RAY JOHNSON TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 733254 MC# 405721 Horse Shoe, NC Authorized For-Hire
(828) 674-4105 45 Kinvara Ln, Horse Shoe NC 28742
4 tractors · all owned 6 drivers 479k mi/yr · ~120k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 71.2 / 100
Low confidence
28 yrs history · 25 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
4
Drivers · CDL
6 · 6
Annual miles
479k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 4 0 0 4
Trailers 6 0 0 6

Registration

Registered
03-05-1998 (28 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-07-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
GREGORY RAY JOHNSON

Cargo

51.5
medium risk
General Freight Building Materials Other: SAND,GRAVEL Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Construction Coal/Coke
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.

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: interstate 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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.5× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
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
Mixed. Violations 1.27× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.61×. Together they move its crash estimate -4%: 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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Aug 2025).
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Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • High speeding: 5

Track record

FMCSA record, Feb 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
25
68% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.0%
1 of 25
National avg 6.7%
Violations
8
1 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in North Carolina (about 6 in 24 months would be typical; 32% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q3 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 4.00 1.58
Violations 1.00 1.56
Critical violations 0.38 0.29

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

What they get cited for

8 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 5 · Other 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Other parts 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)
$1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
on record since Apr 22, 2015 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2011
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 Apr 23, 2015)

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) 17
  • South Carolina 7
  • Tennessee 1

68% of inspections were in its home state.