REYNOLDS FENCE & GUARDRAIL INC

DOT# 426476 MC# 89005 DUNS# 101776284 Indian Trail, NC Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(704) 753-4992 ben@reynoldsfenceandguardrail.com 9320 Machado Dr, Indian Trail NC 28079
87 power units · all owned 26 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 90.0 / 100
Low confidence
36 yrs history · 20 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
87
Drivers · CDL
26 · 19
Annual miles
610k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 75 0 0 75
Tractors 12 0 0 12
Trailers 46 0 0 46

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (09-29-1999) · 27 yr old
Registered
11-02-1990 (36 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-29-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
SUSAN STROM
Officer
BENJAMIN HUSTON COVINGTON

Cargo

62.9
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: METAL GUARDRAILS 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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.48× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; this rule holds it at Strong:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 87 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 11 units seen in 24 months, 0.11 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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 about half that of similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 50–99 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 0.48×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 1.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
1.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
Below 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 1.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Violations 1.50× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.64×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: 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.

  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 10 of 32 violations (31%). Light or cargo securement defects led to 5 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 11 of the 87 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (20 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 87 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • 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, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
20
55% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
55.6%
5 of 9
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 20
National avg 6.7%
Violations
32
12 out-of-service
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: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 3 out of service 5 Q3 '26
vs 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.025
Inspections 0.14 0.91
Violations 0.18 0.53
Critical violations 0.01 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

32 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    30 · 12 OOS
    Lights 10 · Cargo securement 8 · Brakes 3 · Wheels & hubs 2 · Tires 1 · 6 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Other 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)
$750,000 · BUILDERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Oct 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 2017
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 May 4, 2018)

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
  • South Carolina 6
  • Tennessee 2
  • Georgia 1

55% of inspections were in its home state.