Carrier profile · USDOT 1490457 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Timber Specialists Trucking Inc

9 power unitsavg 12 yrRegional · 3 statesSTATESVILLE, NC70/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

9Power units

18 observed · MCS-150

32Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(704) 902-2733 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average45.5% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

In good standing · 1

Established 21 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2006.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Authority not on file

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo45.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

9 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

12 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

20 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2006 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 45.45% on 33 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.

Safety

58 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 45.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

42.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 7

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈3.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 58
Annualized: ≈29 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.2 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving71 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance49 · 12 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 14 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

No insurance filing history on record.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 9
Observed power (24 mo): 18
Trailers (towed): 32

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

66.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NC busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

North Carolina: 47 inspections
South Carolina: 7 inspections
Virginia: 4 inspections

Home base

STATESVILLE, NC

2123 SHELTON AVE

Most inspections: NC

47 inspections

NC 47 · SC 7 · VA 4

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4491295 USDOT 4609237 USDOT 835866 USDOT 471081 USDOT 3017171 USDOT 3170371

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 2123 SHELTON AVE, STATESVILLE, NC, 28677
Operation: Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

Contact

Phone: (704) 902-2733
Fax: (704) 878-0485
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officers: Cherry R Johnson · James E Johnson
USDOT / docket: 1490457
First registered: Apr 19, 2006
Last MCS-150: Dec 14, 2023 · 70,000 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

70,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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45%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

15 of 33 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

125violation records

28OOS-tagged records

15 of 33inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

504%2 / 50

Other vehicle maintenance

3642%15 / 36

Lights

3324%8 / 33

Brakes

450%2 / 4

Driver fitness

250%1 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

60%

15%

30%

60%Nov 24 to May 256 / 10

36%May 25 to Nov 254 / 11

38%Nov 25 to May 263 / 8

50%May 26 to Nov 262 / 4

Top 3 codes (23 of 125 records)

393.9TS Inoperative required lamps11
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)5

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392.2-SLLEWG2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLUCR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection4
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
393.9 Inoperative required lamps3
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)3
393.9BRKLAMP Inoperative required lamps3
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection3
392.16 Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLLEWG3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.25F Lighting device requirements2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers2
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9T Inoperative required lamps2
390.19TA Unified registration / MCS-1501
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41(a) No / expired medical certificate1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2FT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82A1 Using a hand-held mobile phone1
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
392.9AA2-OA Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.11A1-LLPL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSRIGRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.43A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.48A Brakes inoperative1
393.51 Brake warning devices1
393.51C-BAPG Brake warning devices1
393.82 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.87A Warning flags on projecting loads1
393.87A-FPLR Warning flags on projecting loads1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9H Inoperative required lamps1
396.3(a)(1) Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC.

TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC (USDOT 1490457) has a Vektor safety score of 70/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has an unknown current for-hire authority status because no FMCSA L&I authority row is available. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 45.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 58 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 33 vehicle-level and 58 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 9 power units and 7 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 14, 2023. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 1490457.

Is TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register.

What is TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC's safety record?

TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC has a 45.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 91 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 70/100 (tier: review).

How big is TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC's fleet?

TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC operates 9 power units and 7 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC based?

TIMBER SPECIALISTS TRUCKING INC is based in STATESVILLE, NC, with roadside inspections recorded across 3 states.

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