Carrier profile · USDOT 282659 · MC-158441 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Bobby Fryar Trucking Co Inc

47 power unitsavg 13.2 yrRegional · 7 statesCHATTANOOGA, TN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-158441 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

47Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

17Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

13.2Avg age (yr)

1998–2024 · vPIC

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Clear to load

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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 40 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1986.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 51 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo6.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

47 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

13.2 yr

Model years 1998–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

39 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1986 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

10 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.

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5 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Apr 15, 2026.

Safety

30 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 38.6 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 3

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

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 47-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: 47
Inspections · 24 mo: 30
Annualized: ≈15 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 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 ’24 · 12 insurers · 4 lapsesCoverage lapse

State National’10–’13

Acuity A’17–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2024

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2017 → Mar 2024	$750K	3
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2015 → Mar 2017	$750K	1
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2013 → Apr 2015	$750K	6
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Mar 2010 → Apr 2013	$750K	6
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2008 → Mar 2010	$750K	4
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2007 → Mar 2007	$750K	6
MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2006 → Mar 2007	$750K	1
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Dec 2005 → Mar 2006	$750K	1
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2003 → Dec 2005	$750K	2
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2001 → Dec 2002	$750K	4
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Dec 2000 → Dec 2001	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 1999 → Dec 1999	$750K	2
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Dec 1998 → Dec 1999	$750K	1
BITCO GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	Dec 1997 → May 1999	$750K	1
SOUTHERN FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	Mar 1994 → Dec 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 47
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 17

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

13.2 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

55.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Tennessee: 11 inspections
Texas: 7 inspections
Georgia: 6 inspections
Alabama: 2 inspections
Kentucky: 2 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections

Home base

CHATTANOOGA, TN

1017 E 38TH ST

Most inspections: TN

11 inspections

TN 11 · TX 7 · GA 6

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1175018 USDOT 3148149Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (6 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1175018 USDOT 3148149 USDOT 1363413 USDOT 8389 USDOT 105234 USDOT 683599

Shares a company officer with other carriers

bobby fryar — 2 carriers: USDOT 992894

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 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 1017 E 38TH ST, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37407-2437
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (423) 867-9160
Cell: (423) 488-0939
Fax: (423) 867-4073
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Bobby Fryar
USDOT / docket: 282659 · MC-158441
First registered: Nov 21, 1986
Last MCS-150: Feb 12, 2026 · 2,485,751 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 13, 2009
D-U-N-S: 71530422

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,485,751

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 1, 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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Safety and violations

1 of 16 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

34violation records

3OOS-tagged records

1 of 16inspections 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.

Other vehicle maintenance

1010%1 / 10

Unsafe driving

100%0 / 10

Lights

50%0 / 5

Brakes

40%0 / 4

Hours of service

30%0 / 3

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 9

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 1

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 2

25%May 26 to Nov 261 / 4

Top 3 codes (8 of 34 records)

392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak3
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2

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393.78 Windshield wipers2
393.9 Inoperative required lamps2
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSRIGRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11TU Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.47A-BCFSBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative1
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
395.24D ELD — record edits / data1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1B Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC.

BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC (USDOT 282659) 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 Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 9, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 6.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 30 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 16 vehicle-level and 30 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 47 power units and 27 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 12, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 13, 2009 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC's USDOT number?

BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC's USDOT number is 282659, and its motor carrier number is MC-158441.

Is BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC's safety record?

BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC has a 6.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 51 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC's fleet?

BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC operates 47 power units and 27 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC based?

BOBBY FRYAR TRUCKING CO INC is based in CHATTANOOGA, TN, with roadside inspections recorded across 7 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(423) 867-9160 Email dispatch[email protected]Carrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 282659
MC / Docket: MC-158441
Officer: BOBBY FRYAR
Address: 1017 E 38TH ST
CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37407-2437

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 39 yr continuous

$750K BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $750,000 · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2024

Vehicle OOS 6.3%

vs 22.26% national — at or below benchmark.

2 fatal crashes

On the FMCSA crash record.

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