Roadside Inspection 88768877

Roadside inspection on Aug 22, 2026 in North Carolina • Carrier: MERCHANTS TRANSPORT OF HICKORY LLC (USDOT 48104) • Vehicle: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
0
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88768877
Date:
Aug 22, 2026
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
HAMLET NC
Vehicle:
INTERNATIONAL LT62F TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
NV9198 (NC)

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a clean and typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
0
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.24 violations per inspection across 1,219 prior records
vs Level 3 median in North Carolina
0
On par with median (0)
Median of 35,262 Level 3 inspections in North Carolina during 2026

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
0
Same as the median (0)
Compared to 561,586 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 7.6%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
88%
399 inspections in the trailing 12 months
Computed from this carrier's inspection history

Carrier trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
26
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
96
7 violations · 2 OOS · 0.07 per inspection
Prior 365 days
399
55 violations · 9 OOS · 0.14 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (7 violations across 96 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.24 per inspection).

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3HSDZAPR9RN760683 NC NV9198 INTERNATIONAL LT62F 2024
2 SEMI-TRAILER 527SR5326LM023345 ME 248461E CIMC REEFER TRAILER,INC
Ticket: Cmi
CIMC REEFER TRAILER,INC. 2020
No violations cited during this inspection.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
88810044 Aug 26, 2026 NC L3 HICKORY NC 0
88806151 Aug 26, 2026 NC L3 STATESVILLE NC 0
88799679 Aug 26, 2026 NC L2 BURGAW NC 0
88793222 Aug 25, 2026 NC L3 HILLSBOROUGH NC 0
88787877 Aug 23, 2026 TN L3 MOUNTAIN CITY TN 1
88763451 Aug 21, 2026 KY L3 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86384622 Nov 20, 2025 NC L3 3HSDZAPR9RN760683
84948173 Jun 13, 2025 NC L2 527SR5326LM023345
84678944 May 14, 2025 WV L1 3HSDZAPR9RN760683
83826066 Feb 8, 2025 NC L2 3HSDZAPR9RN760683
83485585 Dec 23, 2024 NC L1 3HSDZAPR9RN760683
83133690 Nov 10, 2024 NC L3 3HSDZAPR9RN760683
82008716 Jul 1, 2024 NC L1 3HSDZAPR9RN760683

Related records

Recent activity at HAMLET NC

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