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RONALD CARL JAMES

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Company CheckRONALD CARL JAMES · DOT 1839498

DBA: JAMES GRADING AND HAULING

161 BEAR BRANCH RD, ROCKINGHAM, NC, 28379

DOT# 1839498 Rockingham, North Carolina

MOTOR CARRIER

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5

Power Units

2

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

15

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameRONALD CARL JAMES

DBA NameJAMES GRADING AND HAULING

DOT Number1839498

Entity TypeMotor Carrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationRockingham, North Carolina

Added12/22/2008

MCS-15001/28/2026

Contact Details

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Physical Address161 BEAR BRANCH RD, ROCKINGHAM, NC, 28379

Mailing Address161 BEAR BRANCH RD, ROCKINGHAM, NC, 28379

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeEXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

Operation Classification

Exempt 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 Mileage160,366 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

2

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

2

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

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

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers2

Mileage160,366 mi

MCS-15001/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total12

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

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

3 · 0 OOS -

2024

11 · 0 OOS =

2025

6 · 0 OOS =

2026

2 · 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 May 2026, 10 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.

Inspection Records (22)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/05/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	SR 1108 GALESTOWN ROAD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	SCOTLAND COUNTY US-74 NEAR SPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/15/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 74	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/15/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 74	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I74E NEAR NC 710	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/05/2025	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	BENNETTSVILLE SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/20/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 74 EXT 185	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/10/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 74 @ SR 1001	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	US74 EXIT 190	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/01/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 74 EXT 181	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/24/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 74 EXT 188	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/10/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 74	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/20/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	SR1721	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	NC 177 NEAR HAMLET	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	DUMP TRUCK	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	STANLY COUNTY, US 52	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/02/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US74 HIGHLAND RD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/19/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 74 EXIT 308	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/21/2023	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US74 AT GUINNS MILL RD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 74	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2023	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US74	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections12

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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97/100

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 97

97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Operating history unknown−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers, a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers, a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

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.