Texas trucker lucky to have attended Landstar gathering in any case
One trucker nearly missed out on profitable a brand new truck just lately. Virtually.
Landstar unbiased owner-operator Peter Perez of Houston, Texas received a 2024 Freightliner Cascadia®, together with registration and costs, through the annual giveaway held on Aug. 29, in Reno, Nevada.
“The humorous half is that I wasn’t going to return to the occasion. I used to be careworn. I’ve had my truck within the store, and I believed, ‘I’ve set to work,’” Perez stated. “After which it began clicking that that is when Landstar provides away a truck yearly. With the way in which that God strikes issues round, I’m simply completely happy and grateful.”
Perez was one among 5 finalists randomly chosen from the competition’s pool of eligible enterprise capability house owners (BCOs), the time period for unbiased owner-operators who lease with Landstar. The truck giveaway is the spotlight of Landstar’s BCO Appreciation Days, a two-day occasion held yearly to thank the owner-operators for his or her dedication to security and customer support.
“Landstar’s safety-first tradition is upheld by its unbiased owner-operators, and we’re grateful for that continuous dedication,” stated Landstar President and CEO Jim Gattoni. “We’re proud to acknowledge and have fun our BCOs for his or her glorious customer support.”
Eligible Landstar owner-operators robotically earn entries to the Ship to Win Truck Giveaway all year long by delivering hundreds safely through the giveaway interval. They will earn extra entries for the giveaway by attending security conferences and collaborating in Landstar’s month-to-month Security Thursday Convention Name. After the entry interval closes, all entries are pooled and a computerized random quantity generator selects finalists. These finalists have to be current on the giveaway to win.
Landstar purchases and offers away a brand-new truck twice a 12 months to eligible leased owner-operators. That is the second giveaway of this 12 months and marks the forty eighth truck giveaway within the firm’s historical past. Landstar Million Mile Secure Driver and Roadstar honoree Willie Mixon received the Landstar BCO All-Star Truck Giveaway in July.
