Roadside Inspection 88941123

Roadside inspection on Sep 9, 2026 in North Carolina • Carrier: MERCHANTS TRANSPORT OF HICKORY LLC (USDOT 48104) • Vehicle: INTERNATIONAL STRAIGHT TRUCK

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 #:
88941123
Date:
Sep 9, 2026
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
BOLTON NC
Operating authority:
MC162035
Vehicle:
INTERNATIONAL LT62F STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
TD8594 (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 1,233 prior records
vs Level 3 median in North Carolina
0
On par with median (0)
Median of 37,688 Level 3 inspections in North Carolina during 2026
vs typical at BOLTON NC
0
On par with station median (0)
Median of 39 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
0
Same as the median (0)
Compared to 594,945 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%
398 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
24
4 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
86
8 violations · 1 OOS · 0.09 per inspection
Prior 365 days
398
55 violations · 9 OOS · 0.14 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (8 violations across 86 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 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3HSDZAPR6RN510849 NC TD8594 INTERNATIONAL LT62F 2024
2 SEMI-TRAILER 527SR5320LM023339 ME 248457E CIMC REEFER TRAILER,INC
Ticket: Vang
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
88959961 Sep 10, 2026 NC L2 ELKIN NC 0
88935516 Sep 8, 2026 SC L2 LEXINGTON SC 1 OOS
88931144 Sep 8, 2026 NC L3 STATESVILLE NC 0
88926828 Sep 7, 2026 NC L3 SANFORD NC 0
88925235 Sep 7, 2026 NC L1 STATESVILLE NC 0
88924221 Sep 7, 2026 NC L2 CLEMMONS NC 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86838674 Jan 17, 2026 NC L3 3HSDZAPR6RN510849
86428005 Nov 26, 2025 NC L2 3HSDZAPR6RN510849
83825991 Feb 9, 2025 NC L1 3HSDZAPR6RN510849
82556867 Sep 1, 2024 NC L3 3HSDZAPR6RN510849
81723371 May 27, 2024 NC L3 3HSDZAPR6RN510849

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