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Wait did I hear right that he was thinking this man's take home would be 80 to 90k after making 2200k? I'm new to this Soni ask is that right because that's alot of expense
I don’t want to be your dream crasher , but let me Tell you this. Im 100 % independent . Reefer hauler . Last year I drove 67000 loaded / empty and I grossed 204,000 . I will never will understand , why you work under someone authority and pay them for doing nothing , when you do 95% of the required work to run a company on your own ?????? I don’t haul loads for less than 3.00 or less than 1,000 per day . And I go anywhere I want to go . I have the freedom . No one is telling me or controlling my rate .
Damn good interview...been with Landstar going on 4 yrs and everything he says is true. Been an o/o over 20 yrs and this is by far the best company I've ever been with.
Great interview! I loved this interview because Todd is a great example of a professional owner operator. Years of experience, obviously a master of cargo securement, successfully running a oversize step deck at Landstar! When the mega carriers eventually replace all drivers with robots; Todd and those like him will still have more work than they want🤟.
I did not go to school for CDL. I became O/O with 0 experience . So, find out in your state if you can do that . I learned how to answer the written text in the internet . I have o/o friends who helped me with their trucks.
GO GET YOUR PERMIT AND ALL YOUR ENDORSEMENTS EXCEPT FOR BUS N PASSENGER , AND APPLY FOR FEDEX FREIGHT THEY HAVE DRIVER APPRENTICE PROGRAM AND TRAIN YOU , ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR CLASS A PERMIT.
I wish Landstar would accept daycab local drivers. It’s mandated for their inspection to have a acceptable sleeper berth... such a bummer because their load boards are pretty solid in the Midwest region
Read , read and read more before you do anything else and the ask questions . Keep a good driving record and good credit score . Those 2 things will help you to avoid big sharks to take advantage of you . Good luck to you !
Looks like I got into trucking at the right age at 26yrs old. Like Todd, when he got into trucking. Quite impressive the money he is making at his age. Man can retire at 55 and enjoy life for the next 30+ yrs.
I know in your past couple videos, you focused on self driven trucks. But I think you should ask every driver in every video how do they feel about those trucks/programs. To get their opinion. Specially if they been in the game as long as this OG. That would be 🔥
I’m with Landstar and I run last year around 70k miles and I gross 119,000. I run hard on peak months and get lazy on month’s that rates are low. My net was 61k
Thing is, 200,000 + per year, sounds good, but as an independent, out of that comes your expenses, fuel, maintenance, licenses, insurance, what is actual profit varies, some guys always make it sound like easy money, if you want it, it’s not going to be handed to you, you have to get out there and take it, over 3 million miles tells me that
I am from Europe. I have a DREAM. An AMERICAN DREAM to work like truck driver in US and to have my own small company. I work hard in Europe to get 200 000$ for visa, that allows me to come in the US. But you in America are BLESSED men. In Europe 2500 - 3000 euro (3000 - 3600$) per month for HARD WORK, very fucking hard work in far worse road conditions than US (horrible traffic, narrow roads, etc.). And trust me, i will work my ass off and I will make my personal American Dream come true.
As a truck driver in France, I completely understand you niks1na! It's also my dream to go to the USA and become a truck driver ! But how do you get a visa to work there is hard.
Last yr ran 110k. Landstar dry van. I do two trips out of the house per month(18 days total per month). Gross was 370k. Paid to the truck was 252k(after Landstar Co. and Landstar Agent cut.) After expenses(no truck pmt.) Net was 158k. Paid myself 60k. Have 0 debt except for house pmt. (Will pay off the day I retire). Put 50k yr into a tax deferred personal 401k(Keogh Acct). Left balance in Business acct as profit for future Capital Expenditures. You won't get rich as a Landstar O/O, But if you do it right you will have a nice retirement. The key is 0 truck payments. Pay Cash. Get trucks with rebuilt motors(paperwork), or factory reman engines. No DEF.. Make it legal, replace all parts necessary heat/cool, used apu. Don't buy the first truck you see. Get oil samples and rig dig done. No automatic trans(very expensive to fix or replace). Get a 13 spd. 3.42 or 3.36 rears. Good fuel mileage is key.
I don’t understand what benefits Landstar offers, other than what he stated. Why give them part of the profit when you’re doing all the work to get loads, owning your trucks, etc. Are there other expensive benefits they offer like insurance coverage or other financial benefits?
@hankhill747 the benefits a awesome here. He just touched on a few. HUGE fuel, tire, and labor discounts. They handle IFTA, permits, cross border paperwork, and much more. Insurance isn't bad either. Yes, you can do those things yourself. But it's going to cost you. The biggest mistake/assumption people make, they can't do the actual math. It's not just 65%, it's much more if you know what you're doing
I live in Canada, I run the North East Boston NYC NJ Toronto Montreal & Return. I'd like to live in California Arizona or Nevada and work for a US company is this possible got Any Advice ??? 🍻
If I can save up to pay cash for a truck with a good solid maintenance fund and clear $1 per mile after taxes, fuel, and insurance then Landstar may be a good choice for me.
Approx $2.22 per mile, ... for how many hours per week ?, plus how much of that is net after expenses ? I hear most owner drivers saying they won't bid for less than $2 anyway. And could I make decent money with vanilla Dry Van Drop'n'Hook (as a Business) with Landstar, instead of having to run Flatbed and tarp and climb up and get dirty all the time ? I'm like 59 man, had to live out on the road for months at a time, and don't have the luxury of a home or the time to do laundry every day. The problem is there is no honest laid out financial information in the industry for those who want to be owner operators. I'm just having trouble figuring out how the guy is saying "you don't have to run hard" when a Truck has enormous expenses, and all I've seen out there so far in my 3 years of driving are all these companies peddling 'Fleece-Purchase' programs where the driver never gets to own a truck - but is forced to have some other strange guy sleep with him all the time ? I forget how many times some Driver has painted 'blue-sky' to me about their company in a truck stop cafe. And I have never once come across an owner operator who would reveal a breakdown of miles, revenue, cost structures, and net to me . . . You're telling me last year he ran an average of only 2,000 mi per week to do well? I ran 3400 mi a week dedicated for 2 months, reefer live load/unloads, just my '34' when I got back, and only saved $5,000 as a company driver. It exhausted me, and the company owner was pushing things on me that might have destroyed my career if I hadn't been smart enough to push him back on. I have three (non-liberal) degrees, with honors, from a community college - one in Economics (business) and another in Accounting. And I had to go trucking this past 3 years just so I would not have to be homeless. But I would kill for the knowledge and/or business mentorship of how to run my own game, without having the Capital to start it. Send me 12 months worth of legitimate spreadsheets and financial statements for a typical owner driver, Landstar, and I'll consider it? As a prospective business owner, do I not have the right to do my 'due diligence' ??? 🚛💨 . . .
What a lot of people don’t understand is that Landstar loads pay more so with your own Authority you are getting the lower amount on the same load. Even taking out the 35% y’all keep crying about lol it’s still the same amount.
Just stopped for this trucking shit. Been bout a month & it was the hardest thing to do until I realized I’m tryna better my financial situation. Been smoking since I was 13/14 & I’m 23 now & was smoking at least a ounce per week minimum. You good my boy!!! Get ya bread 🇭🇹
You can rent a trailer (flatbed,stepdeck, RGN, specialized, etc), pay weekly and get additional percentage based on the trailer. It's the same if you have your own trailer. You can also use a company provided trailer without renting and get the standard percentage. That's what most guys do with the dry vans.
Ahh, that's why Landstar loads are high paying. Eliminated the middle man. Sounds like it'd be best for a new OTR driver to start there instead of coming over from a dispatched company.
@@thetruckerslearningchannel3211 There's always more, just gotta find it and take it. I always say never settle down too long. So many opportunities in this world Hell with 1 million mile club with Warner transport . Gotta move up in the world
The paystub says 200k but that was for the 100k miles. Unless I misunderstood something. Shouldn’t it be he drove 100k miles n made 200k last year ? Not tryna bash u, just tryna understand cuz I watch your vids I’m a sub.
@@gregorysagegreene His wife takes care of his truck and mortgage payments, I guess. He is driving for fun. Lol. People make billions of dollars for fake hydrogen powered semi truck nowadays. His small lies are nothing compared to it. LOL
After everything is paid for, gas, insurance, maintenance, truck payment etc.etc., he brings home 100 K gross. After tax (including self employment tax, yes, that`s a thing), he clears 70. Wal Mart Drivers make more.
@@allanmccullough8550 yup....the average hourly rate around where I am is about 30 an hour....i get about 35 an hour 10 to 12 hour days but I always stretch it to 12, management can't really say much, unless they want a grievance filed...ot after 8 and double time and a half on holdays
Since your self-dispatching whats your percentage of the loads you book for yourself? ?? I know it has to be percentage so this is a question Alex you may want to ask him because it gives us a more rounded ball park figure of what I could earn with a company like landstar which from my info I was told not to go through them when I ran flatbed spread axle...?!😉
@@thetruckerslearningchannel3211 88% now but back then I was 74% but I always wondered about Landstar because I know someone that worked with them in the past it's a hustle. You won't make it going home.
I'm calling drop dead military auction is my preface I just simply need to get a point in the right direction can you help can you have your other driver there help
Great. That's good and all but I truly think you'll never really make any true money till u get your own authority and your own customers. Cause long as I been in this game as owner operators they gonna make sure we keep spending whether we have our own authority or not. Thing is stay in the business long enough to survive. So with that said, how much is actually going to the bank? I hear ppl and companies say all the time the grossed this and that but as long as there are some sings/decals on the sides of your vehicle those stickers gonna keep trying to charge for different shit. In trucking you can make a lot quick and those fuks knows it. But man I say that any owner op should be able to make it all cause we have to pay, profit, set aside, pay our own bills, and etc. So good luck too ya buddy... Stay safe out there
There are several, but you have to find them. They don't advertise like the low paying otr companies. And the tend to have better equipment, pay, and benefits. And also home weekly.
I was thinking about the Doctor and the driver. If both work 2 years and get laid off. Yes the driver can get a job next day or next week. Heres the thing. What the driver makes in 10 years, the DOC has made that in 2 years. He's 8 years ahead of the driver in income. DOC can afford time off, find a new job or open up his own office. Where as the driver who got laid off, can only afford a few weeks off without pay, no funds to start his own business. Driver has a short time clock to completely being broke, foreclosure, car repo , no food in the house Doctors and lawyers will be ok on thier own . Just saying. But its still good to have a CDL on hands. More open windows for job opportunities
Yup LS driver is right those 3rd party freight from T,Q,L & C.H. Robinson pay Real Great 🤥 🙄 then you have every moron LS agent out there that puts sht. Freight on there one and only 1 load board that where allowed to use, Buddy pulling drop he’s 73% I pull Reefer trailer & get 75% from Landstar & it still sucks pulling Hazmat, So before anybody makes that H U G E Mistake by going to ol’ Landstar do your homework & talk to other Landstar drivers cause your gonna find out, You shoulda went somewhere else & I been here at Landstar for 5 years still waiting for it to get better at Landstar !
@@MatamisManuel619 get on with one of the big companies. Swift, cr England, prime, Melton. If you live near a truck stop, go to it and pick the small trucking job magazines. You'll probably have to go over the road for the first year.
@@mbekka1 I said what I said and that's what we gon stand on. I'll say it again if that's all you're netting off 221k you are doing it wrong. If you owner op and aren't taking advantage of the tax breaks you're a fool. Gtfoh
How come all your videos show guys making good money but I also see other experienced drivers channels where they say you can't even pay the Bill's driving otr. I ask because I'm a career diesel mechanic and I make about 90 to 100k a year but I'm thinking about jumping into a truck to try and make more but it seems so up and down. I live near Fontana ca it's like a trucking mecca here so plenty of jobs to choose from but I only want to do this if its going to be profitable in the long run.
@@craigj.651 unfortunately that seems to be the consensus. I was looking for a change but only if I can make more money. I thought if I was willing to work As much as I could I might stand to make 150k.
Starting out if you go company driver you will take a major pay cut for the first couple years. I would stay a mechanic and go home every night and sleep in your own bed, shower, toilet and fridge and eat what you want. Life on the road is hard you give up a lot out here.
@@SkilledEddie I knew I'd take a pay cut in the beginning. My thinking was I cant do what I do forever and thought driving might assist me in getting to a better retirement goal. But it doesn't sound like a good option so far
In the truck industry, ( 1) You will drive your life away, ( 2) You will confine/ isolate your self, and your family,(3) and money will supersede everything; therefore, don't expect others ( family), to do the same; inclusively, (4) the truck industry is one of the most corrupt industry in the U.S.A; meaning, they ( 99% of Companies), will sell/ promote a liying dream.
Well duh he’s pulling a step deck .Vans you’ll never make that. So don’t get your hopes up. They nickel and dime you every time you turn around.went to take extended time off? Not at Landstar they’ll be calling you . They will Threaten you we are deactivate you and you’ll have to go back throw orientation again. I work at Landstar for 4 years. I pulled step flat . Money was good . But when I left and went to a small company pulling a reefer , The first week I made more money with less mile . It’s a fact. I’ve sat at the same dock next to a Landstar and chatted about rates on the same load and I was making 600.00 more on the same load, We were going to the same delivery.. I didn’t want to bust this BCO bubble because you can always tell a Landstar BCO. They are the one that can’t fit their head through the door...
220k gross as an owner??? lol russian truckers making 400 000 gross(reefer) LOL. With best months about 50-60k monthly with profit about 25-30k. This was before crysis 24 february but anyway guys. U too lazy :P
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Wait did I hear right that he was thinking this man's take home would be 80 to 90k after making 2200k? I'm new to this Soni ask is that right because that's alot of expense
I don’t want to be your dream crasher , but let me
Tell you this.
Im 100 % independent . Reefer hauler . Last year I drove 67000 loaded / empty and I grossed 204,000 .
I will never will understand , why you work under someone authority and pay them for doing nothing , when you do 95% of the required work to run a company on your own ??????
I don’t haul loads for less than 3.00 or less than 1,000 per day . And I go anywhere I want to go . I have the freedom . No one is telling me or controlling my rate .
You're living the American dream it's still there
Thats right 3 dollars a mile 1000/1800 a day wood to the mill here. hauling american made and proud.
Thr way it should be
And it is the same at Landstar.
@@pdxflyguy except land star takes 35 percent lmao
Damn good interview...been with Landstar going on 4 yrs and everything he says is true. Been an o/o over 20 yrs and this is by far the best company I've ever been with.
Appreciate you
What is their average RPM?
That man has money printing equipment, that 53 foot 3 Axel, low pro with a newer truck is GOLDEN at landstar, they call you to haul freight.
Great interview! I loved this interview because Todd is a great example of a professional owner operator. Years of experience, obviously a master of cargo securement, successfully running a oversize step deck at Landstar!
When the mega carriers eventually replace all drivers with robots; Todd and those like him will still have more work than they want🤟.
I love how you’re finally getting the recognition for your content. Only ones on here puttin ppl on game in all aspects if the trucking game.
Thank you so much. Just glad to help out more people that might need it 🙌
Asian Mai-You do a fantastic job interviewing people. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much
I would have just asked why he pays them 35% to Landstar, that's one of the highest in the industry
I heard Landstar is one year. Clean record.
I need to go to school already and stop bs ..Thanks for all the vids bruh 💯🤙🏽
😊😇
Yeah I beleive me as well.
nice name
I did not go to school for CDL. I became O/O with 0 experience .
So, find out in your state if you can do that .
I learned how to answer the written text in the internet . I have o/o friends who helped me with their trucks.
GO GET YOUR PERMIT AND ALL YOUR ENDORSEMENTS EXCEPT FOR BUS N PASSENGER , AND APPLY FOR FEDEX FREIGHT THEY HAVE DRIVER APPRENTICE PROGRAM AND TRAIN YOU , ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR CLASS A PERMIT.
He’s 1000% correct we don’t have to run that hard here at Landstar to make money
I wish Landstar would accept daycab local drivers. It’s mandated for their inspection to have a acceptable sleeper berth... such a bummer because their load boards are pretty solid in the Midwest region
I did $237k home every weekend and couple nights a week. And rarely over 300 miles from home
What are you hauling Sir?. Do you have your own Authority?
Where at
Hauling distillers grain from ethanol plants. Running around Kansas and Nebraska mostly
237k is that your net?
@@donwashington8764 no net has been $100k give or take
Im in school now finally n your videos keep me goin im a south florida native n seein these guys talk there story n love it
@Pablo Falero I'm at school now im at Miami Lake tech what school u go to
@@bigkerb7808 metro in west palm is where im at man
Well that answered so many questions for me I’ve been looking at Landstar for a while
Thank you Great Contin keep up the great work!!!
Awesome
When you're a young driver you're on fire to chase the money.. When you get older you realize that money isn't everything..
You are absolutely right !!!
Amen
I'm 18 about to finish high school looking to get into trucking one day. Your videos are very informative!
Thanks!!!
Read , read and read more before you do anything else and the ask questions . Keep a good driving record and good credit score . Those 2 things will help you to avoid big sharks to take advantage of you .
Good luck to you !
Shiiit fukk
How about the box truck guy you have to get some of them on there because I heard some back truck owner operators Make money
Looks like I got into trucking at the right age at 26yrs old. Like Todd, when he got into trucking. Quite impressive the money he is making at his age. Man can retire at 55 and enjoy life for the next 30+ yrs.
Dam I ran over 170,000 miles and rarely home last year
Awesome content.It's all about work smart. Not to hard.
Alex!!! 14cpm isn't half bad! Just kidding , but when I read your show title couldn't help but divide the 2 numbers
😅🤣😂
@@cramirez9382 understand the joke?
Clickbait
@@JamesC.214 not really click bait but close
I know in your past couple videos, you focused on self driven trucks. But I think you should ask every driver in every video how do they feel about those trucks/programs. To get their opinion. Specially if they been in the game as long as this OG. That would be 🔥
Great idea
I’m with Landstar and I run last year around 70k miles and I gross 119,000. I run hard on peak months and get lazy on month’s that rates are low. My net was 61k
Thing is, 200,000 + per year, sounds good, but as an independent, out of that comes your expenses, fuel, maintenance, licenses, insurance, what is actual profit varies, some guys always make it sound like easy money, if you want it, it’s not going to be handed to you, you have to get out there and take it, over 3 million miles tells me that
Amazing as usual, you never let your fans down🦾
Appreciate you. Trying my best
Appreciate the hard work and videos info bro
Landstar doesn't pay that well! They make you comfortable with the discounts
Tell em! $200K gross @ 28% to LS cut, that's $56K right off the top... For simple paperwork .... lmao 🤣
I am at landstar and bro I could show you settlements blowing that out the water
@@ryan8456 great, but what's the total mileage? And associated operating expenses (incl LS cut?)
@@vroor32 220k after their cut moron
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Will have my truck this year... paid for with business credit! Possibly with a low boy trailer paid for to and will lease on to landstar!
My AZN brother always coming through 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍👍👍
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I am from Europe. I have a DREAM. An AMERICAN DREAM to work like truck driver in US and to have my own small company. I work hard in Europe to get 200 000$ for visa, that allows me to come in the US. But you in America are BLESSED men. In Europe 2500 - 3000 euro (3000 - 3600$) per month for HARD WORK, very fucking hard work in far worse road conditions than US (horrible traffic, narrow roads, etc.). And trust me, i will work my ass off and I will make my personal American Dream come true.
As a truck driver in France, I completely understand you niks1na! It's also my dream to go to the USA and become a truck driver ! But how do you get a visa to work there is hard.
Last yr ran 110k. Landstar dry van. I do two trips out of the house per month(18 days total per month). Gross was 370k.
Paid to the truck was 252k(after Landstar Co. and Landstar Agent cut.) After expenses(no truck pmt.) Net was 158k. Paid myself 60k. Have 0 debt except for house pmt. (Will pay off the day I retire). Put 50k yr into a tax deferred personal 401k(Keogh Acct). Left balance in Business acct as profit for future Capital Expenditures. You won't get rich as a Landstar O/O, But if you do it right you will have a nice retirement. The key is 0 truck payments. Pay Cash. Get trucks with rebuilt motors(paperwork), or factory reman engines. No DEF.. Make it legal, replace all parts necessary heat/cool, used apu. Don't buy the first truck you see. Get oil samples and rig dig done. No automatic trans(very expensive to fix or replace).
Get a 13 spd. 3.42 or 3.36 rears. Good fuel mileage is key.
" we can just talk, out loud".
This kid is good.
Is it the stepdeck that pays more per load? I've done "heavy" hauling in the military, I think I could manage RGN/lowboy loads.
True that but lots of deadhead too.... U make good on those loads of you book right but it's not always constant. Consisteady is what counts
Great content Alex. Thank you!
Appreciate you for watching
Another well informative show, thanks Asian mai 👍
Who would want to stay a company driver when you can run in a company like landstar and be your own owner /op .
Driven since 96’, different companies (hell I don’t know how many miles I’ve driven lol)!!!
😅🤣😂
Minus their cut and fuel and insurance and truck note he could have easily banked over 100 k .
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Hey, I wish I could feature on one of your videos concerning leasing to Landstar to provide vital infornation for owner operators.
Text me 786 353 5674
@Landstar K
See my post.
I am a local truck driver don't make shit but my job is 10 minutes away from home and I'm home every night with the family with weekends off.
I don’t understand what benefits Landstar offers, other than what he stated. Why give them part of the profit when you’re doing all the work to get loads, owning your trucks, etc. Are there other expensive benefits they offer like insurance coverage or other financial benefits?
@hankhill747 the benefits a awesome here. He just touched on a few.
HUGE fuel, tire, and labor discounts. They handle IFTA, permits, cross border paperwork, and much more. Insurance isn't bad either.
Yes, you can do those things yourself. But it's going to cost you.
The biggest mistake/assumption people make, they can't do the actual math. It's not just 65%, it's much more if you know what you're doing
I live in Canada, I run the North East Boston NYC NJ Toronto Montreal & Return. I'd like to live in California Arizona or Nevada and work for a US company is this possible got Any Advice ??? 🍻
I love the music at the end. Great video
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I swear I be free stying at the end. 🤣🤣🤣✊🏾
same bruh I be asking him what song it is but he never tells me lmao
Wow, this guy paid Landstar at least 63000....my goodness, he is making them get rich...unbelievable
If I can save up to pay cash for a truck with a good solid maintenance fund and clear $1 per mile after taxes, fuel, and insurance then Landstar may be a good choice for me.
Great interview and great content. moments like these are why I’m proud to sub
All those miles and only made 200k...thats not enough money....I need at least 400k...to almost add up
Approx $2.22 per mile,
... for how many hours per week ?,
plus how much of that is
net after expenses ?
I hear most owner drivers saying they won't bid for less than $2 anyway.
And could I make decent money
with vanilla Dry Van Drop'n'Hook
(as a Business) with Landstar, instead of having to run Flatbed and tarp and climb up and get dirty all the time ?
I'm like 59 man, had to live out on the road for months at a time, and don't have the luxury of a home or the time to do laundry every day.
The problem is there is no honest laid out financial information in the industry for those who want to be owner operators.
I'm just having trouble figuring out how the guy is saying "you don't have to run hard" when a Truck has enormous expenses, and all I've seen out there so far in my 3 years of driving are all these companies peddling 'Fleece-Purchase' programs where the driver never gets to own a truck - but is forced to have some other strange guy sleep with him all the time ?
I forget how many times some Driver has painted 'blue-sky' to me about their company in a truck stop cafe. And I have never once come across an owner operator who would reveal a breakdown of miles, revenue, cost structures, and net to me . . .
You're telling me last year he ran an average of only 2,000 mi per week to do well? I ran 3400 mi a week dedicated for 2 months, reefer live load/unloads, just my '34' when I got back, and only saved $5,000 as a company driver. It exhausted me, and the company owner was pushing things on me that might have destroyed my career if I hadn't been smart enough to push him back on.
I have three (non-liberal) degrees, with honors, from a community college - one in Economics (business) and another in Accounting. And I had to go trucking this past 3 years just so I would not have to be homeless. But I would kill for the knowledge and/or business mentorship of how to run my own game, without having the Capital to start it.
Send me 12 months worth of legitimate spreadsheets and financial statements for a typical owner driver, Landstar, and I'll consider it? As a prospective business owner, do I not have the right to do my 'due diligence' ???
🚛💨
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Thanks for your story Greg. When did you start truck driving?
@@ega0117 Late 2017.
Can you get a interview with trucking with tay
I'll try
Driving those many miles and that's gross at least half of that went to truck payment insurance fuel upkeep food
It’s always half at least
I herd that the landstar brokers get all the good loads because they have trucks with landstar
What a lot of people don’t understand is that Landstar loads pay more so with your own Authority you are getting the lower amount on the same load. Even taking out the 35% y’all keep crying about lol it’s still the same amount.
Surprise nobody arguing with u 😂
Awesome video I can run 90 to 100k miles and make 200k wow. Great interview as always.
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Wait what? less than .14C per mile?
No...watch the video
Man if I can just put this blunt down😔
Just stopped for this trucking shit. Been bout a month & it was the hardest thing to do until I realized I’m tryna better my financial situation. Been smoking since I was 13/14 & I’m 23 now & was smoking at least a ounce per week minimum. You good my boy!!! Get ya bread 🇭🇹
Word my dude who the fuck you telling, I can't wait til you can haul weed as ll over the country shiiiittt I be forever ever going
Is there any way to get in touch with that guy????
His Instagram in the description
Do you have to have your own trailer, whether dry van or flat bed, or they will provide it?
You can rent a trailer (flatbed,stepdeck, RGN, specialized, etc), pay weekly and get additional percentage based on the trailer. It's the same if you have your own trailer. You can also use a company provided trailer without renting and get the standard percentage. That's what most guys do with the dry vans.
Ahh, that's why Landstar loads are high paying. Eliminated the middle man. Sounds like it'd be best for a new OTR driver to start there instead of coming over from a dispatched company.
I want to drive truck so bad Alex
Lets go
I would like to see a Schedule C which is a Profit and Loss statement. OO always brag about gross revenue but never tell you what their net income is.
gotta point
Agreed, but he's not a bragging person. He's just sharing his experience.
@@MuthaTrucker I know just saying in general
I like to see to, but it's not necessary that's their business, the gross shows what's possible that's good enough, the losses are simple math.
If someone shows you their schedule C, of course it will show lots of deductions, sometimes losses cuz they trying to pay as little in taxes.
Wats a good fix cost at landstar
Yupe, landstar is pretty much dispatch yourself. Its on the driver to become successful
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So, why do you pay a percentage?
If you are doing everything.
@@luchorebaza1568 good question 🤔. Guess
They handle the paperwork and u paying for using thier good name
" landstar ""
You guys so lost. You see 65% and immediately assume that's all there is lol
@@thetruckerslearningchannel3211 There's always more, just gotta find it and take it. I always say never settle down too long. So many opportunities in this world
Hell with 1 million mile club with Warner transport . Gotta move up in the world
The title is click bate
Whats click bait about it. Hes driven 1.5 million miles with Landstar and he made 221k gross last year
The paystub says 200k but that was for the 100k miles. Unless I misunderstood something. Shouldn’t it be he drove 100k miles n made 200k last year ? Not tryna bash u, just tryna understand cuz I watch your vids I’m a sub.
Everyone talks 'gross'.
No one mentions 'Cost breakdown'
and 'Net'.
Give me the (financial) Detail ...
... or go home.
@@gregorysagegreene His wife takes care of his truck and mortgage payments, I guess. He is driving for fun. Lol.
People make billions of dollars for fake hydrogen powered semi truck nowadays. His small lies are nothing compared to it. LOL
@@gregorysagegreene why does anyone have to give you anything? YOU clicked the video 🤷🏽♂️
After everything is paid for, gas, insurance, maintenance, truck payment etc.etc., he brings home 100 K gross. After tax (including self employment tax, yes, that`s a thing), he clears 70. Wal Mart Drivers make more.
I made a 120k last year hauling fuel....5 days a week...home every night...great company fuel hauling....unionized and not rushed
@@80beanz The power of unions!
@@michaelv6870 100%
Gas?
@@allanmccullough8550 yup....the average hourly rate around where I am is about 30 an hour....i get about 35 an hour 10 to 12 hour days but I always stretch it to 12, management can't really say much, unless they want a grievance filed...ot after 8 and double time and a half on holdays
I applied for Landstar last October and they denied me and said I could never work for them ever in history, I-have no violation clean mvr etc.
Wow
Yes
Simple math people $221k gross/ 100k miles = 2.21/mile avg.
Since your self-dispatching whats your percentage of the loads you book for yourself? ??
I know it has to be percentage so this is a question Alex you may want to ask him because it gives us a more rounded ball park figure of what I could earn with a company like landstar which from my info I was told not to go through them when I ran flatbed spread axle...?!😉
Landstar drivers are 100% Self Dispatched.
@heavyduty187 I see..thanks
@N54 Lord my last load came in at 83% pulling their trailer.
It's a learning curve here.
@heavyduty187 Yup, get your own authority and pull the same loads at 20% less.
So much winning 😆
@@thetruckerslearningchannel3211 88% now but back then I was 74% but I always wondered about Landstar because I know someone that worked with them in the past it's a hustle. You won't make it going home.
@Alex....I really need to talk to you man....4 reels...
I'm calling drop dead military auction is my preface I just simply need to get a point in the right direction can you help can you have your other driver there help
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Great. That's good and all but I truly think you'll never really make any true money till u get your own authority and your own customers. Cause long as I been in this game as owner operators they gonna make sure we keep spending whether we have our own authority or not. Thing is stay in the business long enough to survive. So with that said, how much is actually going to the bank? I hear ppl and companies say all the time the grossed this and that but as long as there are some sings/decals on the sides of your vehicle those stickers gonna keep trying to charge for different shit. In trucking you can make a lot quick and those fuks knows it.
But man I say that any owner op should be able to make it all cause we have to pay, profit, set aside, pay our own bills, and etc. So good luck too ya buddy... Stay safe out there
Am getting sick of the truck industry is there any companies pay well omg
There are several, but you have to find them. They don't advertise like the low paying otr companies. And the tend to have better equipment, pay, and benefits. And also home weekly.
NOPE
where is all the money then
Put a big chunk in a 401k
Lmao 🤣🤣🤣 soliciting
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I was thinking about the Doctor and the driver.
If both work 2 years and get laid off.
Yes the driver can get a job next day or next week.
Heres the thing. What the driver makes in 10 years, the DOC has made that in 2 years. He's 8 years ahead of the driver in income.
DOC can afford time off, find a new job or open up his own office.
Where as the driver who got laid off, can only afford a few weeks off without pay, no funds to start his own business. Driver has a short time clock to completely being broke, foreclosure, car repo , no food in the house
Doctors and lawyers will be ok on thier own .
Just saying.
But its still good to have a CDL on hands. More open windows for job opportunities
Ok here's the real question on this BS; What was his Net/Net income on the $2##,000? I bet not much or had an operating loss.
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I drove 124000 miles and I made$ 283.000
Yup LS driver is right those 3rd party freight from T,Q,L & C.H. Robinson pay Real Great 🤥 🙄 then you have every moron LS agent out there that puts sht. Freight on there one and only 1 load board that where allowed to use, Buddy pulling drop he’s 73% I pull Reefer trailer & get 75% from Landstar & it still sucks pulling Hazmat, So before anybody makes that H U G E Mistake by going to ol’ Landstar do your homework & talk to other Landstar drivers cause your gonna find out, You shoulda went somewhere else & I been here at Landstar for 5 years still waiting for it to get better at Landstar !
I just got my CDL A and it seems to be so difficult finding a job that doesn't require experience. Any advice or tips on what to do?
Get on with a major to start off.
@@mgomez9736 What do you mean by "major" ? Sorry I'm still new to all of this.
@@MatamisManuel619 get on with one of the big companies. Swift, cr England, prime, Melton. If you live near a truck stop, go to it and pick the small trucking job magazines. You'll probably have to go over the road for the first year.
Or go online and Google trucking jobs. Start filling out applications. You'll find something. Try craigslist as well.
Get with Schneider, they're basically a starter company
If you grossing 221k and only netting 90k you tripping. Should be trying to get 120-130k or more off 221k
Facts
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Everyone’s expenses are different moron,, and he never said how much he netted
@@mbekka1 I said what I said and that's what we gon stand on. I'll say it again if that's all you're netting off 221k you are doing it wrong. If you owner op and aren't taking advantage of the tax breaks you're a fool. Gtfoh
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Yea mon
Slowdown old head let me catch up am gonna drive 2 million miles
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How come all your videos show guys making good money but I also see other experienced drivers channels where they say you can't even pay the Bill's driving otr.
I ask because I'm a career diesel mechanic and I make about 90 to 100k a year but I'm thinking about jumping into a truck to try and make more but it seems so up and down. I live near Fontana ca it's like a trucking mecca here so plenty of jobs to choose from but I only want to do this if its going to be profitable in the long run.
Unless u just want new scenery I would stay put making 90k, open your own shop
@@craigj.651 unfortunately that seems to be the consensus. I was looking for a change but only if I can make more money. I thought if I was willing to work As much as I could I might stand to make 150k.
Starting out if you go company driver you will take a major pay cut for the first couple years. I would stay a mechanic and go home every night and sleep in your own bed, shower, toilet and fridge and eat what you want. Life on the road is hard you give up a lot out here.
@@SkilledEddie I knew I'd take a pay cut in the beginning. My thinking was I cant do what I do forever and thought driving might assist me in getting to a better retirement goal. But it doesn't sound like a good option so far
In the truck industry, ( 1) You will drive your life away, ( 2) You will confine/ isolate your self, and your family,(3) and money will supersede everything; therefore, don't expect others ( family), to do the same; inclusively, (4) the truck industry is one of the most corrupt industry in the U.S.A; meaning, they ( 99% of Companies), will sell/ promote a liying dream.
They ripped you off
I would not be bragging about that money.its really not that good.
The problem with Landstar is they require you to have a hazmat endorsement even that you are pulling a flatbed which is dumb.
I pull Landstar hazmat on the regular.
Landstar...lol
Your title makes it seemed like he did 1.5 million miles for 200K. I’d rather move in with Oscar the grouch.
Sorry, just couldn't fit everything in the title
Seams like this repeated a few times
Well duh he’s pulling a step deck .Vans you’ll never make that. So don’t get your hopes up. They nickel and dime you every time you turn around.went to take extended time off? Not at Landstar they’ll be calling you . They will Threaten you we are deactivate you and you’ll have to go back throw orientation again. I work at Landstar for 4 years. I pulled step flat . Money was good . But when I left and went to a small company pulling a reefer , The first week I made more money with less mile . It’s a fact. I’ve sat at the same dock next to a Landstar and chatted about rates on the same load and I was making 600.00 more on the same load, We were going to the same delivery.. I didn’t want to bust this BCO bubble because you can always tell a Landstar BCO. They are the one that can’t fit their head through the door...
If you doing all the work y don't u go under your own authority
Fundamentally 650 mile per 11 hours a day is the average for most drivers - sorry it needs 4 co drivers to make it 1.5M miles a year
No. He has 1.5 million miles under his belt and last year he drove 100k miles and made 221k gross
220k gross as an owner??? lol russian truckers making 400 000 gross(reefer) LOL. With best months about 50-60k monthly with profit about 25-30k. This was before crysis 24 february but anyway guys. U too lazy :P
Their loads don't pay shit .......thanks in advance
He's happy. Just his experience he's sharing
1,500,000 divided by 12=125,000 divided by 30=4,166 miles a day, living on slave time still. This is just too much for nothing.
With HOS rules how is this possible? 11 hrs drive per day 11*60mph = 660 miles per day. 4000 miles per day not possible.
Bullshit!