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L HOWARD TRUCKING LLC

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Company CheckL HOWARD TRUCKING LLC · DOT 1331435

9916 HWY 5, MARION, AL, 36756

DOT# 1331435 MC# 711461 Marion, Alabama 16 years

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1

Power Units

1

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

2

Inspections

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Public record

2 events tracked · latest Jul 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 1

Feb 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Company Information

Legal NameL HOWARD TRUCKING LLC

DOT Number1331435

MC Number711461

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationMarion, Alabama

Added02/10/2005

MCS-15007/11/2025

Contact Details

Phone(205) 799-9223

Email[email protected]

Physical Address9916 HWY 5, MARION, AL, 36756

Mailing Address9916 HWY 5, MARION, AL, 36756

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC711461

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating16 years

Company Overview

L HOWARD TRUCKING LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Marion, Alabama. The company has been in operation for 16 years, registered with the FMCSA on 02/10/2005. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 121,089 miles (2025). With zero crashes across 2 inspections, L HOWARD TRUCKING LLC maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, L HOWARD TRUCKING LLC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage121,089 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

1

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

1

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/07/2026

CompanyLANCER INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CM0080890

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage121,089 mi

Operating16 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

1 · 0 OOS =

2026

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Feb 2026, 1 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

3 roadside violations across 1 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (3)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
02/09/2026	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHESTERTON IN	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/22/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/22/2023	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 459 S@IRONDALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections1

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA 6269924	$750,000	12/05/2018	10/30/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA06269924	$750,000	10/30/2017	12/05/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA06269924	$750,000	10/30/2017	01/07/2019	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA08283802	$750,000	10/30/2016	02/15/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA08283801	$750,000	10/30/2015	10/30/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	354274	$1,000,000	10/30/2014	10/30/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	352476	$1,000,000	10/30/2013	10/30/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	360270	$750,000	10/30/2012	10/30/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0053162	$1,000,000	09/28/2012	10/30/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0053162	$1,000,000	07/03/2011	09/28/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRAMERCY INSURANCE COMPANY	GIC 01-1900-00181	$750,000	07/03/2010	07/03/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05468400	$750,000	04/20/2010	07/03/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA08283802	$750,000	02/15/2017	10/30/2017	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC711461	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/04/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/06/2018
MC711461	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/05/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/30/2015
MC711461	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/30/2017
MC711461	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/31/2014
MC711461	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/31/2013
MC711461	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/31/2012
MC711461	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/04/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/06/2012
MC711461	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/07/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/30/2010
MC711461	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/06/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/01/2011
MC711461	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/07/2010	-	-

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100/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 7/7/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.