Carrier profile · USDOT 2911927 · MC-981185 · Updated Aug 21, 2026

Shelton Trucking LLC

DBA SHELTON TRUCKING

330 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 28 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-981185 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

330Power units

249 observed · MCS-150

315Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(800) 877-3201 Email dispatchdrice@sheltontrucking.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 21, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average28.2% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record3 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 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo28.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

23 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo28.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

23 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

330 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.9 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

425 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 28.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 170 vehicle and 425 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 2.6 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

415 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 25

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 330-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 330
Inspections · 24 mo: 425
Annualized: ≈213 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving115 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance95 · 15 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 25 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 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: None
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 ’20 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

United States’16–’18

Pacific Financial’18–’21

Hudson’18–’19

P S’19–now

2016201920222025now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · P & S RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC. · since Feb 2020

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
P & S RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.	Sep 2019 → Feb 2020	$750K	2
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2018 → Sep 2019	$750K	1
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Jan 2018 → Feb 2021	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2018 → Sep 2018	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2016 → Jan 2018	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 330
Observed power (24 mo): 249
Trailers (towed): 315

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

71.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 28 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

425

FL busiest

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

Home base

BIRMINGHAM, AL

1810 AVENUE C

Top corridor

FL ⇄ AL

FL 147 · AL 81 · GA 65

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: 55 trucks also ran under 10 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1243338 USDOT 1941086 USDOT 759891 USDOT 795982 USDOT 627698 USDOT 2336149 USDOT 2953367 USDOT 7752095Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 31 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2998381 USDOT 4252114 USDOT 4521723 USDOT 4550986 USDOT 759891 USDOT 1243338 USDOT 1941086 USDOT 2827997

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@sheltontrucking.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 89970 USDOT 795982

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

330

Observed (24 mo)

249

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1810 AVENUE C, BIRMINGHAM, AL, 35218
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (800) 877-3201
Cell: (678) 817-2888
Fax: (205) 307-2211
Email: drice@sheltontrucking.com
Web domain: sheltontrucking.com

Registration

Officers: Darian Rice · Harold Smith
USDOT / docket: 2911927 · MC-981185
First registered: Jul 25, 2016
Last MCS-150: Aug 19, 2026 · 22,704,221 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.46
D-U-N-S: 165462842

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

330

Power units

293

Drivers

293

CDL drivers

22,704,221

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 SHELTON TRUCKING LLC.

SHELTON TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 2911927) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from P & S RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC. effective Feb 1, 2020 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 28.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 21, 2026.

The carrier received 425 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 170 vehicle-level and 425 driver-level — across 28 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 21, 2026.

The carrier has 23 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 21, 2026.

It reports 330 power units and 293 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 19, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SHELTON TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number?

SHELTON TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number is 2911927, and its motor carrier number is MC-981185.

Is SHELTON TRUCKING LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 21, 2026, SHELTON TRUCKING LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SHELTON TRUCKING LLC's safety record?

SHELTON TRUCKING LLC has a 28.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 666 roadside inspections, with 23 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is SHELTON TRUCKING LLC's fleet?

SHELTON TRUCKING LLC operates 330 power units and 293 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SHELTON TRUCKING LLC based?

SHELTON TRUCKING LLC is based in BIRMINGHAM, AL, with roadside inspections recorded across 28 states.

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