Unloading / avoiding paying for a lumper

I don't know if its luck it's probably all the same docks you might go to. All the grocery store chains. Plus Walmart and you know what I mean. Some they let you use there jacks but they usually all have hand jacks which is no big deal. And the 2 hour thing I have yet to have been called on it. If I ever go over 2 hours its cause no space or waiting on the receiver.

 

I believe you.Don't get me wrong.There is still a % of places that allow the driver on the dock...But it is relivent that many are going to the ''lumper scam'' game...Not to mention that the PIGS will make it rough on you with ''you can use the 100 year old'' pump jack for your 1000lb skid...

 

Pee on that!! (And when I say pee, I really mean piss) I drive the truck 11 hours, keyword DRIVE, I'm not unloading YOUR product!

My CDL says I'm a truck driver..at the receiver, they should thank me for opening the doors!

 

I agree with landstar. I pulled a refer for two years and they really sock it to ya with lumper fees and make it nearly impossible to do it yourself. They don't say you can't but they have so many restrictions that it's just not worth it. Plus who wants to work in a freezer for two hours?

The lumpers really get dumped on too. No benefits and they have to kick back a big percentage to the company.

 

To get around the unload time use the "express" method. Open doors 15' from dock. Put truck in hi reverse and jump on the go pedal. 2' from the dock slam on the stop pedal. Half the work will already be done.

Your welcome.

 

landstar you could of pulled out and closed your doors after 2 hours. then go have a talk with the same big boss. let him know if its not done and of your trailer in 30 min you might have to charge or deliver it some were else and they can pick it up and pay for the storage/warehouse fee.

razor what kind of product you have loaded on the floor?

those warehouses and customers that have so many restrictions i have the same rules and restrictions when entering my trailer. any damage done to trailer while unloading will be paid for by responsible parties. this helps if you also have who ever loaded sign it also that their was no damage inside trailer before loading it. they dont let you on some of the dock in some places when they load it. let them decide if they wanna sign it or if they let you on the dock during loading or unloading.

theirs also the ,ill stack it in my trailer. have a lumper maybe unload enough where you can then stack it in your trailer on pallets to their certain ti-hi requirements and have their receiver take it out from the end over your trailer, helps if you have your own pallet jack inside the trailer so you can move the product to the back of trailer after stacking it.

 

This story again? Really

 

When I pulled a reefer I did the lumping for the "mad money", usually making anywhere from $175.00 - $500.00 a week. Then sell the pallets afterward and make another $40.00 to over $100.00

One place made a new rule that a driver that lumps his own loads, must have a license for their different pallet jacks. So, I downloaded some phoney license off the internet and they accepted it & didn't know the difference. I wrote down the types of pallet jacks and forklifts they have and added those to the phoney license.

 

Y'all want some real fun, unload 40,000 pounds of floor stacked (no pallets) Clopay garage doors and parts in south Georgia in the middle of August. The company I worked for back then paid $75 for driver unloads.... The consignee had 2 guys there helping but it still took 4+ hours. I learned my lesson with that load.... Stay in the bunk and rest, the $75 wasn't worth it when it came to Clopay loads. Now Johns-Manville pipe insulation loads was another story, heaviest loads were about 17,000 pounds. If one had a decent crew at the consignee, you could kick those loads off in about an hour or less. I stay away from grocery warehouses like the plague after spending a day at one in Chicago years ago, OK Grocery maybe, can't remember. Babysitting my CB waiting for a door while being expected to log the time in the bunk isn't my cup of tea.

 

I tailgated cabinets for two years ...,try the se in the summer unstacking 300 cabinets for 20 anhour after four to six hours of that you were hello ready for a shower