Carrier profile · USDOT 878741 · MC-384058 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Southern Carriers Inc

42 power unitsavg 12.4 yrMulti-region · 12 statesLEWISBURG, TN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-384058 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

42Power units

55 observed · MCS-150

66Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(931) 270-8055 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 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 average34.6% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record3 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 26 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2000.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo34.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

42 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.4 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

26 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2000 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

14 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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CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 34.62% on 52 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
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48 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 30, 2026.

Safety

104 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 34.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 52 vehicle and 104 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 14.9 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

104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 7

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 42-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 42
Inspections · 24 mo: 104
Annualized: ≈52 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving39 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 20 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 10 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 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: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 ’23 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Carolina’04–’19

beyond this history

2000200720142021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2023

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BERKLEY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Feb 2023	$1M	1
AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS	Feb 2021 → Mar 2021	$1M	2
BERKLEY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2021 → Feb 2022	$1M	1
AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS	Feb 2019 → Feb 2021	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2004 → Feb 2019	$1M	18
UNITED NATIONAL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2003 → Jul 2004	$1M	1
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2001 → Jun 2003	$1M	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2000 → Jun 2001	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 30, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 42
Observed power (24 mo): 55
Trailers (towed): 66

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.4 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

70.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 30, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

104

TN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Tennessee: 35 inspections
Georgia: 14 inspections
Florida: 13 inspections
Texas: 10 inspections
Louisiana: 10 inspections
Arkansas: 7 inspections
Alabama: 6 inspections
Mississippi: 3 inspections
Kentucky: 3 inspections
North Carolina: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
Michigan: 1 inspections

Home base

LEWISBURG, TN

107 FIRST AVE SOUTH

Most inspections: TN

35 inspections

TN 35 · GA 14 · FL 13

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 30, 2026

Last 12 months: 5 trucks also ran under 6 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3095133 USDOT 4525084 USDOT 3059535 USDOT 963300 USDOT 1954847 USDOT 2349620Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (53 trucks · 65 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2244717 USDOT 3097295 USDOT 4083501 USDOT 137877 USDOT 2169442 USDOT 4002064 USDOT 2578858 USDOT 2953733

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@southerncarriers.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 2546449

Shares a company officer with other carriers

michael jeansonne — 2 carriers: USDOT 853130

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 Oct 30, 2026

Location

Physical address: 107 FIRST AVE SOUTH, LEWISBURG, TN, 37091
Mailing address: P O BOX 1758, LEWISBURG, TN, 37091
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (931) 270-8055
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: southerncarriers.com

Registration

Officers: Michael Jeansonne · Scott Bowden
USDOT / docket: 878741 · MC-384058
First registered: May 8, 2000
Last MCS-150: Jan 30, 2026 · 3,188,057 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,188,057

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 30, 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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35%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

18 of 52 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

148violation records

30OOS-tagged records

18 of 52inspections 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

4057%23 / 40

Unsafe driving

340%0 / 34

Brakes

274%1 / 27

Hours of service

258%2 / 25

Lights

2114%3 / 21

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

60%

15%

30%

17%Oct 24 to Apr 252 / 12

35%Apr 25 to Oct 256 / 17

55%Oct 25 to Apr 266 / 11

33%Apr 26 to Oct 264 / 12

Top 3 codes (28 of 148 records)

395.24 ELD — record edits / data12
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components10
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6

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393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators6
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)6
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps4
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed4
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles3
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps3
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps3
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt2
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles2
393.11TU Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.60C Windshield / glazing2
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps2
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
396.3A1-BNMH Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2FT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.11A1-LBL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.203E-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SDAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.43A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45DLUV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCFSHE Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A Brakes inoperative1
393.48A-BI-SA Brakes inoperative1
393.48A-BMBCBD Brakes inoperative1
393.55D1 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55D3 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.75A1-TBSP Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.9 Inoperative required lamps1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H3-ELDMF ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.3A3-PROPN Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F1-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8K2 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-HLIW Oil and/or grease leak1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1

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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 SOUTHERN CARRIERS INC.

SOUTHERN CARRIERS INC (USDOT 878741) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading 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 Oct 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 1, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 34.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier received 104 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 52 vehicle-level and 104 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It reports 42 power units and 42 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 30, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SOUTHERN CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

SOUTHERN CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 878741, and its motor carrier number is MC-384058.

Is SOUTHERN CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 30, 2026. SOUTHERN CARRIERS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SOUTHERN CARRIERS INC's safety record?

SOUTHERN CARRIERS INC has a 34.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 170 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).