Im interested in driving for an O/O with Landstar. A friend told me I should try there first as it’s 100% o/o. I don’t have my own truck but I do have 7 years of OTR experience and I thought driving for an owner operator first would be more prudent and give me a feel of what it’s like to be an owner operator before I actually try to become one. So my question is, is driving for a BCO with 1 truck leased on at Landstar better than say someone with 5 or 6 trucks and his own trailers pulling Landstar freight? Which one can afford to pay the most?
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BCO or Fleet owner with own Authority?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Harris724, Apr 5, 2019.
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How does the landstar system work.
It isn't a matter of who pays more, it matters how they use the system to make money.blairandgretchen and D.Tibbitt Thank this. -
From what i gather BCO’s make a little more, but 37% goes to Landstar. My question is pretty unambiguous. Just need to know who, under whatever system they’re using, would be more feasible to work for. Or should I even go through the trouble of even applying at Landstar at all and just go to work for a small fleet owner.
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Percentage of what?? 35% of nothing is still nothing.
I got a buddy who is a BCO and he was bragging last week how he made $7000.... I said no you made $4550 after their fee. And then You took home $3350 after fuel. I believe he ran somewhere around 2200 miles. He said well yea but I still made $7000. NO YOU DIDN'T!
$3350/2200 miles= $1.52 per mile... you do the math.blairandgretchen and Midwest Trucker Thank this. -
Several of us got burned one time at a well known tanker outfit. All week three of us ran empties all week long from Charlotte to Columbia for a new customer to have tanks to load. Then we found out we got paid absolutely nothing for doing that! I think our pay was 67%, but since they didn't charge the customer to spot the tanks, they justified not paying us because 67% of nothing is nothing, just like you said!
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