Landstar around IN ???

So for the 5th week in a row, QC has shorted my pay over $1,500 (this week it was $3,500 short) and I am honestly tired of this crap. Not only does it make it very frustrating, but I also have a hard time paying bills when they keep screwing me over....

So my question is, how's the Landstar freight and boards looking for flatbeds and SD around NW Indiana?? Zip is 46391. Not looking for OTR stuff, mainly out-n-back or local around Chicago. I need to net $1,300 a week to cover all my bills (home, truck, taxes, maint ect ect) Which I am sure is do-able with just about ANY company out there, but I would like to be able to get home say one night a week and be off weekends..... any info is helpfull

 

They got my pay straightened out, just won't get it till next weeks pay. i am just really fed up with all this crap, and I figure i can do some local work and make the same $$$ and drive less....maybe

My current gig pays very well ($4,250 a turn) but it is also for 2,700 miles a week. On the plus side, I run SUPER light and come back empty so the WS gets about 6.8mpg on average. But I figured if I could run 1500 miles a week and get $2+ per mile (including deadhead) then I'd be better off.

 

I am thinking so as well, and it's very hard to give up a gravy run like I currently have. But I feel that I might be happier doing SD work. I don't mind the manual labor, in fact I welcome it. It gets very boring sitting in a seat and holding a wheel for for 11hrs a day, seeing the same road and hauling to the same place each week. Plus I like a challenge and figure after a year or two I can move into a RGN since that is what my truck was made to haul.

But I also want to be careful I don't regret my choice and wish I had not given up my run. Currently I gross a little over $14,000 a month. But that is if I get 4 loads in and that is dependent on the plant staying up and running. For instance, come October I will only get 2 loads as the plant is shutting down for 3 weeks for scheduled repairs. At least I know in advance about this, but the other times it just pops up and I'm stuck waiting for them to get going again.

So I either need to bite the bullet and just stick with what I know, or jump into the unknown and see where it leads me.