Carrier profile · USDOT 2540919 · MC-884030 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lipsey Trucking LLC

DBA SAFER TRUCKING

10 power unitsavg 8.8 yrMulti-region · 11 statesCHATTANOOGA, TN81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-884030 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

10Power units

12 observed · MCS-150

20Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.8Avg age (yr)

2005–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(423) 708-7100 Email dispatchDCRABTREE@LIPSEYLOGISTICS.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 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 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

10 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.8 yr

Model years 2005–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

21 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · 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 4.5 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 5

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 21
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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 Driving23 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 15 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 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 ’25 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Old Republic’15–’16

National Interstate’19–’25

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ACCELERANT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	Dec 2025 → Dec 2025	$750K	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2019 → Dec 2025	$750K	4
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Nov 2019 → Dec 2019	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2019 → Nov 2019	$750K	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Dec 2018 → Dec 2019	$750K	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Dec 2017 → Dec 2018	$750K	1
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2016 → Dec 2017	$750K	3
OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2015 → Dec 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH	Jan 2015 → May 2015	$750K	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Nov 2014 → Jan 2015	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 10
Observed power (24 mo): 12
Trailers (towed): 20

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.8 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

56.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

SC busiest

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

Home base

CHATTANOOGA, TN

5600 BRAINERD RD SUITE E2

Top corridor

SC ⇄ TN

SC 4 · TX 3 · OH 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 312572 USDOT 3316904 USDOT 3646908 USDOT 2471554 USDOT 2906833 USDOT 2096411 USDOT 3492124 USDOT 4008272

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: 5600 BRAINERD RD SUITE E2, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37411
Mailing address: PO BOX 8067, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37414
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (423) 708-7100
Cell: (423) 637-9885
Fax: (423) 708-7100
Email: dcrabtree@lipseylogistics.com
Web domain: lipseylogistics.com

Registration

Officers: Darlene Crabtree · Marc Stewart
USDOT / docket: 2540919 · MC-884030
First registered: Sep 12, 2014
Last MCS-150: Nov 11, 2025 · 684,457 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.64
D-U-N-S: 80031332

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

684,457

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 LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC.

LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 2540919) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ACCELERANT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 31, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 21 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 16 vehicle-level and 21 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 10 power units and 40 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 11, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number?

LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number is 2540919, and its motor carrier number is MC-884030.

Is LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC's safety record?

LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 69 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC's fleet?

LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC operates 10 power units and 40 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC based?

LIPSEY TRUCKING LLC is based in CHATTANOOGA, TN, with roadside inspections recorded across 11 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(423) 708-7100 Email dispatchDCRABTREE@LIPSEYLOGISTICS.COMCarrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 2540919
MC / Docket: MC-884030
Officer: DARLENE CRABTREE
Address: 5600 BRAINERD RD SUITE E2
CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37411

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 11 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ACCELERANT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2025

Vehicle OOS 25.0%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

1 fatal crash

On the FMCSA crash record.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(423) 708-7100 Email dispatchDCRABTREE@LIPSEYLOGISTICS.COMCarrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 2540919
MC / Docket: MC-884030
Officer: DARLENE CRABTREE
Address: 5600 BRAINERD RD SUITE E2
CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37411

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 11 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ACCELERANT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2025

Vehicle OOS 25.0%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

1 fatal crash

On the FMCSA crash record.

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