Carrier profile · USDOT 149236 · MC-285716 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Tip Top Poultry Inc

15 power unitsavg 3.8 yrRegional · 3 statesMARIETTA, GA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-285716 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

15Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

5Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.8Avg age (yr)

2017–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(770) 973-8070 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo100.0%

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

15 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.8 yr

Model years 2017–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — 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

CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
9 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 14, 2025.

Safety

5 inspections · 24 mo

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 100.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 1

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 15-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 15
Inspections · 24 mo: 5
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 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.

395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’22 · 3 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Zurich’97–’09

Hanover’09–’22

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2022

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2009 → Jun 2022	$750K	1
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1997 → Jun 2009	$750K	1
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1995 → Jun 1995	$750K	2
THE HOME INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1994 → Oct 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 15
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 5

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.8 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2017

Oldest model yr

60.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MS busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Mississippi: 2 inspections
Georgia: 2 inspections
Alabama: 1 inspections

Home base

MARIETTA, GA

327 WALLACE ROAD

Most inspections: MS

2 inspections

MS 2 · GA 2 · AL 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 3, 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 80806 USDOT 82951 USDOT 665224

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@tiptoppoultry.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 4445398

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 327 WALLACE ROAD, MARIETTA, GA, 30062
Mailing address: PO BOX 6338, MARIETTA, GA, 30065
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (770) 973-8070
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: tiptoppoultry.com

Registration

Officers: Brad Respess · David Johnson
USDOT / docket: 149236 · MC-285716
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Oct 22, 2025 · 1,083,743 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Mar 25, 1988
D-U-N-S: 33795584

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,083,743

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 3, 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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100%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

1 of 1 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

3violation records

1OOS-tagged records

1 of 1inspections 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.

Hours of service

10%0 / 1

Other vehicle maintenance

1100%1 / 1

Unsafe driving

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

n/aNov 24 to May 250 / 0

n/aMay 25 to Nov 250 / 0

n/aNov 25 to May 260 / 0

100%May 26 to Nov 261 / 1

Top 3 codes (3 of 3 records)

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1

Before you tender

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Hours of service

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for TIP TOP POULTRY INC.

TIP TOP POULTRY INC (USDOT 149236) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 30, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 100.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 5 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 1 vehicle-level and 5 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 15 power units and 14 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 22, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Mar 25, 1988 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TIP TOP POULTRY INC's USDOT number?

TIP TOP POULTRY INC's USDOT number is 149236, and its motor carrier number is MC-285716.

Is TIP TOP POULTRY INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026. TIP TOP POULTRY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TIP TOP POULTRY INC's safety record?

TIP TOP POULTRY INC has a 100.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 13 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).