S C LOVELACE & SONS INC

DOT# 255162 MC# 180738 DUNS# 61259727 Bessemer City, NC Authorized For-Hire
(704) 913-1463 sclovelaceandsons@att.net 110 Kiser Road, Bessemer City NC 28016
6 power units · all owned 3 drivers 15k mi/yr · ~3k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
41 yrs history · 0 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
6
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
15k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 3 0 0 3
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (06-29-1989)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 37 yr ago)
Registered
01-31-1985 (41 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-12-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
CHARLES HAROLD LOVELACE

Cargo

61.6
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Building Materials Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Farm Supplies Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, General Freight

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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Not enough record to grade yet.

No inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.00×–2.42×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.0 vs 0.0 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.0
Similar fleets
0.0

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-6 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (6 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have under 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
No roadside record. No inspections in the scoring window, so roadside results leave its estimate at typical.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Little roadside history
    Only 0 inspections in 24 months for 6 power units; the record says little either way.
    Ask: confirm the fleet is operating at the filed size.
Data flags
  • Historical FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, last 24 months · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
0
roadside inspections
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service
vs 70,135 peer fleets
Inspections per power unit look like an outlier vs peers; read these rates with care.
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 0.00 1.41
Violations 0.00 1.44
Critical violations 0.00 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

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 · CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Aug 2, 2006 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
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 Aug 9, 2006)

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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