Great post Mike!

An O/O version of what I do at Superior!!! Glad you're enjoying the tanker. I'll be posting a complete update on my thread probably tomorrow or Friday. Have a great night :wink:...

 

Mike3fan,

You indicated on the other thread you were making far more at Landstar than I am (was that $1.40 per hub mile or loaded mile?; $175k/125k miles)

Anyway, I feel tired and lazy and I don't like to swing at every pitch so I just want to try to get the jist of everything.

You pull chemical tankers
chemical tankers pay a lot (something like $1.50 average on the hub?)
chemical tankers is easy
there are jobs available for O/Os

Have I got all this right? What are the drawbacks? If I switched to pull chemical tankers would a bunch of Mexicans come and take my job or just something go wrong so that I never realized the promise and switched for nothing and landed right back where I am right now and,...and... :lol: I'm just looking for the Reader's Digest version?

What I can do:

Pass credit and security checks and whatever else along those lines
Stay out a whole lot longer than 10 days
climb, do physical work, whatever...

So, what's the deal? Or, what's the catch? You know, how about just making it simple for me cause...it's late and I'm tired. :wink:

 

Been 5 miles from one when it blew up. Phillips Plant, Houston, Tx 1989-90 time frame, Rained Metal peices 4 miles out.

 

Can you average 1.40pm for all miles at Landstar? LS takes 67% of every load. In other words any load paying less than 2.00 a mile would come out to less than 1.30 to the truck and doesn't include deadhead. Is 2.00pm freight easy to find at LS? Im thinking of leasing on there but am wary of what the majority of the rates are right now. :?

 

Good work Mike and congratulations. Things seem to be going consistently well for you at Dana!

 

Landstar takes about 33% of the linehaul if you pull their trailer. You will make about 8% more by pulling your own. Landstar used to pass 100% of the fuel surcharge on to their owner operators. It is my understanding that they now take their usual cut out of the fsc. Most carriers pass the entire fsc collected on to the owner operator. Whether you can make $1.40 to the truck will depend on where you run and what you haul. If you run the West coast, you are not as likely to make that as if you ran the eastern side of the country. Rates always seem to be better in the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast. If you stay away from the West coast and New England, you should be able to do well with them. Rates will also vary according to the type of freight. Flats and more specialized freight will usually pay more than van freight. If you do LTL with Landstar you can do much better than simply doing drop and hook. A good portion of their van freight is drop and hook.

 

Can you think outside the box? :lol: :lol: :lol: inside joke Couple things, 100% of fsc still goes to O/O. Most van freight is live load though there is d/h as well. Do a search for Landstar, you'll be reading for days, or just start a new Landstar thread. Let's help Mike keep this thread clean and on track.

So, that's a drawback, huh Mike? You might die in an explosion pulling chemical tankers? Anything else I might need to know? I'm serious about this.

 

I'll respond when I stop tonight Cam,where do you live?

 

Split my time between SW MI (Chicago-ish) and North Central FL (Ocala/Orlando-ish). No lie, if I could hit the house once a month that would do it for me.

 

Hey cool glad you made it over here to read it,I regularly check your thread.