Trucking Terms Glossary/Lexicon

I'm not sure if one exists, but if not, it's a good idea. I'll follow up with WiseOne to see if we can set up some sort of thread with a single post that anyone here could edit/update. (That may not be do-able, though. We might have to submit entries to the mods for updating... but WiseOne sometimes has tricks up his sleeve.)

A list of acronyms would definitely be helpful, and to build it as a community might provide us with the most comprehensive list.

 

I found a really good site that is for the media and truckers. They have Trucking Terms listed all nice and neatly and it is updated often. Also visit our Trucker Lingo section for some more trucker terms.

 

Thanks, WiseOne, for following up on this for us! It'll sure help the newbies and us four-wheelers when we see trucking-specific terms and acronyms bandied about the boards!

 

Search didn't find me a description,

Seems Lumpers is a term assiciated with refer work. What does that mean?

Thx

 

Bringing up threads from 2007 to find out what a lumper is?

It's a person who you can hire to load or unload your trailer.

 

Lumpers are also often:

Convicted Felons

Armed

Gang connected (or Mafia)

Scoping out loads for hijackers

Hopheads, crackheads, meth monsters

Homeless people with god knows what diseases or mental problems

OR

Nice, hardworking guys who are just making a living!!!

You pays your money and you takes your chances.

 

Generally speaking, If you want to pay someone to unload for you, do you have to use a lumper at the delivery location? Or can one pay a passenger that's with them, that does not work for the trucking company?

Pipe Mike

 

I clicked on the Trucking Terms link. I will spend more time there, but I did not even make past the A's and I did not see APU. I don't know how good that list will be.

 

Most times you have to pay the lumping service that has a contract at the warehouse you're unloading at. I've heard there are places where you can hire someone outside the gates to unload for you but I've never been to one of those places.