Carrier profile · USDOT 142116 · MC-115176 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Swing Transport Inc

160 power unitsavg 7.4 yrMulti-region · 9 statesSALISBURY, NC81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-115176 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

160Power units

143 observed · MCS-150

268Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.4Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(336) 240-4129 Email dispatchkdorsett@swingtransport.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.9% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record5 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

160 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.4 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

342 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 139 vehicle and 342 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

39.4% · 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

331 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 29

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 160-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 160
Inspections · 24 mo: 342
Annualized: ≈171 / 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 Driving64 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 42 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 21 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 ’23 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Liberty’98–’01

Great West’01–’21

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2023

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2021 → Jul 2023	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2001 → Jul 2021	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1998 → Jul 2001	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Jul 1996 → Jul 1998	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1994 → Jul 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 160
Observed power (24 mo): 143
Trailers (towed): 268

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

31.4%

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

341

NC busiest

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

Home base

SALISBURY, NC

1405 N SALISBURY AVE

Top corridor

NC 194 · TN 74 · SC 43

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 306572 USDOT 3931304Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (19 trucks · 18 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 306572 USDOT 268015 USDOT 2430461 USDOT 3931304 USDOT 4418815 USDOT 3431708 USDOT 4432821 USDOT 3180707

Shares a company officer with other carriers

donnie wilson — 6 carriers: USDOT 929155 USDOT 1758517 USDOT 2160726 USDOT 3074338 USDOT 3103448

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

160

Observed (24 mo)

143

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: 1405 N SALISBURY AVE, SALISBURY, NC, 28144-8544
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (336) 240-4129
Fax: (704) 636-2160
Email: kdorsett@swingtransport.com
Web domain: swingtransport.com

Registration

Officers: Ken Dorsett · Donnie Wilson
USDOT / docket: 142116 · MC-115176
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Jun 18, 2025 · 11,388,937 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 16, 1992
D-U-N-S: 71567804

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

160

Power units

163

Drivers

163

CDL drivers

11,388,937

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 SWING TRANSPORT INC.

SWING TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 142116) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 342 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 139 vehicle-level and 342 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 5 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 160 power units and 163 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 18, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 16, 1992 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SWING TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

SWING TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 142116, and its motor carrier number is MC-115176.

Is SWING TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, SWING TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SWING TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

SWING TRANSPORT INC has a 25.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 572 roadside inspections, with 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is SWING TRANSPORT INC's fleet?

SWING TRANSPORT INC operates 160 power units and 163 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SWING TRANSPORT INC based?

SWING TRANSPORT INC is based in SALISBURY, NC, with roadside inspections recorded across 9 states.

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