Carrier profile · USDOT 613617 · MC-320487 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Custom Transportation LLC

36 power unitsavg 16.7 yrMulti-region · 14 statesBOLIVAR, TN50/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-320487 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

36Power units

23 observed · MCS-150

24Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

16.7Avg age (yr)

1998–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(731) 254-0008 Email dispatchdtaylor@customtransportation.us

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Watch · 4

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average42.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.5% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 1

Established 31 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1995.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo42.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo42.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

36 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

16.7 yr

Model years 1998–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

30 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1995 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

40 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 42.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 23.9 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 5

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 36-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 36
Inspections · 24 mo: 40
Annualized: ≈20 / 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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 3 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 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: Inactive
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 15 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Clarendon National’05–’08

Cherokee’10–’17

1997200520132021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 20 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 20 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2024 → Apr 2026	$750K	5
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2023 → Feb 2024	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2021 → Feb 2023	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jan 2020 → Mar 2021	$750K	2
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Jan 2019 → Jan 2020	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2018 → Jan 2019	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2017 → Jan 2018	$750K	1
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2010 → Jan 2017	$750K	1
REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2008 → Jan 2010	$750K	2
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Jan 2005 → Jan 2008	$750K	5
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2002 → Jan 2005	$750K	2
THE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK	Aug 2002 → Jan 2003	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2002 → Aug 2002	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK	Aug 2002 → Aug 2002	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Aug 2001 → Aug 2002	$750K	1
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2000 → Aug 2001	$750K	4
INSURANCE CORPORATION OF HANNOVER	Apr 2000 → Jun 2000	$750K	1
INSURANCE CORPORATION OF HANNOVER	Jun 1999 → Oct 1999	$750K	2
TRUMBULL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1998 → Jul 1999	$750K	2
AXA GLOBAL RISKS US INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1997 → Jun 1998	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 36
Observed power (24 mo): 23
Trailers (towed): 24

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

16.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

72.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

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

Home base

BOLIVAR, TN

130 MUNICIPAL PLAZA

Top corridor

TN 12 · AR 9 · MS 6

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: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1239046Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (14 trucks · 15 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1239046 USDOT 3272111 USDOT 3355272 USDOT 3791560 USDOT 2259590 USDOT 4443650 USDOT 96606 USDOT 444620

Shares a company officer with other carriers

james miles — 10 carriers: USDOT 485907 USDOT 735450 USDOT 1911361 USDOT 1969279 USDOT 1984025 USDOT 2020352 USDOT 2421179 USDOT 2724100

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 130 MUNICIPAL PLAZA, BOLIVAR, TN, 38008
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (731) 254-0008
Fax: (731) 254-0058
Email: dtaylor@customtransportation.us
Web domain: customtransportation.us

Registration

Officers: Lindsay Crowder · James Miles
USDOT / docket: 613617 · MC-320487
First registered: Sep 11, 1995
Last MCS-150: Jul 14, 2025 · 1,745,711 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 19, 2003
D-U-N-S: 929262673

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,745,711

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 CUSTOM TRANSPORTATION LLC.

CUSTOM TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 613617) has a Vektor safety score of 50/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 42.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 40 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 19 vehicle-level and 40 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 36 power units and 24 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 14, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 19, 2003 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CUSTOM TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

CUSTOM TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 613617, and its motor carrier number is MC-320487.

Is CUSTOM TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, CUSTOM TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CUSTOM TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

CUSTOM TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 42.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 79 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 50/100 (tier: high_risk).