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Company CheckNORTH STATE EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC · DOT 877200

DBA: K K CARRIERS

5312 JONES ROAD, EAST BEND, NC, 27018

DOT# 877200 MC# 383561 East Bend, North Carolina 26 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

6 events tracked · latest Jul 4, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Jun 5, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 28, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 14, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 16, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 1, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

Phone(336) 345-1761

Email[email protected]

Physical Address5312 JONES ROAD, EAST BEND, NC, 27018

Mailing Address5312 JONES ROAD, EAST BEND, NC, 27018

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC383561

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating26 years

Company Overview

NORTH STATE EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in East Bend, North Carolina. The company has been in operation for 26 years, registered with the FMCSA on 05/02/2000. The fleet consists of 10 power units and 8 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 1,086,403 miles (2023). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. A total of 45 inspections are on file. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, NORTH STATE EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC has a Trust Score of 93/100 (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 1.58 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .59 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 1.11 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,086,403 miles

Mileage Year2023

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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS6.1% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS16.7% avg 20.7%

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/26/2026

CompanySENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #A0239246001

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet10 units

Drivers8

Mileage1,086,403 mi

Operating26 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total33

Out of Service2

OOS Rate6.1%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total12

Out of Service2

OOS Rate16.7%

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

5 · 0 OOS -

2024

14 · 0 OOS =

2025

17 · 3 OOS ▲

2026

8 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

1 crash =

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 Jun 2026, 31 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (12.9% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

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
09/01/2025	JEFFERSON (TOWNSHIP OF)	OH	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/11/2024	HIGH POINT	NC	0	0	1	6	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

13 roadside violations across 31 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 4 violations · 2 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 2 violations · 2 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 (44)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/05/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEXINGTON NC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	RICHMOND COUNTY I 73 S MM 30	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	MT. AIRY WEIGH STATION S	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	MT. AIRY WEIGH STATION N	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/19/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW PARIS OH	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/27/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 540	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/12/2026	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	MT. AIRY WEIGH STATION N	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	I73 NEAR EXIT 16B	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORSYTH COUNTY I-74	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/11/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 40/85	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/05/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROWAN COUNTY, I-85 SB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2025	WV	Driver-Only (Level III)	WINFIELD WV	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/06/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	US70 WB AT NC581	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	MOHAWK TN	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
03/25/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORSYTH CO., US 421 NEAR NC 74	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRANVILLE COUNTY, I-85, N	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
03/20/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 85	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	140 EB AT 157 EXIT	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/25/2025	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LA CROSSE VA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	RICHMOND IN	2	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/13/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	MOHAWK TN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/21/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORSYTH COUNTY, US 52 N	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/07/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORSYTH COUNTY, US 52 S	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/07/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORSYTH COUNTY, US 52 N	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2024	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ALBERTA VA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/10/2024	TN	Full (Level I)	MOHAWK TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/05/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	285 N	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/12/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOHAWK TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/11/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/28/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 421 NEAR NC 27	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/12/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORSYTH COUNTY, I-74	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROWAN COUNTY, I 85 SB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/04/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	I73 AT EXIT 30	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/04/2024	TN	Full (Level I)	HAYWOOD COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/27/2023	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2023	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	THP 1 I-40 KNOXVILLE SCALES	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/28/2023	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/06/2023	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	HILLSBOROUGH WEIGH STATION, I-	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/25/2023	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I73	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections30

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	A0194946001	$750,000	05/18/2022	12/01/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	A0021384001	$750,000	05/18/2014	05/18/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LFO0000159	$750,000	05/18/2012	05/18/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN288119	$1,000,000	05/18/2000	05/18/2012	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC383561	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/23/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/21/2010
MC383561	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/24/2000	-	-

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93/100

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 93

Starts at 100−7 totalFinal 93

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−2

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 6/26/2026.

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 6.0606% vs national avg 5.51%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−2 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 6.0606% 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) knockout	−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.

NORTH STATE EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC

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Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (44)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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