claims, trailer damage

if you could resecured the load correctly just means you didn't the first time
just my $.02

 

Unless the cargo explodes through no fault of yours it's on you. Flatbed, van whatever you haul it's the drivers job to make sure it's properly secured BEFORE you roll.

 

Cargo securement is the driver's responsibility. You didn't know the arms rotated but you should have known. What if the arms rotated four feet to the side, hit oncoming traffic and killed somebody? Would you still blame the shipper or broker? I don't think the law would.

 

Suck it up buttercup you screwed the pooch now you have pay !
I bet this one lesson you won't soon forget .
Nothing like cash pay out to teach you to make sure it's right the first time !

 

I just left a shipper, I was being loaded and didn't like how it looked. I told them I would not take it. They said thats how they always load it. I have been doing this a very long time. Once you leave the shipper, it all falls on you. Don't leave until you know it's safe. If it's not safe then leave wit an empty trailer.

Now I'm stuck here over the long weekend, But I am safe and the public is safe.

 

unfortunately it is your responsibility. Cargo securement is always the driver's responsibility. You should have secured the load properly before you left or refused to take it until it was secured properly. I'm not trying to bash you I'm just answering your question

 

Leave the broker out of it...they don't care anyways. If you have an issue stake it straight it to the shipper and see what they say about it. Maybe they will see your way, maybe not, but the broker definitely isn't going to look at it your way.

 

Broker has nothing to do with this. The driver is scum to them. They only care about the shipper. They can get 1,000,000 trucks to haul their load. Getting a shipper is like an act of God.