Lumper fee
What you pay a third-party crew to unload the trailer, common at grocery and food warehouses.
A lumper is a third-party worker, or a crew, that loads or unloads the trailer for you. They are common at grocery distribution centers and food warehouses, where the facility will not let the driver touch the freight and instead makes you use their lumper service. The lumper fee is what that costs.
You usually pay the lumper on the spot, then get reimbursed. The fee is an accessorial, so it should be covered by the broker or shipper, but only if you have the receipt and follow the rate con’s rules for claiming it. Pay it, get the receipt, and submit it with your paperwork.
It is not optional at facilities that require it, so treat the receipt like cash. A lost lumper receipt is a lumper fee you paid out of your own pocket for nothing.
Related: accessorial, detention, rate confirmation.