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Business

Landstar’s new Laredo facility

The 31,000-square-foot logistics facility is located on a 50-acre site that accommodates 450 trailers and provides room for future expansion. A heavy/specialized freight area with a custom 120-ton, stand-alone bridge crane, the company says, can transload the largest superloads.

January 20, 2017

Overdrive Radio

One owner-operator’s evolution through continual education: A run with Gary Buchs

From the road with Landstar-leased owner-operator Gary Buchs: This podcast, recorded just prior to the July 4 holiday, ranged across Buchs’ business evolution as an owner-operator throughout much of the last decade and a half.

August 4, 2016

Trucker of the Year

Owner-operator Gary Buchs’ ‘plan for success’

“People complain about the rates,” says owner-operator Gary Buchs, but “not everybody’s losing money.” Buchs suggests too much emphasis is placed on an aspect of the business that owner-operators have only partial degrees of control over. “It’s better,” he says, “to have your costs in line — I have total control over that.”

July 26, 2016

Channel 19

Owner-operator using ELDs finds operational benefit

After some time on ELDs, Gary Buchs doesn’t exactly sing the praises of the devices, but he does maintain that utilizing ELDs for hours of service recording has freed him in some ways to better dispatch himself and focus on profitable loads and operation generally.

June 7, 2016

Overdrive Extra

One carrier’s work-around for the driver shortage

Landstar’s low turnover rate shows that strong earnings potential for drivers can soften a labor shortage by retaining solid operators.

February 2, 2016

Business

Dreams I’ll definitely see

Welcome George to the skateboard division, Wendy says: “I’ve spent the last three days lounging around in style, while George took his securement classes for flatbed/ step deck.”

June 17, 2015

Life

Dispatcher on board: Heidi Oestreich

Heidi rides full-time on the road with her owner-operator husband, Chris, but she also realizes the special challenges being a trucker’s spouse can present back home. She’s proprietor of an online community built for truckers’ wives.

January 13, 2015

Business

Roads not taken, part 1: Owner-operator turned broker, freight agent

While there’s no guarantee a nondriving job will boost your earnings, plenty of truckers have found good money, opportunity for advancement and better quality of life after coming off the road. This series looks at several opportunities.

January 6, 2015

Overdrive Radio

Keith Sampson — in tune with trucking

Talent Search winner and Landstar contractor Keith Sampson’s devotion to driving and songwriting pays off in Dallas showdown.

October 9, 2014

Overdrive Radio

Keith and Vickie Sampson’s 156-inch ARI sleeper

Trucker Talent Search winner Keith Sampson, leased to Landstar with his co-owner-operator wife, Vickie, have one heck of nice tractor-trailer: with the trailer recently painted to match.

October 4, 2014

Custom Rigs

Jon and Miriam Brown and their Volvo home away from home

Landstar-leased Jon and Miriam Brown’s team operation and 2012 Volvo VNL300 converted by Showhauler Motorhome Conversions the first featured business in Volvo’s new “Welcome to my cab” vid series.

August 9, 2014

Equipment

Grace and a glider kit

David Adkins, following a diagnosis of terminal cancer less than a month ago, looks to sell his 2013 Coronado glider.

July 3, 2014