Owner-Operator Remedies When John Fuller’s truck engine locked up three weeks before Landstar’s 2024 BCO All-Star Celebration, he was stressed. “My wife and I couldn’t really incur $160,000 worth of debt for a truck. Of our five children, one son is preparing for college in the next year, and another is going into high school,” recalls the Landstar Two Million Mile Safe Driver. “It was looking pretty grim. Without a...

Customer service, beyond expectations can act as a magnet for more business. It’s a force that the Shasko team at independent Landstar agency PIT in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has put into practice. While independent Landstar Agent Troy Shasko spearheads the agency, his niece Darian Shasko, the logistics coordinator for PIT agency, recently took the lead on successfully executing an expedited load for a division of a prominent health technology company. The...

Girl Scouts Learn Trucking While predicting the transportation industry’s future is no easy feat, there are plenty of opportunities to help shape it. For example, earlier this year, Girl Scouts from three different Illinois-based troops were given a rare and insightful look into the trucking industry, thanks to the efforts of Landstar employees in Rockford, Illinois, and Landstar business capacity owner (BCO) Dawn Arrington. This special event — organized by...