Allen Lund

was it worth it to you?

 

I am not sure what you mean when you say that Alan Lund is using "illegal lines" on their rate confirmation sheet. I don't sign rate confirmations which have anything that would restrict payment or fine me. I mark through anything that I don't agree. You can also add other language to a rate confirmation concerning payment and if they don't agree than you can cancel the load.

I would not have hauled the loads you listed for those rates. I don't haul freight that cheap. But, if you are happy with the rate then good for you. I get a very good rate when I cross the Hudson or I don't go. If I don't get a decent rate out of the northeast (or anywhere else), then I deadhead to a better area. Only you can decide at what rate you are willing to haul a load. I assume that you pull a van. I have a friend who is averaging over $2/mile for all miles pulling a van. I don't see how you can afford to run at those rates, especially when you are running all those toll roads. The average rate for those miles was $1.58/mile for the loaded miles. Assuming a 10% deadhead you ran those miles for a little over $1.42/mile. You can make that much or more leasing to another carrier. I would find another broker or stay out of those areas if you cannot get better rates. It is not worth hauling at those rates, at least to me. Don't be afraid to demand a better rate. If you cannot get more money then don't take the load.

One other thing that I also do is run the miles, deadhead and line haul, before I commit on a load. Some brokers are close on miles, others are not. It is up to you to check what you are told. And if a broker or shipper doesn't keep their word on payment, then they either prepay or pay COD or I don't do business with them. I have a very small group of companies with whom I do business. One reason is that I never have to worry about getting paid. Unless there is a problem with the paperwork, I have my money as agreed. I also get good rates from them.

 

it seemed like alot of small videos put together, video kept cutting.....

 

If you didn't send them all the paperwork then they are not going to pay you. According to your post they called and said that they didn't receive the second page of the manifest. As far as detention, some brokers and/or shippers do a better job with detention than others. Unless detention was specifically mentioned on the rate confirmation then you may or may not receive it. With brokers, it detention is always paid at the discretion of the shipper. It sounds like you covered yourself to some extent by putting times on the bills. Hopefully, you stayed in touch with your brokers during the time you were waiting.

There are some good brokers around.

 

Allen Lund is a big company that has been in business a long time. The biggest issue in working with them is their offices, while all being owned by the company, operate as independent business units. Each manager is responsible only for the profit and decisions he makes for his office. Understand that one office may treat you great and with respect and another will treat you poorly. For example, the Orlando office treats carriers very fairly, the Chicago office does not.