Landstar Owner Operator Pay Week 10. Pryor Oklahoma to Ontario California

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[@User4622Vp]

Thanks for your hard work

[@MC-mj2lj]

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.

[@truckingthesevenseas]

It is nice being able to go where I please...

[@TSi99999]

You'll appreciate that especially come winter

[@steve-rs3op]

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

[@LuisHernandez-ds8iu]

You need to get a dispatch course to learn the market. I gross 7k Monday to Friday/saturday Van only Texas, weekend off and I’m lazy in running loads.

[@steve-rs3op]

Are you with landstsr also? Im in texas also, and plan to do exactly what your doing but rates seem rough

[@gsafreight8099]

If your maintenance is about .30 p/m now, you should always budget that. The Landstar costs are crazy high also. You do a good job breaking it down.

[@toddstepan7712]

Landstar is taking to much.

[@DonFonzarelli-uq9yx]

Thats company driver pay.

[@botto80]

Very interesting man! I’m enjoying your channel

[@nealp7930]

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.

[@NickIatauro]

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.

[@raykrv6a]

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?

[@truckingthesevenseas]

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.

[@raykrv6a]

@@truckingthesevenseas 7.7 is pretty decent. Plus running the APU is going to save clogging up the emissions system.

[@bmhtransportllc]

Was landstars cut accurate this week? I felt it was a little high

[@truckingthesevenseas]

Yes its accurate. It was a long load that paid well and had limited accessorial so their cut was a little higher than were use to seeing.

[@kfekadu55]

Any prospect of securing a direct shipper load for you to take on a regular basis? Some of their loads never even make it to the load board

[@JBe77]

That's the biggest problem with LS. All the good loads are given to the seasoned drivers while the new bcos have to play with the scraps.

[@HTX-pinetrails]

​@@JBe77 how long have been at Landstar?

[@JBe77]

​@@HTX-pinetrailsI was at landatar for 5 yrs. Left in Dec 2023 because of lowsy rates and the amount of ghost loads .

[@dyldoe95]

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.

[@brianschwarz33]

Do you include landstars 35% into your $1.04 cost per mile?

[@ThatOneGuy-hp2pb]

Yep dude

[@truckingthesevenseas]

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.

[@brianschwarz33]

@@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.

[@thomasreyes2857]

Are you nuts an owner operator driving for under a dollar a mile. Walmart drivers make 88 cents a mile company drivers😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤