Whats the deal with Lumpers

Not all carriers will pay the driver and are forced to unload otherwise argue with the company ,been there.

 

I suspect that is why they started up an LLC. They call the carrier, tell them they need a Comcheck or T Check for (Drivers chosen company LLC name). If Company balks, driver just says well, "You want me to take it back to point of origin, or you want it unloaded"?

pattyj, There are always creative workarounds to any situation that WILL give one what they want, the trick IS to find the angle. Did you have a lumper registered LLC and ask the check be written out to them when you were talking to your carrier? Remember your carrier doesn't need to know you own the LLC. They need to know your LLC company name, and that they will be providing lumper services for you today... for $XXX amount of money... period!

So, there should never be a reason for an argument to start much less escalate.

 

I've been driving OTR for (coming up on ) 30 years now, and while I've always had lumpers to deal with, they have become an even bigger pain in the ###.
I miss the days of lumpers being able to grab a truck before it even drove onto a companie's property and being eager to unload your trailer. Even bidding on your load against each other so you didnt have to pay so #### much $$.
Now days, you can expect to be met with 1 lumper company like Capstone and wait in line to talk to THEM instead of the other way around. Now days you are on their turf and treated like crap in some cases. With rules added..like showing your CDL and being no earlier than an hour before your appointment.
Corporations have pretty much ruined it for truckers.

 

just don't get hurt doing it. know a man did that few yrs back. he fell on dock and broke leg.
A box with bottles of frying oil broke spilled he did not see.
needless to say the fact he could not drive out along with witnesses when ambulance came;
and he used fake lumper name

 

Alpo Dogfood out of Allentown, 48 pallets stuffed double stacked.

Arrive build 120 pallets out of it on small wood no less. Basically sorting for their stores. What a scam.

 

Dont need forklift certification. I used to work the loading docks at cold storage 20 years ago. If the boxed meat was on the floor, i would charge something like 200 bucks to unload the truck for the guy. IF he didnt want to pay, i would let him load up the pallets and i would pull them off while unloading other trucks. no big deal. Most would pay. ITs not an absurd charge having to unload all that weight off a 18 wheeler by hand when thats not the job you signed up for

 

not as bad as old warehouses tie hi mixed pallet rules
Nestle De Kalb IL 50 double stacked mixed pallets.. breakdown to 460 pallets.
the bolt looked like a novel 35-50 printed pages. Sometimes 1 item for a whole pallet..Don't miss that anymore..Of course wether Alpo out of PA or homebase of Crete, Ne. once Alpo foods became a part of Nestle it really became a nightmare..Especially Stupid Valu in Hopkins MN or Fort Wayne especially

 

Tanker......

No lumpers....EVER.