Carrier profile · USDOT 2323865 · MC-976863 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Stafford Transport of Michigan Inc

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310 power unitsavg 7.5 yrMulti-region · 10 statesSMYRNA, GA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-976863 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

310Power units

292 observed · MCS-150

320Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(804) 564-3448 Email dispatchmcrawford@CUSTOMECOLOGY.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average53.6% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record4 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)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo53.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

34 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo53.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

34 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

310 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

14 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2012 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

564 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 53.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 261 vehicle and 564 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

59.2% · 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 10.4 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

546 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 33

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

Registered power units: 310
Inspections · 24 mo: 564
Annualized: ≈282 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving524 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance278 · 112 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance204 · 178 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance74 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance58 · 16 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance45 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance40 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance34 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 25 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: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$4,000,000 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

$4M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $4M 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 · 7 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Starr Liability’16–’19

Nuovo Risk’19–’20

Nuovo Risk’20–’24

Mercer’22–’24

Ottawa Corporate’24–’26

2016201920222025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $4,000,000 · HARTWELL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
OTTAWA CORPORATE LTD.	Dec 2024 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
ENDURANCE AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO	Dec 2022 → Dec 2022	$750K	2
MERCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Aug 2022	$750K	1
UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY CO.	Feb 2022 → Jul 2022	$750K	2
ENDURANCE AMERICAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO	Feb 2022 → Dec 2022	$750K	1
MERCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Dec 2024	$750K	1
NUOVO INDEMNITY RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	Dec 2020 → Dec 2024	$750K	3
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2019 → Dec 2019	$750K	2
NUOVO INDEMNITY RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	Dec 2019 → Dec 2020	$750K	1
STARR INDEMNITY & LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2016 → Dec 2019	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 310
Observed power (24 mo): 292
Trailers (towed): 320

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

42.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

564

GA busiest

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

Home base

SMYRNA, GA

5472 OAKDALE ROAD

Top corridor

GA 198 · LA 90 · FL 83

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: 7 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1236378 USDOT 2830866 USDOT 4395871 USDOT 3612300 USDOT 4383550 USDOT 4006500 USDOT 1196553Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (58 trucks · 26 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 610857 USDOT 4029519 USDOT 4423080 USDOT 4537188 USDOT 3183945 USDOT 3043672 USDOT 2766435 USDOT 4143821

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@customecology.com — 5 carriers: USDOT 610857 USDOT 892732 USDOT 2096108 USDOT 3239325

Shares a company officer with other carriers

derk lockhart — 2 carriers: USDOT 610857

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

310

Observed (24 mo)

292

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: 5472 OAKDALE ROAD, SMYRNA, GA, 30082
Mailing address: 1715 INDIAN WOOD CIR STE 200, MAUMEE, OH, 43537
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (804) 564-3448
Email: mcrawford@customecology.com
Web domain: customecology.com

Registration

Officers: Derk Lockhart · Eric Jones
USDOT / docket: 2323865 · MC-976863
First registered: Jul 11, 2012
Last MCS-150: Nov 5, 2025 · 13,786,841 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Oct 7, 2023
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

310

Power units

274

Drivers

274

CDL drivers

13,786,841

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 STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC.

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC (USDOT 2323865) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $4,000,000 limit in force from HARTWELL INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 31, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 53.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 564 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 261 vehicle-level and 564 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 34 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 310 power units and 274 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 5, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Oct 7, 2023 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC's USDOT number?

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC's USDOT number is 2323865, and its motor carrier number is MC-976863.

Is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC's safety record?

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC has a 53.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 873 roadside inspections, with 34 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC's fleet?

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC operates 310 power units and 274 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC based?

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC is based in SMYRNA, GA, with roadside inspections recorded across 10 states.

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