"Fleets see endgame for lumpers..."

Prepaid lumper seems to be getting moar common on a lot of my loads. If they all went this way wouldn't bother me a bit. Sure makes the process easier for the driver.

 

The guy in the first paragraph had to live under a rock so …

Mr. Lamar Quinn, lumbers have been around for decades before deregulation.

I remember riding with my cousin and having to pay them to load a truck at the docks, and then paying to unload the truck at a warehouse and this was around 1972. He just charged his customer.

 

The article also makes the ridiculously false claim that lumpers are faster.

 

I'd like nothing more to see Lumpers go bye bye but since their usually union I doubt it'll happen anytime soon. Although making them unload in a reason time frame and not forcing the driver to pay would go a long way to alleviating alot of the issue

 

Nope that won’t ever happen, they work for the receiver or shipper.

 

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I’m sad now

 

Which part? I would think they'd want a quicker turnaround, if they get paid by the truck

 

not gonna happen.

if i was to still be working and unloading a full 53 foot trailer loaded with cigarettes, i'd want a lumping crew in there.

my company paid for those guys.

as it was, they were well organized in the process from bumping the dock, to leaving. very efficient, and fast too.