Carrier profile · USDOT 272140 · MC-191945 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Harold a Puryear Trucking Co Inc

DBA PURYEAR TRUCKING

1 power unitavg 5.3 yrRegional · 6 statesRALEIGH, NC88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-191945 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

14 observed · MCS-150

4Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.3Avg age (yr)

2015–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(910) 793-9900 Email dispatchnsantana@puryeartanklines.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

Clear under the current scoring — review the flagged signal below before loading.

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record4 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 231 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo2.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo2.0%

▼ 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

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.3 yr

Model years 2015–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

40 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1986 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

58 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.2% · 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 10.0 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

57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 13

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈29.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 58
Annualized: ≈29 / yr
Coverage: ≈29.0 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
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 8 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
172.328 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$3,000,000 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

$3M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $3M 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 · 11 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Harleysville’95–’98

Legion’98–’01

National Interstate’02–’12

National Interstate’07–’16

At Lloyds’16–’24

National Fire’16–’19

Hartford Fire’16–’21

Hartford’21–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 17 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $3,000,000 · HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2024

All 17 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2021 → Oct 2024	$750K	5
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2016 → Oct 2021	$750K	7
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2016 → Sep 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2016 → Mar 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2016 → Mar 2016	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2016 → Oct 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2016 → Oct 2019	$750K	1
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	Mar 2016 → Oct 2024	$750K	1
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2016 → Sep 2016	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2015 → Mar 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2007 → Jul 2016	$750K	3
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2005 → Mar 2007	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2002 → Mar 2012	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2001 → Sep 2002	$750K	1
LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 1998 → Sep 2001	$750K	2
HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 1995 → Aug 1998	$750K	1
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE	Aug 1994 → Aug 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 14
Trailers (towed): 4

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2015

Oldest model yr

61.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NC busiest

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

Home base

RALEIGH, NC

5844 LEASE LN

Top corridor

NC 53 · OR 1 · OH 1

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.

Show all-time history (21 trucks · 21 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 600140 USDOT 3285931 USDOT 2001484 USDOT 1916244 USDOT 345439 USDOT 1392267 USDOT 70892 USDOT 2477781

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@puryeartanklines.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 999324 USDOT 2032484

Shares a company officer with other carriers

donald puryear — 2 carriers: USDOT 999324

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

Location

Physical address: 5844 LEASE LN, RALEIGH, NC, 27617
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (910) 793-9900
Fax: (919) 363-0271
Email: nsantana@puryeartanklines.com
Web domain: puryeartanklines.com

Registration

Officer: Donald Puryear
USDOT / docket: 272140 · MC-191945
First registered: Apr 23, 1986
Last MCS-150: Dec 23, 2025 · 1 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 31, 2017
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

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 HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC.

HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC (USDOT 272140) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $3,000,000 limit in force from HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 2.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 58 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 50 vehicle-level and 58 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 23, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 31, 2017 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC's USDOT number?

HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC's USDOT number is 272140, and its motor carrier number is MC-191945.

Is HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC's safety record?

HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC has a 2.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 231 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 HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC's fleet?

HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC based?

HAROLD A PURYEAR TRUCKING CO INC is based in RALEIGH, NC, with roadside inspections recorded across 6 states.

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