Carrier profile · USDOT 653145 · MC-307520 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Elk Ridge Express LLC

20 power unitsavg 9 yrMulti-region · 15 statesLAWRENCEBURG, TN87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-307520 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

20Power units

18 observed · MCS-150

25Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.0Avg age (yr)

2000–2022 · vPIC

Call dispatch(931) 388-4499 Email dispatchelkridge50@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average31.8% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes7 crashes involving injuries are on 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 30 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1996.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo31.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo31.8%

▲ 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

Asset-based

20 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9 yr

Model years 2000–2022 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

30 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1996 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

42 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 31.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 5.8 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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 6

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

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 42
Annualized: ≈21 / 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 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: None

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 ’24 · 14 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’09–’13

Acuity A’20–’23

1996200420122020now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Oct 2024

All 20 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2023 → Oct 2024	$750K	1
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2020 → Oct 2023	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2019 → Oct 2020	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2018 → Nov 2019	$750K	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Oct 2017 → Oct 2018	$750K	1
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2016 → Oct 2017	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2015 → Oct 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2013 → Oct 2015	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2009 → Oct 2013	$750K	3
REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2008 → Oct 2009	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2007 → Oct 2008	$750K	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Oct 2006 → Oct 2007	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2005 → Oct 2006	$750K	1
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2004 → Oct 2005	$750K	3
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2002 → Oct 2004	$750K	1
INSURANCE CORPORATION OF HANNOVER	Oct 2000 → Oct 2002	$750K	2
THE RELIANCE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1999 → Oct 2000	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 1998 → Nov 1999	$750K	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Oct 1997 → Oct 1998	$750K	3
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 1996 → Nov 1997	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 20
Observed power (24 mo): 18
Trailers (towed): 25

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.0 yr

Average age

2022

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

58.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 15 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

LAWRENCEBURG, TN

1401 TRIPLE K AVE

Top corridor

TN 9 · IA 6 · MO 4

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.

Show all-time history (1 truck · 1 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 947423

Shares a company officer with other carriers

richard davis — 61 carriers: USDOT 7425 USDOT 470729 USDOT 564203 USDOT 627963 USDOT 650066 USDOT 728780 USDOT 812959 USDOT 840049

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

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: 1401 TRIPLE K AVE, LAWRENCEBURG, TN, 38464
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (931) 388-4499
Email: elkridge50@gmail.com

Registration

Officers: Richard A Davis · Richard Davis
USDOT / docket: 653145 · MC-307520
First registered: Aug 3, 1996
Last MCS-150: Mar 3, 2026 · 1,222,992 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 28, 2009
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,222,992

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 ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC.

ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 653145) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load 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 SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Oct 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 31.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 42 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 22 vehicle-level and 42 driver-level — across 15 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 3 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 20 power units and 25 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 28, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 653145, and its motor carrier number is MC-307520.

Is ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC has a 31.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 58 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC operates 20 power units and 25 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC based?

ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC is based in LAWRENCEBURG, TN, with roadside inspections recorded across 15 states.

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