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Company CheckSMALL'S HOTSHOT EXPRESS LLC · DOT 2491506

5536 COUNTY ROAD 85, SARDIS, AL, 36775

DOT# 2491506 MC# 863817 Sardis, Alabama 12 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Safety & compliance 5

Feb 25, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Oct 14, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION CONTRACT.
Apr 29, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 28, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 4, 2024
Roadside inspection, 4 out-of-service violations.

Insurance 3

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).
Oct 10, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY).
Sep 11, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address5536 COUNTY ROAD 85, SARDIS, AL, 36775

Mailing Address5536 COUNTY ROAD 85, SARDIS, AL, 36775

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC863817

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating12 years

Company Overview

SMALL'S HOTSHOT EXPRESS LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Sardis, Alabama. The company has been in operation for 12 years, registered with the FMCSA on 04/02/2014. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 500,000 miles (2020). With zero crashes across 9 inspections, SMALL'S HOTSHOT EXPRESS LLC maintains an excellent safety record. Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates exceed the national average, which may indicate compliance concerns. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, SMALL'S HOTSHOT EXPRESS LLC has a Trust Score of 80/100 (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 10 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 1.42 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage500,000 miles

Mileage Year2020

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS20.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/07/2026

CompanyPROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.

Policy #CA862379631

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage500,000 mi

Operating12 years

MCS-15004/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total5

Out of Service1

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total4

Out of Service2

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above 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

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

2 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

2 · 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, 5 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (40% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

16 roadside violations across 5 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 7 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 7 violations · 4 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 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 (7)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
02/25/2026	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	HAMMONDVILLE AL	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2025	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	CENTRE AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/28/2025	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	MONTGOMERY AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2024	NM	Full (Level I)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	8	4	4	1	4	3	-	▲Detail
12/04/2024	NM	Full (Level I)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	3	1	2	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/20/2023	TN	Full (Level I)	GILES COUNTY SCALES	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/19/2023	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections5

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTEGON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	2003793481	$750,000	05/15/2018	04/19/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-002483-01	$750,000	04/19/2025	04/19/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-002483-01	$750,000	04/19/2025	09/11/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-002483-01	$750,000	04/19/2025	10/10/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ASCOT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 2031102	$750,000	04/19/2024	04/19/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW1EII-166969-01	$750,000	04/19/2024	04/19/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW1EII-166969-01	$750,000	04/19/2024	04/21/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA 2031102	$750,000	04/19/2020	04/19/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTEGON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	2003793481	$750,000	04/19/2019	04/19/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTEGON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	2003793481	$750,000	04/19/2018	05/15/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTEGON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	2003793481	$750,000	04/19/2018	06/19/2018	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTEGON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	2003793481	$750,000	04/19/2017	04/19/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	INTEGON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	2003793481	$750,000	04/19/2016	04/19/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST176557	$750,000	04/16/2014	04/03/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST187133	$750,000	04/06/2015	04/19/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST187133	$750,000	04/06/2015	05/26/2016	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC863817	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/15/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/14/2025
MC863817	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/17/2018	-	-
MC863817	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/29/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/06/2016
MC863817	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	04/25/2014	REVOKED	04/25/2018
MC863817	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/25/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/21/2025
MC863817	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/25/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/22/2019
MC863817	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/23/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/16/2020
MC863817	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/23/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/20/2017
MC863817	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/09/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/08/2015

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80/100

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 80

−10

Starts at 100−20 totalFinal 80

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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

Vehicle 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 7/7/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

SMALL'S HOTSHOT EXPRESS LLC

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Company Overview

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (7)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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