Carrier profile · USDOT 3041969 · MC-45108 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Scott's Hotshot LLC

5 power unitsavg 6.7 yrLocal · 2 statesMOBILE, AL82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-45108 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

8 observed · MCS-150

14Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.7Avg age (yr)

2005–2025 · vPIC

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 well above average40.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

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 9 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2017.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo40.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.7 yr

Model years 2005–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — 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 40.00% on 10 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
22 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Apr 22, 2026.

Safety

15 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 40.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 33.8 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '26 · 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 5-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 15
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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.

390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 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 ’25 · 4 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

National Fire’17–’19

Progressive Specialty’21–’22

Knight Specialty’22–’23

Canal’23–’25

2017202020232026now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2023 → Nov 2025	$750K	1
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2022 → Nov 2023	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	Mar 2021 → Nov 2022	$750K	4
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2017 → Dec 2019	$750K	6

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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): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 8
Trailers (towed): 14

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

50.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

AL busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Alabama: 13 inspections
Louisiana: 2 inspections

Home base

MOBILE, AL

1850 AIRPORT BLVD

Most inspections: AL

13 inspections

AL 13 · LA 2

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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: 3 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 760583 USDOT 2171336 USDOT 2198719 USDOT 87409Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (8 trucks · 11 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3478097 USDOT 3847791 USDOT 4005013 USDOT 760583 USDOT 2171336 USDOT 4418287 USDOT 3296667 USDOT 2568709

Shares a company officer with other carriers

darrell scott — 4 carriers: USDOT 736669 USDOT 1963308 USDOT 2010129

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: 1850 AIRPORT BLVD, MOBILE, AL, 36606
Mailing address: PO BOX 851031, MOBILE, AL, 36685
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: —
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: scottshotshotllc.net

Registration

Officers: Darrell Scott · Helen Scott
USDOT / docket: 3041969 · MC-45108
First registered: Aug 24, 2017
Last MCS-150: Aug 14, 2024 · 408,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 85181630

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

408,000

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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40%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

4 of 10 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

72violation records

11OOS-tagged records

4 of 10inspections 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

2829%8 / 28

Unsafe driving

260%0 / 26

Hours of service

110%0 / 11

Brakes

40%0 / 4

Lights

2100%2 / 2

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

70%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 1

33%May 25 to Nov 251 / 3

33%Nov 25 to May 261 / 3

67%May 26 to Nov 262 / 3

Top 3 codes (21 of 72 records)

395.24 ELD — record edits / data8
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle7
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle6

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396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection6
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)5
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers5
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)4
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.7A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles2
392.7B-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles2
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps2
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
396.9D2-FTF Inspection of motor vehicles in operation2
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2SLIMPT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.126B-CIM Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.30B1 ELD — use / data transfer1
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for SCOTT'S HOTSHOT LLC.

SCOTT'S HOTSHOT LLC (USDOT 3041969) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 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 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 BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY effective Nov 17, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 40.0% 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 15 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 10 vehicle-level and 15 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 7 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 14, 2024. 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 SCOTT'S HOTSHOT LLC's USDOT number?

SCOTT'S HOTSHOT LLC's USDOT number is 3041969, and its motor carrier number is MC-45108.

Is SCOTT'S HOTSHOT LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. SCOTT'S HOTSHOT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SCOTT'S HOTSHOT LLC's safety record?

SCOTT'S HOTSHOT LLC has a 40.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 23 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).