Run local hauling someone else's equipment with their equipment. No maintenance worries, etc. I'm glad to bring in $2500 a week with no expenses other than food. OTR isn't worth the hassle or stress anymore. Life is too short. I work to live, not live to work...

[@KojLok-dy6gp]

​@@bryanjones9722500 after tax or gross?