Carrier profile · USDOT 213582 · MC-160423 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Reliable Carriers Inc

80 power unitsavg 5 yrMulti-region · 14 statesMANCHESTER, TN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-160423 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

80Power units

66 observed · MCS-150

102Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.0Avg age (yr)

2006–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(931) 728-9995 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 44 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1982.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 257 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

80 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5 yr

Model years 2006–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

44 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1982 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

9 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

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10 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Nov 2, 2026.

Safety

150 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 8.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 150 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 3.3 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

145 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '26 · 17

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 80-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 80
Inspections · 24 mo: 150
Annualized: ≈75 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving67 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 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: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’16 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’92–’08

National Union’12–’16

Hartford Fire’16–now

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2016

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2016 → Mar 2016	$1M	2
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Oct 2012 → Mar 2016	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2011 → Oct 2012	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2009 → Oct 2011	$1M	2
UNION INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2008 → Oct 2009	$1M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 1992 → Oct 2008	$1M	1

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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): 80
Observed power (24 mo): 66
Trailers (towed): 102

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2006

Oldest model yr

56.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

149

TN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Tennessee: 68 inspections
Georgia: 17 inspections
Alabama: 14 inspections
North Carolina: 11 inspections
Kentucky: 8 inspections
Texas: 7 inspections
Florida: 6 inspections
South Carolina: 5 inspections
Indiana: 4 inspections
Illinois: 3 inspections
Mississippi: 3 inspections
Ohio: 2 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections

Home base

MANCHESTER, TN

2147 VOLUNTEER PARKWAY

Most inspections: TN

68 inspections

TN 68 · GA 17 · AL 14

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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.

Show all-time history (22 trucks · 22 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3671679 USDOT 4570951 USDOT 3578942 USDOT 3676587 USDOT 2876280 USDOT 3803863 USDOT 4296722 USDOT 1380680

Shares a company officer with other carriers

justin henderson — 8 carriers: USDOT 771980 USDOT 974781 USDOT 1021216 USDOT 1668011 USDOT 1741866 USDOT 3744881 USDOT 4006065

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

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: 2147 VOLUNTEER PARKWAY, MANCHESTER, TN, 37355
Mailing address: POST OFFICE BOX 288, MANCHESTER, TN, 37349-0288
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (931) 728-9995
Fax: (931) 728-9993
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: reliablecarriersontime.net

Registration

Officer: Justin Henderson
USDOT / docket: 213582 · MC-160423
First registered: Jun 4, 1982
Last MCS-150: Jan 19, 2026 · 7,600,500 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 17, 1990
D-U-N-S: 604388074

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

7,600,500

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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

5 of 56 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

66violation records

9OOS-tagged records

5 of 56inspections 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

420%0 / 42

Other vehicle maintenance

967%6 / 9

Hours of service

80%0 / 8

Brakes

425%1 / 4

Lights

2100%2 / 2

Driver fitness

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

20%Nov 24 to May 253 / 15

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 10

14%Nov 25 to May 262 / 14

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 17

Top 3 codes (22 of 66 records)

392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)11
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)8
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3

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392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps2
383.23A2-LCDLNP Operating without a valid CDL1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2Y State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A-STCB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SLAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A-BI-SA Brakes inoperative1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75G-TAOW Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H3-ELDMF ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3AII Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-OAL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-TAOCV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.7A-UOC Unsafe operation1

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for RELIABLE CARRIERS INC.

RELIABLE CARRIERS INC (USDOT 213582) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 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 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 1, 2016 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 8.9% 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 150 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 56 vehicle-level and 150 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 8 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 80 power units and 70 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 19, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 17, 1990 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RELIABLE CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

RELIABLE CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 213582, and its motor carrier number is MC-160423.

Is RELIABLE CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is RELIABLE CARRIERS INC's safety record?

RELIABLE CARRIERS INC has a 8.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 257 roadside inspections, with 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).