Carrier profile · USDOT 673410 · MC-312596 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NATURAL STATE CARRIERS INC

25 power unitsavg 6.8 yrMulti-region · 12 statesSEARCY, AR82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-312596 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

25Power units

22 observed · MCS-150

23Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.8Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(501) 278-9910 Email dispatchCHRIS29393@HOTMAIL.COM

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

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileDriver out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average7.3% vs the 6.7% 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 30 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1997.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo15.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo15.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

25 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.8 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

29 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1997 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

41 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 15.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 5.2 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 4

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 25-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 25
Inspections · 24 mo: 41
Annualized: ≈21 / 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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 12 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Redland’98–’01

Great West’02–’07

Sentry Select’19–’24

1997200520132021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2024 → Feb 2026	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2019 → Feb 2024	$1M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2018 → Feb 2019	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2017 → Feb 2018	$1M	3
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	Feb 2016 → Feb 2017	$1M	1
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2015 → Feb 2016	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2014 → Feb 2015	$1M	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2012 → Feb 2014	$1M	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Feb 2010 → Feb 2012	$1M	1
MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2009 → Feb 2010	$1M	3
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2007 → Feb 2009	$1M	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jan 2002 → Feb 2007	$1M	2
GULF INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2001 → Jan 2002	$1M	2
REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	Jan 1998 → Jan 2001	$1M	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 1997 → Jan 1998	$1M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 25
Observed power (24 mo): 22
Trailers (towed): 23

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

37.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

AR busiest

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

Home base

SEARCY, AR

135 JOHNSTON RD

Top corridor

AR 19 · TN 6 · TX 4

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2533178 USDOT 3503232Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (17 trucks · 22 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 270179 USDOT 327574 USDOT 1080997 USDOT 3558740 USDOT 439352 USDOT 2537113 USDOT 681284 USDOT 4326039

Shares a company officer with other carriers

james s thompson — 2 carriers: USDOT 1367773

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 135 JOHNSTON RD, SEARCY, AR, 72143
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (501) 278-9910
Cell: (501) 279-8565
Email: chris29393@hotmail.com

Registration

Officer: James S Thompson
USDOT / docket: 673410 · MC-312596
First registered: Jan 22, 1997
Last MCS-150: Oct 14, 2025 · 1,679,007 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 4, 2010
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,679,007

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 NATURAL STATE CARRIERS INC.

NATURAL STATE CARRIERS INC (USDOT 673410) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 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 SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 15.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 41 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 13 vehicle-level and 41 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 25 power units and 23 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 14, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 4, 2010 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is NATURAL STATE CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

NATURAL STATE CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 673410, and its motor carrier number is MC-312596.

Is NATURAL STATE CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, NATURAL STATE CARRIERS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is NATURAL STATE CARRIERS INC's safety record?

NATURAL STATE CARRIERS INC has a 15.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 66 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).