HICKORY HAULING LLC

DOT# 3914875 MC# 1446293 Granite Falls, NC Authorized For-Hire
(825) 212-1378 mark@truckingconsultant.com 6156 Petra Mill Rd, Granite Falls NC 28630
30 power units 14 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 73.7 / 100
Low confidence
4 yrs history · 18 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
30
Drivers · CDL
14 · 14
Annual miles
730k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 16 4 0 20
Tractors 10 0 0 10
Trailers 30 0 0 30

Registration

Registered
07-11-2022 (4 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-07-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
ANDREW KIRBY

Cargo

64.0
medium risk
General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
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.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

This motor carrier 0.77×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.8 vs 1.0 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.8
Similar fleets
1.0
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
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 1 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.54× and out-of-service orders 0.74× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -9%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
18
78% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
25.0%
2 of 8
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 18
National avg 6.7%
Violations
6
3 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in North Carolina (about 42 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.029
Inspections 0.60 1.12
Violations 0.10 0.78
Critical violations 0.03 0.15

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

What they get cited for

6 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    5 · 3 OOS
    Cargo securement 1 · Lights 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness 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)
$1,000,000 · FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC
on record since Jul 18, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2022
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: EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO. → FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC (Jul 2023)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jul 29, 2022)

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) 11
  • Michigan 2
  • Ohio 2
  • Indiana 1
  • South Carolina 1
  • West Virginia 1