Landstar drivers get less

You better put the hammer down or I will beat you to the pot of gold at the end of the Landstar Rainbow.

 

I can tell you one thing, I will never fail at Landstar because I will never work for someone that takes that big of a chunk out of the pie and I still have to pay for everything and still hunt for my own freight.

"What has Landstar Done For You Today"

 

they file your road and fuel taxes...... That's worth 35% isn't it?

 

Okay, MM came up with one. What else do you get for their big percentage that you pay them.

1. They file your road and fuel taxes.
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they let the agents decide what your rate will be a month after you deliver the load!

You get a lovely landstar dry van that's almost as heavy as my reefer. ANd I had it figured that you were only aying about $90 a day on a good days running, oh of course that's a percentage was was based on some very low rates so it may be more by now

 

I can say I don't know much about the van side of Landstar. I pull a flat here, it is my own trailer, and I love it. I would put my numbers up against anyone out there hauling broker fright any day.

As far as Medicine Man getting taken advantage of by an agent I think he has some responsibility in that. I make EVERY agent I haul for email me a rate confirmation on EVERY load I do. I ran my own authority for 5 years prior to coming to LS. I cut my truck cost $.25 a mile with all of the discounts I get here. I can say I do run less miles here than I did on my own but my net profit has stayed about the same.

Landstar is what YOU make it. I don't want or need someone to hold my hand to go to work. Are there things I would change here if I could? Yes, absolutely. Am I happy here? Yes, absolutely. I am not one of those guys that has been here 20 years, I have been here 2. What works for some does not work for others.

Meathead, I can with absolute certainty tell you that LS takes 20% of every load they broker. What ever the number they pay you, they have taken 20% off of the top. So with that in mind, I get 73% of the gross pay of the load. So, by doing the math, I am only giving up 7% more than any broker truck. My discounts here and the piece of mind that I will get paid in a timely manner is worth 7% to me. The 7% I give up is also only taken out of the linehaul. I get all fuel surcharge money and all accessorial charges at the rate of 100%. Again I would put my net profit numbers up against anyone pulling broker freight. After all, it's not about what you make, but what you keep.

 

you can't compare the flats side with the van side. Different worlds.

Ya I have some accountability in that, It was a hard learning curve, They sure never told us about that in orientation. I used to be independant back in the day too but I was figuring I was more protected being in a company so I wasn't getting comfermations on every load. I was getting them but I wasn't real diligent about it. That changed

 

I wasn't trying to bash you at all. They should tell people to get comfirmations in orientation. I also wasn't trying to compare flats to vans as I am sure they are two totally different worlds. Vans are the most competitive part of the trucking industry and I for one have no interest in being a part of that.

 

I was going to get into flats when I was there but ever since my back surgery i've been a bit leery of getting into it. last thing I need is to throw my back out and be stuck laying on the deck of my trailer.
the vans are BS. Van freight everywhere sucks. I do reefers now. It's where I started in trucking long ago and it's just what feels right to me