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DOT 2546417 is operated by CARTER LUMBER TRANSPORT out of Kent, OH. This profile shows verified operating authority, current insurance, observed equipment, and recent inspection activity joined into one card so brokers can verify the carrier in one tab.
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Operating authority is verified against the live public registry and refreshed daily. Current status: ACTIVE. "active" means the carrier is authorized to operate; "inactive" or "out-of-service" indicates the carrier should not be hauling.
Liability and cargo insurance status is drawn from the latest filings on record. Current status: active. We mark a carrier "lapsed" when the most recent cancellation date is in the past with no superseding policy.
CARTER LUMBER TRANSPORT was last inspected on 2026-10-08. We've recorded 419 inspections in the trailing 12 months.
CARTER LUMBER TRANSPORT is registered as 886535. Many brokers reference carriers by MC; both identifiers resolve to the same carrier record.
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Evidence, severity, and resolution notes for each signal on this carrier.
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Rates stay locked below 3 contributing brokers so no single broker’s loads can be picked out of the aggregate.
Not enough broker-reported loads yet — this score unlocks as brokers report load outcomes. Aggregates appear once 3+ brokerages have reported on this carrier (0 loads from 0 brokerages so far).
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Aggregate rating unlocks at 3 reviewing workspaces — 0 so far. Individual reviews appear below as they're published.
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Not enough claim reports yet
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Claims stay locked below 3 contributing brokers so no single broker's claims can be picked out of the aggregate.
Inferred from consecutive inspection states per truck. Use these as a starting point for backhaul or rep prospecting.
Offer with confidence — current authority and clean operations.
power units (MCS-150)
distinct VINs in inspections
419 inspections, 12mo
most recent roadside record
Rows marked “Computed” are our estimate from local roadside-inspection history; FMCSA hasn't published a measure for this carrier yet (see #1000).
Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance percentiles aren't published in the public SMS downloads today (see #832).
Matched on equipment mix, fleet-size band, and home state.
Current reported fleet · as of May 2025. A trend line appears once a second filing is on record.
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · policy BAP498304700
Signals are precursor patterns, not proof of fraud. Verify before acting — and if a flag looks wrong, dispute it from its row.
Operating authority flipped 3 times in the last 12 months (2 reinstatements) — repeated on/off churn that can precede a chameleon reincarnation.
A truck VIN on this carrier was run under 2 different DOTs in overlapping windows — the cloned-truck / VIN-under-multiple-MCs pattern.
This carrier's contact domain (carterlumber.com) was registered 1997-08-22, long after its operating authority — a freshly-stood-up domain on an older MC is a reactivated-shell signal.
474-unit fleet where 100% of VINs have no prior inspection history — likely paper-carrier shell.