Lumpers - are they needed

wulfman75 · Aug 4, 2025

Tylerharrison1987 said: ↑

Just delivered to KeHe in Dallas. Had 15 pallets of ice cream. Lumper charged $150 because there was over 1,500 pieces THEN $192 for the 1,600 pieces i had THEN $70 BECAUSE there was 15 pallets THEN $70 because some of the pallets were stacked. Total lumper fee was $492.37!!! Thats absolutely ridiculous. I didn't have to pay personally but my company does and I still feel like its an absolute rip off. Took em 20 min to unload me then 10 min later I get the text to pay the lumper. So in 30 min they made almost $500. And WTF is the 1st charge of $150 for having over 1,500 pieces when they then chaeged $192 for having 1,600???? I cant believe this ####. Idk why my company would keep bringing freight here when its this expensive to deliver. If I was an owner opp I'd never be back and I'd spread the word. So KeHe paid for the load to be delivered then the trucking company has to then pay a lumper service to unload it at the customer who is paying for the load. This load came 950 miles. I get paid .70cpm so thats about $660 for the driver then I got fuel twice. How can a company make money coming here? Absolutely ridiculous. Pretty sure the lumper service has to then pay the warehouse theyre working out of a percentage since they're working out of their place. So maby in return KeHe gets some money back from the load then the lumper service gets to make bank unloading it. Either way its BS. Why cant the KeHe warehouse employees just unload it while theyre making their hourly wage? If itnwas like that it would have been $15-$20 to get this load unloaded.
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I had a 700 lumper fee at Kroger once. Didnt give a ####. Company pays for it and I aint unloading it.

db2681 · Aug 27, 2025

Tylerharrison1987 said: ↑

Just delivered to KeHe in Dallas. Had 15 pallets of ice cream. Lumper charged $150 because there was over 1,500 pieces THEN $192 for the 1,600 pieces i had THEN $70 BECAUSE there was 15 pallets THEN $70 because some of the pallets were stacked. Total lumper fee was $492.37!!! Thats absolutely ridiculous. I didn't have to pay personally but my company does and I still feel like its an absolute rip off. Took em 20 min to unload me then 10 min later I get the text to pay the lumper. So in 30 min they made almost $500. And WTF is the 1st charge of $150 for having over 1,500 pieces when they then chaeged $192 for having 1,600???? I cant believe this ####. Idk why my company would keep bringing freight here when its this expensive to deliver. If I was an owner opp I'd never be back and I'd spread the word. So KeHe paid for the load to be delivered then the trucking company has to then pay a lumper service to unload it at the customer who is paying for the load. This load came 950 miles. I get paid .70cpm so thats about $660 for the driver then I got fuel twice. How can a company make money coming here? Absolutely ridiculous. Pretty sure the lumper service has to then pay the warehouse theyre working out of a percentage since they're working out of their place. So maby in return KeHe gets some money back from the load then the lumper service gets to make bank unloading it. Either way its BS. Why cant the KeHe warehouse employees just unload it while theyre making their hourly wage? If itnwas like that it would have been $15-$20 to get this load unloaded.
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Generally the company gets reimbursed for the lumper fee either by the shipper or receiver depending on the freight contract terms.

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