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Company CheckBEST BUY METALS LLC · DOT 1601205

1652 SOUTH LEE HWY, CLEVELAND, TN, 37311

DOT# 1601205 MC# 760942 Cleveland, Tennessee 14 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Aug 3, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Jul 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Jul 7, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 out-of-service violations.
Jun 9, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1652 SOUTH LEE HWY, CLEVELAND, TN, 37311

Mailing Address1652 SOUTH LEE HWY, CLEVELAND, TN, 37311

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC760942

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating14 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

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 .23 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 5.06 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage562,403 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS5.9% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS14.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 09/07/2026

CompanySTATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #10127558CA

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet31 units

Drivers31

Mileage562,403 mi

Operating14 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total17

Out of Service1

OOS Rate5.9%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total14

Out of Service2

OOS Rate14.3%

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

9 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

8 · 2 OOS =

2026

9 · 2 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

0 crashes =

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 Aug 2026, 24 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (20.8% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 8 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
02/29/2024	DALTON	GA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

32 roadside violations across 24 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

Vehicle Maintenance 31 violations · 12 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 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 (27)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/03/2026	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	LENOIR NC	3	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
07/14/2026	TN	Full (Level I)	NIOTA TN	2	2	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
07/07/2026	AL	Full (Level I)	GURLEY AL	9	4	0	9	4	-	▲Detail
06/09/2026	GA	Full (Level I)	RINGGOLD GA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/02/2026	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	KNOXVILLE TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/20/2026	KY	Full (Level I)	PIKEVILLE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-77	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2026	NC	Full (Level I)	GASTON COUNTY WEIGH STATION I-	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2026	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 601 @ BAUCOM DEESE RD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/15/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 64 AT US 19	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/29/2025	GA	Full (Level I)	CARTERSVILLE GA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/03/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 26	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	ATHENS TN	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/23/2025	SC	Full (Level I)	SENECA SC	4	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/19/2025	NC	Full (Level I)	US 74 NEAR NC 28	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
03/10/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	CABARRUS COUNTY, NC 49	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	NC	Full (Level I)	I 26, EAST	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/27/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHATTANOOGA TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2024	NC	Full (Level I)	74	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/01/2024	NC	Full (Level I)	GASTON COUNTY WEIGH STATION I-	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/24/2024	NC	Full (Level I)	PVA WS	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2024	NC	Full (Level I)	US 74 AT EXT 67	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2024	TN	Full (Level I)	KNOXVILLE TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2024	TN	Full (Level I)	OOLTEWAH TN	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2024	TN	Full (Level I)	VONORE TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2024	GA	Full (Level I)	RISING FAWN GA	14	6	0	0	6	-	▲Detail
08/24/2023	SC	Full (Level I)	US 123 PICKENS COUNTY	4	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections23

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 6 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	47-399509-00	$750,000	09/20/2011	01/22/2013	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	47-399509-00	$1,000,000	09/20/2011	09/20/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	1000167061	$1,000,000	07/18/2019	04/05/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	S 2071466	$1,000,000	06/03/2013	03/06/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	DONEGAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CAS8921357	$1,000,000	03/06/2018	07/18/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	DONEGAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CAS8921357	$1,000,000	03/06/2018	07/25/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	4739950900	$750,000	01/25/2013	05/25/2013	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC760942	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	10/07/2011	REVOKED	01/22/2013
MC760942	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	09/06/2013	-	-
MC760942	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/28/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/22/2019
MC760942	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/07/2013	REVOKED	06/03/2013

No revocation records.

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95/100

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, from 100 to 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

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 9/7/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 5.8824% vs national avg 5.51%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 5.8824% vs national avg 5.51%.

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.

BEST BUY METALS LLC

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Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (27)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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