Imagine this: You’re standing on stage before countless colleagues at an industry event. The lights are blinding yet warming as you wait with a racing heart to find out if you’ve won a new truck. You and your fellow finalists stand side-by-side in front of a series of boxes as the audience is invited to count down from 10 to the big reveal. You keep your hands on each side...

Commercial truck driving is stressful. If you’re a long-haul truck driver, you don’t need research or a survey to tell you that, but there’s plenty of evidence out there – like the findings published in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, a 2020 Canadian study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and another report from the University of Arkansas. The research illustrates the role loneliness, fatigue,...

You’ve heard it before – teamwork makes the dream work. At Landstar, there’s a team of friendly, helpful and experienced professionals dedicated to helping independent business capacity owners (BCOs) succeed. They’re called BCO advisors, and every BCO leased to Landstar can call on an advisor for a truckload of information and resources. What is a BCO Advisor? To hear BCOs tell it, advisors are a fountain of knowledge for independent owner-operators who...