B & A HYDER TRUCKING CO INC

DOT# 88107 MC# 190744 DUNS# 74506734 Hendersonville, NC Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(828) 693-5208 bmess@bellsouth.net 424 Duncan Hill Road, Hendersonville NC 28792
20 tractors · all owned 26 drivers 866k mi/yr · ~43k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 36.3 / 100
Moderate confidence
52 yrs history · 33 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
20
Drivers · CDL
26 · 26
Annual miles
866k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 20 0 0 20
Trailers 35 0 0 35

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (10-14-2026)
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-08-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
LARRY KING
Officer
BRENDA MESSER

Cargo

58.1
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Beverages Other: UNSPECIFIED Paper Products Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% 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 1.41×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.0 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.0
Similar fleets
0.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.7 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.72× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they barely move its crash estimate.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 6 of 20 violations (30%). Brake or light defects led to 4 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    50.0% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (6 of 12), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.13× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
33
67% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
50.0%
6 of 12
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 33
National avg 6.7%
Violations
20
8 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in North Carolina (about 28 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 9 inspections, 1 out of service 9 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 10,544 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.100 0.029
Inspections 1.05 1.11
Violations 0.50 0.77
Critical violations 0.10 0.15

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

What they get cited for

20 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    14 · 8 OOS
    Brakes 6 · Lights 3 · Tires 3 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2 · Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 3
  • 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
  • Aug
    17
    2026
    North Carolina
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Feb
    24
    2026
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Mar
    30
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

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 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 1991
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: SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY → GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. (Apr 2026)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Apr 1, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 26, 2026)

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) 7
  • Montana 5
  • Kentucky 3
  • Missouri 3
  • Washington 3
  • Iowa 2
  • Idaho 2
  • South Dakota 2

21% of inspections were in its home state.