Tennessee Code Title 55. Motor and Other Vehicles § 55-4-410

(a) The department of transportation is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations prescribing safety precautions and equipment to be utilized by those transporting mobile homes subject to this part.

(b) The transporter and the seller of the mobile home, if the seller is a different person or entity than the transporter, moving a mobile home that is subject to this part shall have the affirmative duty to determine that:

(c) The affirmative duty created pursuant to this section shall be primarily the transporter's duty. The seller shall be secondarily liable. The affirmative duty to determine the safe passage may be met by use of a front escort vehicle having protrusions equal to the height and width of the mobile home.