Lumper Question
Topic 13542 | Page 1
What does Prime pay for loading / unloading and lumpers?
The greater of the following: a) $2.50 per thousand, b) 3 cents per piece, c) the amount we bill the customer, or d) $60 minimum. You may be reimbursed $20 for using a pallet jack and allowed up to $35 to assist in unloading (when loads are not floor loaded).
From Primes FAQ on their website.
Question is - since Prime pays for lumpers (for company drivers) - why would you want to schlep your own loads?
In a lot of cases - shippers/receivers won't let you on their docks or in their warehouse - won't let you use their pallet jack, etc., so you have to use their lumpers.
Lumpers are a scam (for the most part) anyways. Shippers/receivers aren't the "employers" for the lumpers - so they don't have to pay their benefits, workmans comp, unemployment insurance & taxes. They also don't have to verify WORK ELIGIBILITY (ie: legal status).
But again - since you pay with a company comcheck, and it doesn't come off the drivers bottom line - I'd think you would rather be napping in the sleeper, than dragging product off a trailer.
Rick
Shipper:
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
I think the key to your quotation is:
This has not been a weigh station for years. It should be removed from the map.
Is your trainer an O/O? Company drivers simply write out a Com-check, paid for by your company, and hit the sleeper till it's done.
OK, thanks. I will just take a nap then.
Wrong quotation. Weigh stations have nothing to do with this! Bad copy/paste job.
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I am a refer driver in Prime's TNT phase. I find it odd that we have to pay lumpers to unload our trailer. Receivers give us the option to unload our own trailer. Does anyone actually do that? My trainer won't but I am tempted to once I am solo. Thanks
TNT:
Trainer-N-Trainee
Prime Inc has their own CDL training program and it's divided into two phases - PSD and TNT.
The PSD (Prime Student Driver) phase is where you'll get your permit and then go on the road for 10,000 miles with a trainer. When you come back you'll get your CDL license and enter the TNT phase.
The TNT phase is the second phase of training where you'll go on the road with an experienced driver for 30,000 miles of team driving. You'll receive 14ยข per mile ($700 per week guaranteed) during this phase. Once you're finished with TNT training you will be assigned a truck to run solo.