Carrier profile · USDOT 1171840 · MC-731259 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Shuler Transportation Inc

38 power unitsavg 9.7 yrRegional · 4 statesTHOMASVILLE, NC87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-731259 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 27.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 72 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 15.1 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

71 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 6

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
72
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
5%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 376.11 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 9, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 37 total · 1 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242022
20233003
20223003
20211011
20204024
20191001
20172012
20163023
20152002
20146016
20131001
20121011
20112012
20102002
20083022
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 23, 2024NC01Yes
May 15, 2024NC01Yes
Nov 21, 2023NC00Yes
Sep 23, 2023NC00Yes
Aug 18, 2023NC00Yes
Sep 27, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 14, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 20, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 16, 2021NC01Yes
Oct 10, 2020NC00Yes
Aug 27, 2020NC01Yes
Jul 20, 2020NC00Yes
May 22, 2020NC01Yes
Nov 26, 2019NC00Yes
Oct 2, 2017NC00Yes
May 27, 2017NC01Yes
Oct 20, 2016NC00Yes
Jan 28, 2016NC02Yes
Jan 14, 2016NC01Yes
Nov 12, 2015NC00Yes
Jan 19, 2015VA00Yes
Dec 18, 2014NC00Yes
Dec 5, 2014NC00Yes
Oct 11, 2014NC00Yes
May 17, 2014NC02Yes