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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001021078-05-000020.txt : 20051019
<SEC-HEADER>0001021078-05-000020.hdr.sgml : 20051019
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051019094601
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001021078-05-000020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051017
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051019
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051019

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000853816
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213]
		IRS NUMBER:				061313069
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1226

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13410 SUTTON PARK DRIVE SOUTH
		CITY:			JACKSONVILLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32224
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9043901234

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC
		STREET 2:		13410 SUTTON PARK DRIVE SOUTH
		CITY:			JACKSONVILLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32224

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STANLEY RONALD G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001021078
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213]
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21238
		FILM NUMBER:		051144306

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FIRST SHELTON PL
		STREET 2:		1000 BRIDGEPORT AVE
		CITY:			SHELTON
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06484
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9043989400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13410 SUTTON PARK DRIVE SOUTH
		CITY:			JACKSONVILLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32224
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-10-17</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000853816</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LANDSTAR SYSTEM INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LSTR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001021078</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>STANLEY RONALD G</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>13410 SUTTON PARK DRIVE SOUTH</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>JACKSONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>32224</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President - Landstar Express</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-10-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2005-10-17</value>
            </deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>32084</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>9.0482</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>47580</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>9.0482</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-10-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate>
                <value>2005-10-17</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
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            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>32084</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>9.0482</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2005-01-02</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-01-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>32084</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>James B. Gattoni, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-10-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>powerofattorney.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY LETTER
<TEXT>
LANDSTAR SYSTEM, INC.

Section 16 Reporting


POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby make,
constitute and appoint Henry H. Gerkens, Robert C. LaRose and James B. Gattoni
and each of them, with full power in each to act without the other, his true
and lawful attorney, in his name, place and stead to execute on his behalf,
as a Director and/or Officer of Landstar System, Inc. (the "Company") for
purposes of Section 16 ("Section 16") of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), all Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any
amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to Section 16, and
any and all other instruments that such attorneys, or any of them, deem
necessary or advisable to enable the undersigned to comply with the Exchange
Act, and the rules, regulations and requirements of any securities exchange
or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and the securities
laws of any state or other governmental subdivision, giving and granting to
each of such attorneys full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in
furtherance of such purposes as fully as he could himself do if personally
present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that his said attorneys or substitutes
may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of
attorney shall remain in effect as long as the undersigned is subject to
Section 16 with respect to the Company, and shall not be affected by the
subsequent disability or incompetence of the undersigned.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand on the date
indicated below.

                                                     /s/ Ronald G. Stanley
					________________________________
					Ronald G. Stanley



DATED: 12/13/04
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