The promise of freedom. It’s why you became an owner-operator. Since then, you’ve heard a lot of promises, but haven’t found the freedom. At Landstar, freedom is how we do business.

Freedom is the ability to choose where and when you run using your own personal criteria. Freedom is having access to a large, diverse freight base twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Freedom is a system that notifies you when your perfect load becomes available. Freedom is the peace of mind that comes from knowing that support will be there when you need it. This isn’t a promise. This isn’t a pledge. This is how we do business.

Available Freight

Let’s face it – the perfect load means different things to different people. In fact, your definition of the perfect load probably changes daily. Today, the perfect load may take you to Chicago. Tomorrow’s perfect load might head to Charlotte. When you are able to plan your own routes and choose your own freight, using the criteria that are important to you, you’ll understand what we mean when we talk about freedom.

Landstar’s large and diverse freight base means your perfect load is almost certainly right here waiting for you. Tomorrow’s perfect load, too. With our nationwide network of independent sales agents working with thousands of customers across North America, you can be sure Landstar has a wide array of available freight every day. And with 24/7 access via our award-winning Web site, you’ll have unprecedented freedom to run where you want.

So when your perfect load changes from Chicago to Charlotte, you’ll have the freedom to make the choice, and Landstar will have the freight you need.

Load Alerts

Make our proprietary load matching software program, Load Alerts, your personal dispatcher that works 24/7 and only offers you shipments you want to haul.

With Load Alerts you can input your personal profile and then request instant notification when a new shipment matching your specific criteria is posted on Landstar’s available load board. You’ll be notified via the method you select – just choose – either e-mail, phone call or both.

Support

Landstar offers unprecedented support to its owner-operators. With no trucks of our own, we can devote our resources to providing you with the support you need to succeed. You’re free to choose, but we’re here to help. From your first day in orientation to your millionth mile driven, Landstar’s 1,200+ employees are with you every mile of the way.

At Landstar, you’re not just another owner-operator signed on to supplement the company fleet during the busy times. At Landstar, our owner-operators are the company fleet. Recognizing the owner-operators’ importance to our success, we coined the term “Business Capacity Owner” or BCO to better reflect your skill set. Owner-operators have dispatchers. BCOs are dispatchers. You select the freight, you select the route, you decide on home time. This is freedom.

It may sound like you’re on your own at Landstar, but the truth is we support our BCOs in ways that may surprise you. In 1992, we formed the innovative Landstar Contractors’ Advantage Purchasing Program (LCAPP) to help our BCOs pool their purchasing power and cut their costs. Today, LCAPP is the premier program of its kind in the industry, saving Landstar BCOs millions of dollars every year on tires, fuel, new and used equipment and much more. Completely voluntary, LCAPP brings you big savings without sacrificing your freedom to choose in the process.

Support doesn’t start and end with helping you on the road, though. Support means helping you arrive home safely, too. Whether through our weekly field safety meetings, our monthly Safety Thursday Conference Calls, or our annual Landstar Safe Truck Giveaway, Landstar reminds everyone daily that safety is number one. One of Landstar’s core values, safety - like freedom - is not a promise or a pledge, it’s how we do business.