Carrier profile · USDOT 3784938 · MC-818099 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Thornton and Sons Transport LLC

1 power unitavg 19.5 yrLocal · 1 statesOCALA, FL54/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-818099 INACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

19.5Avg age (yr)

1999–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(352) 207-0067 Email dispatchTHORNTONSTRUCKING@YAHOO.COM

Click to see how we scored it

Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Watch · 4

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average100.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average12.5% vs the 6.7% national average.MCS-150 census data outdatedThe biennial MCS-150 update is 3.1 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.

In good standing · 0

Nothing flagged.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo100.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo100.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

19.5 yr

Model years 1999–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

4 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

8 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 100.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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 29.2 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈4.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 8
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈4.0 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 6 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

Explore full safety record — inspections, BASICs, crashes

Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’24 · 2 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

beyond this history

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2023 → Jun 2024	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2013 → Sep 2013	$750K	1
GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2013 → May 2013	$750K	3

Explore full authority & insurance record

Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 3

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

19.5 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

12.5%

VINs decoded

Explore full fleet — VIN roster, equipment mix, age distribution

Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

FL busiest

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

Home base

OCALA, FL

8743 NW 17TH CIRCLE

Top corridor

FL 8

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

See the full operating map — state density, top lanes

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.

Show all-time history (1 truck · 1 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 535932

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

Explore the carrier network & VIN cross-links

Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 8743 NW 17TH CIRCLE, OCALA, FL, 34475
Operation: Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

Contact

Phone: (352) 207-0067
Email: thorntonstrucking@yahoo.com

Registration

Officer: Ondra Thornton
USDOT / docket: 3784938 · MC-818099
First registered: Dec 19, 2021
Last MCS-150: Jun 13, 2023 · 10,000 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

10,000

Annual mileage

Open the full identity & federal record

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.

Open the full federal-record activity feed

Reviews

Verified broker, shipper & driver reviews — moderated

Performance ratings only — never the Vektor risk score

No verified reviews yet

Be the first broker or shipper to rate THORNTON AND SONS TRANSPORT LLC. Reviews cover performance only — on-time delivery, payment speed, communication — and never affect the Vektor risk score.

Leave a review

Open reviews

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for THORNTON AND SONS TRANSPORT LLC.

THORNTON AND SONS TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 3784938) has a Vektor safety score of 54/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 100.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 8 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 7 vehicle-level and 8 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 13, 2023.

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

Frequently asked

What is THORNTON AND SONS TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

THORNTON AND SONS TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 3784938, and its motor carrier number is MC-818099.

Is THORNTON AND SONS TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, THORNTON AND SONS TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is THORNTON AND SONS TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

THORNTON AND SONS TRANSPORT LLC has a 100.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 10 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 54/100 (tier: high_risk).