another dumb question

the broker normally reimburses you for the lumper or you just figure it in to your rate.

 

never heard of lumper for flatbeds--but on van/reefer its pretty common--and we always get reimbursed by the shipper or broker
with your own truck maybe its a good idea to make sure somebody covers lumper fee before you take the load

 

You have to know ahead of time if the customer you are delivering to requires you to hire lumpers and then make sure it's clarified on the confirmation who's responsibility it is.

 

I dont take too many loads 200 miles, and certainly not for that little of money. Maybe 2000 miles for $1.50...

 

Actually they are used on open decks. I was running a 53' step and picked up bags of gypsum to haul back up to Canada to a drywall board plant. In order to get loaded I had to unhook, put out the straps for the load, put out my tarps and bungees for the load and wait for them to pick up the trailer and take it in to the plant area to load at the dock. The dock guys load it, strap and tarp the load.

These guys are so dumb though that they refuse to load roll-tite trailers since they cannot figure out how to side load or end load them or even tarp them. I got reimbursed for the fee but it was a surprise when I showed up and the shipping office told me this news. They were none too quick and I had to redo the straps and tarping anyway since they couldn't do it right without the load getting wet if I had driven it as is.