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Landstar Volunteers Building Community

Landstar employees from the Rockford service center recently volunteered to help build a new home for a local family in need. The 20 employees worked to support Habitat for Humanity in support of the nonprofit’s vision of a world where everyone has a decent, affordable place to live.

This hands-on effort is just the beginning! In September, Landstar announced a new corporate alliance with Habitat for Humanity to support the housing...

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Christian Sanchez Cantù Wins Landstar’s 52nd Truck Giveaway

Landstar recently gave away its 52nd truck to a deserving independent Landstar business capacity owner (BCO), the company’s term for independent owner-operators who lease to Landstar. BCO Christian Sanchez Cantù won a Landstar blue 2026 Freightliner Cascadia last week during Landstar BCO Appreciation Days held this year in Bossier City, Louisiana.

Christian Sanchez Cantù from Laredo, Texas, was one of five finalists randomly selected from the contest’s pool of approximately 8,000 eligible...

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Reducing Stress on the Road

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...

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