SAIN & HEAVNER TRUCKING CO INC

DOT# 165221 MC# 152176 DUNS# 86866308 Vale, NC Authorized For-Hire
(704) 276-1441 karensain@sainheavner.com 1957 Cat Square Road, Vale NC 28168
23 tractors · all owned 23 drivers 2.1M mi/yr · ~90k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 56.9 / 100
Moderate confidence
52 yrs history · 91 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
23
Drivers · CDL
23 · 23
Annual miles
2.1M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 23 0 0 23
Trailers 69 18 0 87

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-31-2006) · 20 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-15-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
PENNY HOOVER
Officer
KAREN M SAIN

Cargo

59.3
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Other: MATTRESS MATERIAL PRODUCTS Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is about the same as similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.6× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

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Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.3 vs 1.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.3
Similar fleets
1.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), all 2 with injuries; similar fleets have about 1.3 a year. The grade counts 5 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.51× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +3%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    2 crashes with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 13 of 68 violations (19%). Light or brake defects led to 6 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 1.1% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • High speeding: 5

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
91
56% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
29.7%
11 of 37
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
1.1%
1 of 91
National avg 6.7%
Violations
68
14 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 11 inspections, 1 out of service 11 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 11 inspections, 2 out of service 11 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 15 inspections, 0 out of service 15 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 16 inspections, 3 out of service 16 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 17 inspections, 2 out of service 17 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.043 0.027
Inspections 3.13 1.02
Violations 1.48 0.71
Critical violations 0.26 0.14

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

68 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    37 · 13 OOS
    Lights 13 · Brakes 10 · Tires 6 · Wheels & hubs 3 · Steering & suspension 1 · 4 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    16 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 14 · Over hours limit 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    14 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 6 · Reckless / lane 5 · Phone use 1 · Seat belt 1 · Other 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Other qualification 1
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Oct
    2
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    23
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jun 1, 2014 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 2008
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Oct 13, 2011)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • North Carolina (HQ) 43
  • South Carolina 10
  • Tennessee 6
  • Missouri 5
  • Georgia 4
  • Mississippi 4
  • Alabama 3
  • Illinois 3

47% of inspections were in its home state.