Truck Damaged by Vendor due to improper loading

get a lawyer to chase after the logistics company, and the customer....leave no stones unturned

 

Sounds like a securement type of problem, did you inspect the load before you hit the road?

 

I’d think it would be on you since you are responsible for that load. If it doesn’t look right to you before you leave it’s your job to say something

 

Drivers are responsible for the whole truck and securing the load, not securing loads can be ticketed, even inside vans.

 

I am lucky, I pull vans and reefers, and do not mess with the load, they load it and I drag it, but they also know for a fact, that where I am going that the load will not look like it did when I left and don't expect it too. lol

 

It is never clear if the loader loaded improperly or the driver did abusive driving. When I was a beginner, I had product all over the floor all the time and now hardly ever. I see trucks fly me by on those hilly curves like they're in some super trucker contest.
I also almost always string a strap on the last pair of skids - pro forma. Arizona and Iowa DOT used to give tickets for the lack of loadlock/loadbar/strap, even if the load completely did not require it - per common sense. For example, light insulation rolls loaded all the way up against the door, they don't even leave any room to apply a strap. They would still give you a ticket in Messa, AZ on I - 17.

 

It’s your responsibility. Just because you do dryvan doesn’t mean you don’t have to do anything. You should always have a few load bars and 10 or so straps for the etracks.

 

Unless you picked up a preloaded and sealed trailer the spill is on you.

 

They can still ticket you for a preload. It's not illegal to break a seal, still illegal not to make sure your load is secure.