"Fleets see endgame for lumpers..."

I read the article and don’t really see how the lumpers are going to disappear as the writer claims..

 

Another reason why I went to tankers 20 years ago and never looked back!
Funny, I never had to pay anyone to load that refer, just to unload it! Go figure.

 

I am with you there, spent enough time with a reefer hope to never pull one again.

 

That means 3 hours of detention pay, works for me

 

What I still don't understand is why does the truck have to sit there while they re-palletize? Why not unload, let the truck go, and THEN re-palletize?

 

Amen

 

Good for you,i rather be on my way to my next load so i can make real money.

 

Compare that to every flip-flop wearing, roller dog eating, seat warming, professional steering wheel holder having to unload their own 53', the slowest lumper service is still faster. Imagine how long the wait for a dock would be if you weren't the first appointment for your assigned dock for the day. It takes some of these so-called drivers 15 minutes to waddle in to get a fuel receipt and their roller dog supply...imagine how long them unloading a load would take.

 

I'm paid on percentage, our detention rate is $90 to $200 per hour depending on the customer, I get 30% of that detention pay, three weeks ago, I had a load that under normal situations pays me $400 round trip, customer took 6 hours to unload, 4 hrs x $150 = $600 x 30% = $180, since the customer took 6 hours to unload, I ended up laying over, which was billed as well, that $400 load, paid $1,000, not bad for 24 hrs work, and I still got 4 more percentage loads in that week.

 

Maybe 18-wheeler dealer ?? Or Trucker Pucker ??