Carrier profile · USDOT 2339854 · MC-829570 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Shorty Hughes Trucking LLC

23 power unitsavg 11.8 yrMulti-region · 9 statesASHBURN, GA75/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-829570 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

23Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

28Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.8Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(229) 567-2499 Email dispatchSHORTYHUGHESTRUCKING@GMAIL.COM

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate above average29.4% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.7% vs the 6.7% 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 14 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2012.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.4%

▲ 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-mo29.4%

▲ 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

Asset-based

23 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.8 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2012 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

52 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 29.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 52 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 10.2 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

50 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 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 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 23
Inspections · 24 mo: 52
Annualized: ≈26 / 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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 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: None
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 ’26 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Northland’14–’16

Auto Owners’16–’18

Progressive Mountain’18–’20

United Specialty’20–’22

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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 · HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Feb 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	7
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2024 → Feb 2025	$750K	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Feb 2023 → Feb 2024	$750K	2
WATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Feb 2023	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Feb 2022	$750K	4
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2020 → Feb 2020	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	Feb 2018 → Feb 2020	$750K	4
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2016 → Feb 2018	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2014 → Feb 2016	$750K	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Jun 2013 → Feb 2014	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 23
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 28

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

51.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

GA busiest

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

Home base

ASHBURN, GA

144 WEST END AVENUE

Top corridor

GA 25 · FL 12 · AL 5

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 3843051 USDOT 568636Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (10 trucks · 10 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3046436 USDOT 3936788 USDOT 4264126 USDOT 3843051 USDOT 866874 USDOT 1551707 USDOT 568636 USDOT 73705

Shares a company officer with other carriers

charles hughes — 24 carriers: USDOT 375304 USDOT 505962 USDOT 629311 USDOT 782385 USDOT 933411 USDOT 952040 USDOT 1002031 USDOT 1150187

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: 144 WEST END AVENUE, ASHBURN, GA, 31714
Mailing address: PO BOX 104, ASHBURN, GA, 31714
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (229) 567-2499
Cell: (229) 567-1324
Fax: (229) 567-2503
Email: shortyhughestrucking@gmail.com

Registration

Officers: Charles Hughes · Charles Hughes
USDOT / docket: 2339854 · MC-829570
First registered: Sep 5, 2012
Last MCS-150: Mar 13, 2025 · 1,135,527 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 57457519

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,135,527

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 SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC.

SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 2339854) has a Vektor safety score of 75/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 28, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 29.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 52 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 52 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 23 power units and 22 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 13, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number?

SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number is 2339854, and its motor carrier number is MC-829570.

Is SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC's safety record?

SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC has a 29.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 75 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 75/100 (tier: review).

How big is SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC's fleet?

SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC operates 23 power units and 22 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC based?

SHORTY HUGHES TRUCKING LLC is based in ASHBURN, GA, with roadside inspections recorded across 9 states.

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