Carrier profile · USDOT 835886 · MC-856998 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

Connelly and Connelly LLC

DBA CRATERS AND FREIGHTERS

2 power unitsLocal · 1 statesLAVERGNE, TN50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-856998 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

2Power units

2 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

4.0Avg age (yr)

2019–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(615) 896-7888 Email dispatchnashville@cratersandfreighters.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 26, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate well above average33.3% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.Not enough inspection history to rate3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

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 27 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1999.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 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

Owner-operator

2 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

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Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

26 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1999 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

3 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 1

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 2-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 2
Inspections · 24 mo: 3
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

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

$750K BIPD last filed ’20 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Cincinnati’14–’20

Pennsylvania Lumbermens’20–now

2014201720202023now

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PENNSYLVANIA LUMBERMENS MUTUAL INS. COMPANY · since Nov 2020

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PENNSYLVANIA LUMBERMENS MUTUAL INS. COMPANY	Nov 2020 → Nov 2020	$750K	1
THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2014 → Nov 2020	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 2
Observed power (24 mo): 2
Trailers (towed): 0

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

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

LAVERGNE, TN

131 JONES BLVD

Top corridor

TN 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 835866

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@cratersandfreighters.com — 43 carriers: USDOT 617494 USDOT 763939 USDOT 786157 USDOT 793404 USDOT 889836 USDOT 1048038 USDOT 1084083 USDOT 1119080

Shares a company officer with other carriers

esnayde mejia — 3 carriers: USDOT 3423506 USDOT 4387281

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

Location

Physical address: 131 JONES BLVD, LAVERGNE, TN, 37086
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (615) 896-7888
Email: nashville@cratersandfreighters.com
Web domain: cratersandfreighters.com

Registration

Officers: Esnayde Mejia · Russell Connelly
USDOT / docket: 835886 · MC-856998
First registered: Oct 27, 1999
Last MCS-150: Apr 9, 2026 · 60,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: 3324469

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

60,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for CONNELLY AND CONNELLY LLC.

CONNELLY AND CONNELLY LLC (USDOT 835886) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Jul 26, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 26, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from PENNSYLVANIA LUMBERMENS MUTUAL INS. COMPANY effective Nov 10, 2020 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 26, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 26, 2026.

The carrier received 3 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 3 vehicle-level and 3 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 26, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 26, 2026.

It reports 2 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 9, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 26, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CONNELLY AND CONNELLY LLC's USDOT number?

CONNELLY AND CONNELLY LLC's USDOT number is 835886, and its motor carrier number is MC-856998.

Is CONNELLY AND CONNELLY LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 26, 2026, CONNELLY AND CONNELLY LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CONNELLY AND CONNELLY LLC's safety record?

CONNELLY AND CONNELLY LLC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 5 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 3 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.