Lumper fees? Who's pocket are they coming out of?

The way it works for me is:
Driver pays Lumper fees or gets an advance to pay them (I call it Extortion)
Company (or broker) pays back the driver
Company adds fees to freight bill
Any way you look at it, the consumer actually pays them, when they buy the product.

 

Why dont you just unload your own ####? I pull reefer sometines and even with a full trailer and manual pallet jack i can get it all off in 30 minutes.

 

Try unloading a full trailer that load isnt on pallets and see if you can do it in 30 minutes.

 

Why would u do that if you are not getting paid for that? Brokers always pay the lumper fees, but if you unload it yourself, you won't get anything. Maybe if you deal direct with the shipper it would be a different situation

 

I'm guessing he negotiates with broker for unloading fee on top of rate, then does it himself and pockets it. Easy cash.

As a company driver I would often make more money unloading than the miles driven.

Then the receivers and filthy lumping slave driver scum got inventive with 'requirements ', involving the industry destroying lazy cunning insurance industry.

 

He can't just pocket money, broker won't pay without lumper receipt

 

I'd write a receipt with false name and SSN to the company - have Joe Smith sign it, all good . . .

 

Brokers know what is lumpers company name, their tax ID and how much they usually charge, they are not stupid and 99.99% they already did this load before u

 

I can get lumper company tax ID from next dock driver.
How much depends from area to area lumper mood and how many boxes they have to break down.