LEE INDUSTRIES LLC

DOT# 336152 MC# 302730 DUNS# 48461024 Conover, NC Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(828) 464-8318 lbenfield@leeindustries.com 210 Fourth Street Sw, Conover NC 28613
11 power units 12 drivers 520k mi/yr · ~47k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 71.5 / 100
Low confidence
38 yrs history · 18 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
11
Drivers · CDL
12 · 7
Annual miles
520k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 2 4 0 6
Tractors 0 5 0 5
Trailers 0 11 0 11

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (11-19-1990)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 35 yr ago)
Registered
12-09-1988 (38 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-08-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
RUSSELL TOWNER

Cargo

66.6
medium risk
Household Goods General Freight Other: UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods, Other: UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE

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 probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.80×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its inspections.

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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Aug 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 78% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • 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.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
18
78% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 3
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
5.6%
1 of 18
National avg 6.7%
Violations
7
2 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.031
Inspections 1.09 1.11
Violations 0.32 0.89
Critical violations 0.05 0.17

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

7 violations · 24 months
  • Hours of service No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2 · No log 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    0
  • 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

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

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Travelers Indemnity Co of Connecticut
on record since Apr 6, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 1996
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since May 6, 1996)

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) 6
  • Kentucky 3
  • Alabama 2
  • Louisiana 2
  • Georgia 1
  • Mississippi 1
  • Oklahoma 1
  • South Carolina 1