New to this

what background in trucking do you have?

 

You deliver a load. They sign the BOL as proof they got everything. You send the proof of delivery to who ever is paying the bill. Hopefully they pay you within 30 days. You would have contract also.

you can also lease your truck onto a trucking company and let them handle all that as you learn more about running your own truck.

 

I don't ever remember there being a constant flood of clueless totally uninformed people wanting to become an O/O before. This is insanity. Can you imagine this happening in any other industry? Like, "Hey guys, I want to get my contractor's license and start building homes. Do I start with the roof or the foundation? Just want to learn all I can before jumping in."

 

Shipments are either 'prepaid' or 'collect' i.e. shipper pays vrs customer pays.

It gets complicated depending on who and why and more.

Most carriers issue an invoice with the POD sending it to the responsible party depending on the situation; brokers get in the middle on a lot of freight

Some captive mega shippers may decide that they want a weekly of monthly statement instead of individual invoices.

Bottom line is the customer decides a lot and the carrier follows their direction.

"Do you even trucker Bro?

 

or blind shipment where you buy the load and neither end knows where it came from

all depends on who you are working for, some customers I invoice, one I just turn the PODS in and they pay me off the load sheet

usually the less paper work the better,