Carrier profile · USDOT 1490457 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Timber Specialists Trucking Inc

9 power unitsavg 12.1 yrRegional · 3 statesSTATESVILLE, NC70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 44.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 7

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
≈3.2 / 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
9
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈3.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

97%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance49 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 87 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 24 total · 5 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253033
20242022
20231001
20223033
20212022
20202012
20171011
20151001
20141101
20132012
20102002
20091001
20071011
20062012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 18, 2025NC01Yes
Sep 12, 2025NC01Yes
Jul 28, 2025NC01Yes
Oct 11, 2024NC01Yes
Oct 3, 2024NC03Yes
Apr 6, 2023NC00Yes
Nov 29, 2022NC01Yes
May 16, 2022NC01Yes
Feb 24, 2022NC01Yes
Dec 6, 2021NC01Yes
May 4, 2021NC01Yes
Sep 11, 2020NC00Yes
Jul 23, 2020NC01Yes
Jan 11, 2017NC01Yes
Aug 19, 2015NC00Yes
Jul 25, 2014NC10Yes
Sep 6, 2013NC01Yes
May 21, 2013NC00Yes
Dec 27, 2010NC00Yes
Aug 25, 2010NC00Yes
Dec 31, 2009NC00Yes
Jul 20, 2007NC03Yes
Jun 6, 2006NC01Yes
Jun 6, 2006NC00Yes