Landstar is "son'ing" Owner Operators

I’ve chatted with about 5 or 6 Landstar drivers over the last year. All of them happy and doing well. A young guy, was the last I chatted with, he seemed to have his stuff together. Showed up at the shipper with a clipboard and everything nicely organized. We started chatting and I asked him about Landstar and what he thought of it and how he was doing.
He laughed and said “I’m 25 years old, I worked fast food before I went into trucking, I’m going to make about $190,000 this year and that’s after all my expenses. How do you think I’m doing?” Lol
I drive harder than him, I’ll make about $60,000. Course I don’t have the skin in the game he does owning his own truck.

 

Landstar definitely needs a lot more people doing ODOS work.

 

Id say he was lying through his teeth. OTOH, he could be on that super special 50 dollars a mile hauling nitro gylcerine account that no one ever talks about....

 

All lies. I'll start my sixth year in June. You have to be on the road 360 days a year just to make a few dollars and live in your truck with your furry.

Son.

 

OK if he was lying or exaggerating, why wouldn’t he just go become a company driver and make 60 to 80,000 a year?

 

Probably driving record ruined by Landstarve and he can't get on with a quality mega carrier.

 

No idea. He is still young so maybe he just doesnt have any other life and never goes home. At 69 years old I have heard my share of exaggerations thats all.

 

I have a buddy who is a LS BCO and all I ever hear from him is how this load paid him 2 grand and that load was too cheap at 1 grand and his next load is 4 grand.....then he #####es about being broke. Then he blames it all on break downs and tires......

 

That's true LS life. Everyone has been warned.

Walmart starts at $110K year.

 

I heard it went up again....but im still not interested. I like my own truck and weekends off.....plus 7 months until I retire for good.