Carrier profile · USDOT 2044030 · MC-716627 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Carolina Freightways Inc

195 power unitsavg 9.5 yrNational · 18 statesEDEN, NC81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-716627 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

195Power units

151 observed · MCS-150

117Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(336) 623-1053 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average26.7% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 16 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2010.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

15 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

195 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

16 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

1 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

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 26.73% on 101 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
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40 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 24, 2025.

Safety

218 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 26.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 101 vehicle and 218 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 10.5 pts 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

208 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 18

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 195-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 195
Inspections · 24 mo: 218
Annualized: ≈109 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving95 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 17 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 13 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 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: Active
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 ’23 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

National Interstate’10–’16

Hartford Fire’16–’23

beyond this history

2010201420182022now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. · since Oct 2024

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2023 → Oct 2023	$750K	2
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2016 → Oct 2023	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2016 → Oct 2016	$750K	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2010 → Mar 2016	$750K	3

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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): 195
Observed power (24 mo): 151
Trailers (towed): 117

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

49.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 18 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

203

NC busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

North Carolina: 73 inspections
South Carolina: 44 inspections
Florida: 37 inspections
Georgia: 24 inspections
Virginia: 6 inspections
Ohio: 5 inspections
Minnesota: 2 inspections
Mississippi: 2 inspections
Wisconsin: 2 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
Michigan: 1 inspections
Massachusetts: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections
Connecticut: 1 inspections
Indiana: 1 inspections
Pennsylvania: 1 inspections

Home base

EDEN, NC

517 SUMMIT RD

Most inspections: NC

73 inspections

NC 73 · SC 44 · FL 37

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

Last 12 months: 7 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2781861 USDOT 1144924 USDOT 388467 USDOT 2977529 USDOT 482746 USDOT 4386382 USDOT 572641Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (71 trucks · 78 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 535932 USDOT 3097874 USDOT 3225405 USDOT 4259587 USDOT 77949 USDOT 2781861 USDOT 3051417 USDOT 3261726

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

195

Observed (24 mo)

151

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 517 SUMMIT RD, EDEN, NC, 27288
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (336) 623-1053
Fax: (336) 464-2855
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: transproholdings.com

Registration

Officers: Neal Wright · Nicolas Meneses
USDOT / docket: 2044030 · MC-716627
First registered: Jun 10, 2010
Last MCS-150: Jul 30, 2026 · 15,512,141 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.63
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

195

Power units

198

Drivers

198

CDL drivers

15,512,141

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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27%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

27 of 101 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

180violation records

43OOS-tagged records

27 of 101inspections 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

490%0 / 49

Other vehicle maintenance

4549%22 / 45

Brakes

4110%4 / 41

Lights

3330%10 / 33

Hours of service

729%2 / 7

Driver fitness

5100%5 / 5

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%

15%

30%

21%Nov 24 to May 256 / 28

47%May 25 to Nov 259 / 19

20%Nov 25 to May 267 / 35

26%May 26 to Nov 265 / 19

Top 3 codes (32 of 180 records)

393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components12
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects10
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)10

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392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)9
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects5
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators5
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps5
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)4
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)4
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps4
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps4
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps4
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed4
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps3
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps3
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)2
391.11B2-Q Driver not qualified2
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2FT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.60C Windshield / glazing2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9H Inoperative required lamps2
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps2
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection2
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak2
383.51A-SIN Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.2WC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2WG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.71A Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.11A1-LTSM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.205A-WRBH Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A-WRTC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209D-STPAL Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209E-SPSLA Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.25E Lighting device requirements1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45C-BSG Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCFSAD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.47A-BCFSAD-SA Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A-BIAD Brakes inoperative1
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55D1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.83G Exhaust system1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9BRKLAMP Inoperative required lamps1
393.9T Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E-HOSPDOOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for CAROLINA FREIGHTWAYS INC.

CAROLINA FREIGHTWAYS INC (USDOT 2044030) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. effective Oct 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 26.7% 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 218 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 101 vehicle-level and 218 driver-level — across 18 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 15 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 195 power units and 198 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 30, 2026. 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 CAROLINA FREIGHTWAYS INC's USDOT number?

CAROLINA FREIGHTWAYS INC's USDOT number is 2044030, and its motor carrier number is MC-716627.

Is CAROLINA FREIGHTWAYS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. CAROLINA FREIGHTWAYS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CAROLINA FREIGHTWAYS INC's safety record?

CAROLINA FREIGHTWAYS INC has a 26.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 406 roadside inspections, with 15 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).