Small fleet
9 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Small fleet
9 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
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Awaiting VIN decode
20 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2005 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
Is PINE NEEDLE EXPRESS LLC safe to load? PINE NEEDLE EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 1416277) is an active small-fleet motor carrier based in HARTSVILLE, SC, operating 9 power units and 2 drivers. Operating authority has been active 20 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). Across 4 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months. FMCSA rates it Satisfactory. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: No federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. There is no recent safety record to judge this carrier on — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
PINE NEEDLE EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 1416277.
As of 2026-06-13, PINE NEEDLE EXPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register.
PINE NEEDLE EXPRESS LLC has a —% vehicle out-of-service rate across 4 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: No federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. There is no recent safety record to judge this carrier on — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.
PINE NEEDLE EXPRESS LLC operates 9 power units and 2 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
PINE NEEDLE EXPRESS LLC is based in HARTSVILLE, SC.
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4 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks
Out-of-service rate· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
No insurance filing history on record.
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo
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Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor
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No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.
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