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That's just it. I know exactly what my obligations are to my carrier and my carrier's customers (my customers too). I know them exactly because they are spelled out exactly in the contract and bills of ladings I sign. What I don't know is why people in this thread are suggesting that they are...

One other point: Diane and I get it about delivering the freight safely and on time, every time. The dispatchers at FedEx knew that we get it. When we left, the ones we talked to all said that when they put freight on our truck, they knew they did not have to worry about that load. The agents...

That's the thing. I'm not so sure that being towed to a delivery is your problem. This thread has prompted me to read the fine print in our lease agreement and a few recent bills of ladings Diane or I have signed. There is nothing in any of them that talks about being towed to a delivery...

While it may seem so on the first read, I am not trying to be difficult here or back anyone into a corner. I am only trying to be precise and to find out exactly what we expediters are obligated and not obligated to do in the event of a truck breakdown under load. I do not know exactly because...

Let's take a closer look at that. If the question is, "Can you safely and legally make scheduled delivery appointment?" and you answer yes, you are stating that you can make that delivery. You are not stating that you will, only that you can. Note the difference. They are not asking "Do you...

OK. Let's talk about your word then, cheri1122 and Rocketman. How is that word given? Expediters do not raise their right hands and make pledges to shippers at loading docks. Somewhere, somehow, it is communicated between driver, carrier, shipper and consignee the services that are being...

In what way are you contracted to make that load happen? How do you know this? What exactly are you required by contract to do in the original hypothetical example? Where exactly is that contract language found? What exactly does it say?