LONE DEFENDER TRANSPORT LLC

DOT# 3908657 MC# 1442159 Bridgeport, TX Authorized For-Hire
(940) 245-0743 lonedefendertransport@gmail.com 1004 Shady Oaks Drive N, Bridgeport TX 76426
3 power units · all owned 10 drivers 75k mi/yr · ~25k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 72.7 / 100
Low confidence
4 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
10 · 1
Annual miles
75k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 3 0 0 3
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

Registered
06-28-2022 (4 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-20-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JOSHUA HAYES
Officer
PATRICIA HAYES

Cargo

58.3
medium risk
Oilfield Equipment General Freight Building Materials Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Oilfield Equipment, 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.

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 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.

This motor carrier 0.78×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
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 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.42× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -6%: 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.

  • Falsified logs
    2 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jan 2025 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
54% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.0%
2 of 10
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
9.1%
1 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
3 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q3 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 3.17 1.41
Violations 1.50 1.44
Critical violations 0.33 0.26

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

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    5 · 2 OOS
    Brakes 2 · Other parts 3
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    False log 2 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Other qualification 1
  • Unsafe driving 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 May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$750,000 · GEICO COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
on record since Aug 16, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2023
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL → GEICO COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Aug 2024)
  • 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 31, 2023)

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
  • Texas (HQ) 4
  • Colorado 3
  • Oklahoma 3
  • Idaho 1