A MOBILE STORAGE - A GOODSON COMPANY INC

DOT# 486227 MC# 999706 Sumter, SC Authorized For-Hire
(803) 773-5439 jmorris@amobilestorage.com 1021 N Main St, Sumter SC 29153
22 power units · all owned 25 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 90.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
34 yrs history · 30 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
22
Drivers · CDL
25 · 14
Annual miles
459k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 16 0 0 16
Tractors 6 0 0 6
Trailers 48 0 0 48

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (12-19-2016) · 9 yr old
Registered
06-02-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-17-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JANETTE LEE MORRIS

Cargo

67.4
medium risk
Household Goods Motor Vehicles Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Building Materials Other: STRUCTURAL TRAILER Construction Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large, General Freight, Household Goods

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 (0.60× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; this rule holds it at Strong:

  • Excellent withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.60× class

The downside is never capped.

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 a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 0.60×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.9 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.9
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 0.9 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.35× and violations 0.68× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -12%: 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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Dec 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 12 of 36 violations (33%). Brake or light defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    42.9% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (9 of 21), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.18× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 3.3% 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, Nov 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
30
43% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
42.9%
9 of 21
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
3.3%
1 of 30
National avg 6.7%
Violations
36
11 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: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.027
Inspections 1.05 1.02
Violations 0.82 0.71
Critical violations 0.20 0.14

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

What they get cited for

36 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    34 · 10 OOS
    Brakes 12 · Lights 7 · Cargo securement 6 · Tires 4 · Other parts 5
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Phone use 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service 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 · AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jul 29, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Oct 1, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • 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 16, 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
  • South Carolina (HQ) 30

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).