Carrier profile · USDOT 505198 · MC-258983 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Bassfield Timber Company Inc

2 power unitsavg 22 yrLocal · 2 statesBASSFIELD, MS74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-258983 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

2Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

22.0Avg age (yr)

1999–2014 · vPIC

Call dispatch(601) 943-5804 Email dispatchbtccompany@icloud.com

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average57.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average33.3% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

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 34 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1992.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo57.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo57.1%

▲ 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

2 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

22 yr

Model years 1999–2014 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

33 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1992 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

9 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 57.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 30.8 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 1

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

≈2.3 / 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: 2
Inspections · 24 mo: 9
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.3 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.

393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 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$1,000,000 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

$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 ’23 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Commercial *’96–’99

Canal’05–’13

Shelter General’13–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · SHELTER GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2023

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SHELTER GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2013 → Jan 2023	$750K	6
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2005 → Sep 2013	$750K	14
PROGRESSIVE GULF INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2004 → Jul 2005	$750K	2
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Jan 2001 → Aug 2001	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1999 → Oct 2000	$750K	2
AMERICAN RELIABLE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1999 → Jun 1999	$750K	1
COMMERCIAL CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY*	Jan 1996 → Apr 1999	$750K	1
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Jan 1995 → Jan 1996	$750K	1
AXA GLOBAL RISKS US INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1994 → Jan 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 2
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

22.0 yr

Average age

2014

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

50.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MS busiest

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

Home base

BASSFIELD, MS

447 BASSFIELD CEMETARY RD

Top corridor

MS 8 · AL 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1194761 USDOT 3770992

Shares a company officer with other carriers

james thompson — 72 carriers: USDOT 66270 USDOT 192723 USDOT 389087 USDOT 494349 USDOT 508798 USDOT 713987 USDOT 879633 USDOT 884937

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.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 447 BASSFIELD CEMETARY RD, BASSFIELD, MS, 39421
Mailing address: PO BOX 580, BASSFIELD, MS, 39421
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (601) 943-5804
Email: btccompany@icloud.com

Registration

Officer: James Thompson
USDOT / docket: 505198 · MC-258983
First registered: Nov 20, 1992
Last MCS-150: May 14, 2026 · 80,147 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 12, 2015
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

80,147

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 BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC.

BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC (USDOT 505198) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from SHELTER GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 6, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 57.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 9 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 7 vehicle-level and 9 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 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 Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 2 power units and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 14, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 12, 2015 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC's USDOT number is 505198, and its motor carrier number is MC-258983.

Is BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

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

What is BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC's safety record?

BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC has a 57.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 10 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC's fleet?

BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC operates 2 power units and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC based?

BASSFIELD TIMBER COMPANY INC is based in BASSFIELD, MS, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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