Do's and Don'ts at Landstar?

yes thats to the truck

 

What do you mean to the truck? Is that seperate from what you take home as a driver?

 

i run for a very small fleet inside us xpress... run under their dot # but not under their control.... as in usx can't even call me
our fleet has around 63 trucks of that about 12 are O/O's like me

i turn down regular freight unless i don't want to eat the dead head miles.... i've deadhead up to 800 miles to get a load... that load paided over $6.50 a mile with a back load over $5.50 a mile......most pay in the $2-$3 range but i do get them over $10.
last year my avg pay to the truck was $707 a day for every day the truck wasn't sitting at home (breakdown, 34,or what ever reason i wasn't moving)
my group does only high dollar loads that will fit inside a 53' van...... i've had loads as small as 1 475 lb. pallet

 

Wow. Nice.

 

"To the truck" mean money to the particular O/O, after carrier cut when he/she is leased on percentage deal.

 

So the 54k he made to the truck also includes his wage as a driver?

 

yes
thats what the truck (me) gets after the company get there percentage BEFORE i pay my expenses (fuel and the like)

my NET in pocket after all expenses (fuel, repairs, tires, fixed... everything) was 407 a day for every day the truck wasn't at home
net / by days out (per diem) = $407.54 per day

 

At 707 per day that means you worked 302 days last year?

 

OP, sorry for sidetracking Your tread, but very interesting information.

 

How did You come up with 54k?