Amistad Freight INC

No issues in the past

They will not pay you on time. They will deduct extreme amounts for shipper based changes. Keep your emails with this company so you have documentation for when they short pay you. The broker will tell you they didn't get receipts. Accounting will state they didn't receive your invoices. What doesn't lie are confirmation emails and acknowledgement. Stay vigilant.

They were not approved with factoring, and I knew there is a little bit of gamble booking with them, well it took 77 days to get paid, they just kept buying time for whatever reason, it got to a point where I thought I have to start calling their costumer/bond or whatever it take to get paid, not someone I would do business with again.

I deadheaded 131 miles for a load. Only to be told by the shipper that there was nothing left. The broker called me twice for my eta. They never called me after I found out there was no load for me. I was booked as an extra driver. Expendable. There never was a load for me. Very treacherous. Be very careful doing business with some brokers. Try not to let this happen to you.

The agent they have assigning loads to owner operators is a deceptive young man named Steve Capistran. He does not reveal the truth about the loads he contracts out. He talks a good line, even mentions that he goes to church and has a lot of respect for truckers, but in reality he is a phony! The deceptive load he booked me on was the worst load I’ve had in 12 years of trucking. After driving 275 miles to get the load I was told it would take more than 18 hours to get loaded. After I waited, I was told it would be another 24 hours. Steve Capistran and his cronies expected me to sit in a parking lot for for up to 48 hours for a load that should take two hours to get on a trailer, I finally realized that Steve Capistran had not been truthful so I cancelled the bad contract and got another load from another company, but that took driving another 150 miles! Overall I lost 2 1/2 days, burned up 425 miles I was not paid for and had fuel costs of $300. I asked Steve for the standard $150 for a truck ordered but not used which is a typical fee in these cases. He refused! Said it was my fault because I cancelled! This guy is a deceptive sidewinder! That tells me also that his company, Amistad is also shady and cannot be trusted. This trickery gives a bad name to all freight brokers. When I questioned his actions, he threatened me for criticizing his character. I say, Ha! Ha! Go ahead, make my day! SIDE POINT: This is a Mississippi freight hauling company load brokerage but their phone number Area Codes are Sacramento California region. What’s up with THAT? Beware! Drivers and Owner Operators! You’ve been warned about Amistad!