BCO or Fleet owner with own Authority?

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  1. Apr 5, 2019 #1
    Harris724

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    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?

    Thanks
     
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  3. Apr 5, 2019 #2
    Ridgeline

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    You know the question you need to ask is this ...

    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.
     
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    Dave_in_AZ

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    I have an add in the jobs section.
     
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    Harris724

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    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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    Dave_in_AZ

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    There are forum rules. Serious rules. I have an add in the jobs section;)
     
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    Harris724

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    I’m looking for it now
     
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    Ridgeline

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    I told you what to do, once you understand how it works, then you can ask the right questions because it isn't who but what they do. You guys keep getting hung up on the carrier's percentage as if it matters, it doesn't matter, it is what is going to the owner/truck that matters.
     
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    Midwest Trucker

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    I went back like 7 pages and couldn’t find it... got a link?
     
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    Gdog66223

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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.
     
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  12. Apr 6, 2019 #10
    roshea

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    Well he did make $7000 .... for LandStar ...

    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!

    Three people quit the next week.
     
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