TRADER CONSTRUCTION CO

DOT# 514709 MC# 236573 DUNS# 24612996 New Bern, NC Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(252) 633-2424 accounting@traderconstruction.com 2500 Hwy 70 East, New Bern NC 28560
19 power units · all owned 6 drivers
HazMat Intrastate Only
Satisfactory
FRED Score 74.6 / 100
Low confidence
33 yrs history · 18 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
19
Drivers · CDL
6 · 6
Annual miles
61k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 17 0 0 17
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
03-02-1993 (33 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-19-2024 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
CARL C HUDDLE
Officer
HARRIS P HUDDLE

Cargo

63.7
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Building Materials Construction Water Well Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large

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).

Intrastate Only

Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.

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: private 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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.4× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.76×
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%
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 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.59× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.36×. Together they move its crash estimate -7%: 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 (May 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 83% of inspections found no violations.
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 – Jan 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
18
83% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.0%
2 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
5.6%
1 of 18
National avg 6.7%
Violations
5
3 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.031
Inspections 0.76 1.11
Violations 0.13 0.89
Critical violations 0.03 0.17

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

What they get cited for

5 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 2 OOS
    Brakes 1 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • 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)
$1,000,000 · TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA
on record since Sep 30, 2007 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 1990
Cargo filing
on file · FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO. since Sep 30, 2008
Broker or forwarder bond
required · none on file
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 Oct 10, 2006)

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) 18