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Company CheckGRAYS HOTSHOT LLC · DOT 4045528

7870 BRIGHTWATER RD, NEEDHAM, AL, 36915

DOT# 4045528 MC# 1531839 Needham, Alabama 3 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

4 events tracked · latest Feb 19, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Feb 19, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jan 13, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 out-of-service violations.
Jul 18, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Dec 23, 2024
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

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

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Physical Address7870 BRIGHTWATER RD, NEEDHAM, AL, 36915

Mailing Address7842 BRIGHTWATER RD, NEEDHAM, AL, 36915

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1531839

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating3 years

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 2.62 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 1.87 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 22.5 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage20,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

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

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective01/19/2026

CompanyPROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.

Policy #CA975402644

Last checked07/27/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage20,000 mi

Operating3 years

MCS-15001/2026

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 · 1 OOS -

2024

1 · 1 OOS =

2025

1 · 1 OOS =

2026

2 · 2 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, 3 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (100% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

30 roadside violations across 3 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 23 violations · 5 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 violations · 3 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 0 OOS

Other (General) 2 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
02/19/2026	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	WAGARVILLE AL	6	1	0	0	6	1	-	▲Detail
01/13/2026	AL	Full (Level I)	THEODORE AL	16	4	2	2	14	2	-	▲Detail
07/18/2025	LA	Full (Level I)	SLIDELL LA	4	2	0	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/31/2024	FL	Full (Level I)	I-10 SNEADS WIM EB	5	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
09/20/2023	MS	Full (Level I)	ITTAWAMBA COUNTY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/11/2023	NM	Full (Level I)	CLAYTON PORT OF ENTRY	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2023-11-28	New Entrant Revoked - Failure of Safety Audit	ACTIVE	2024-01-09

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA968105663	$750,000	03/30/2023	12/25/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INS. CO.	CA975402644	$750,000	01/09/2024	01/09/2025	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1531839	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/13/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/23/2024
MC1531839	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/06/2023	REVOKED	01/02/2024
MC1531839	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/17/2024	-	-

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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

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 3 years ago.

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.

GRAYS HOTSHOT LLC

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Company Information

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Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (1)

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