ROBERT PICKENS

DBA: PICKENS DELIVERY

ROBERT PICKENS is a small fleet, operating 5 power units and 4 drivers, based in Elizabethton, TN. FMCSA records show no inspection or crash activity in the last 24 months. BMC-91 liability filing is on file with PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP, and operating authority is active for common.

Brokers & shippers · booking check

Book with caution — review signals below

No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Caution

Coverage resumed · Apr 12, 2014

Coverage resumed · Dec 14, 2015

Common (Property) reinstated · Aug 15, 2025

Common (Property) reinstated · Dec 28, 2015

Review these

Prior insurance gap · 54 days Feb 17, 2014 → Apr 12, 2014
Prior insurance gap · 232 days Apr 26, 2015 → Dec 14, 2015
Common (Property) gap · 59 days Inactive Jun 17, 2025 → reinstated Aug 15, 2025
Common (Property) gap · 238 days Inactive May 4, 2015 → reinstated Dec 28, 2015
OOS rate worse than size peers Driver 100.0% vs peer 0.00% Details →

On file

1 active operating authority
Insurance on file · $750,000 PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP · 91X Details →
BOC-3 process agent on file Evilsizor Process Servers Inc Details →

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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — ROBERT PICKENS (USDOT 1575199)
Verdict: CAUTION
Book with caution — review signals below
No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Authority / census status: Active
Active BIPD limit: $750,000

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • Prior insurance gap · 54 days — Feb 17, 2014 → Apr 12, 2014
  • Prior insurance gap · 232 days — Apr 26, 2015 → Dec 14, 2015
  • Common (Property) gap · 59 days — Inactive Jun 17, 2025 → reinstated Aug 15, 2025
  • Common (Property) gap · 238 days — Inactive May 4, 2015 → reinstated Dec 28, 2015
  • OOS rate worse than size peers — Driver 100.0% vs peer 0.00%

On file:
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $750,000 — PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP · 91X
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — Evilsizor Process Servers Inc

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/1575199/
As of: Sep 19, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 1575199 Active AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Hazmat Company officer: ROBERT PICKENS Company officer 2: LAURA HARMON General Freight Driveaway / Towaway Construction Based in ELIZABETHTON, TN

FMCSA census as of Sep 19, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A

Composite of 4/5 scored components (mean 85/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

A confidence 80% · 4/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Active · 100/100

Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.

Insurance / BIPD

BIPD active · 100/100

Active BIPD/Primary-like policy on file in our insurance history.

OOS vs peers

Mixed vs peers · 40/100

Driver OOS 100% vs peer median 0% (worse). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). n=195384 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating

Unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.

NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.

Insurance-watch tier

Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Caution.

Operating authority

Insurance

1 active liability filing

BOC-3 agent

Evilsizor Process Servers Inc

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 1575199

In FMCSA records since Nov 9, 2006 (~19y)

MC / docket MC812679

Company officer ROBERT PICKENS

Company officer 2 LAURA HARMON

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Hazmat Yes (MCS-150)

Cargo carried

General Freight, Driveaway / Towaway, Construction

Fleet size 5 units

Drivers 4

Annual mileage 200,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (423) 213-9460

Email: [email protected]

Physical

241 AVIATION DR

ELIZABETHTON, TN 37643

Mailing address matches physical.

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 1575199

In FMCSA records since Nov 9, 2006 (~19y)

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 200,000 mi

Hazmat Yes (MCS-150)

vs. National Average

Vehicle OOS Rate 0.0% vs 23.4% -23.4 pts

Driver OOS Rate 100.0% vs 6.7% +93.3 pts

Peer tier (small fleets (≤10 power units)) median OOS rate: 50%

Active liability insurance

FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.

FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

Broker setup by MC age

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Based on FMCSA authority grant of 2025-08-15 (400 days). Published gates only — not a guarantee they will accept. Confirm with the broker.

Related filings

Insurance
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP
Policy effective Aug 14, 2025
Process Agent
Evilsizor Process Servers Inc
BOC-3 on file
Operating Authority
MC812679
ACTIVE

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Trucks	5	0	0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Power Units

Drivers

Inspections

FMCSA roadside history on file

OOS Rate (peak)

100.0%

driver or vehicle, whichever higher

Crashes (24m)

Authorities

1 active

Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles

Carrier is unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. Use the inspection history and BASIC scores below to assess on-road performance.

Risk intelligence

Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is Unsafe Driving at 0.0.

Inspection profile

1 roadside inspection over the last 24 months, down 50% versus the prior 24 months, most heavily in TN (1 stops), with Level 2 inspections the most common.

Violation profile

Top code 393.9(a) (Inoperable required lamps) cited 2 times, 1 of them OOS.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 5 power units (small fleet) and 4 drivers; Dodge is the most-inspected make.

Risk Signals

High OOS rate

Peak OOS rate of 100.0% is well above FMCSA MCSAP national averages (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%).

Authority revoked

3 revocations on record.

OOS order history

1 out-of-service order issued against this carrier.

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 195,384 ACTIVE carriers operating 2–8 power units (±50% of this carrier's 5 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

100%

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 195,384 same-size peers

Verdict

Riskier than peers

Delta +100 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 195,384 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Authority gaps detected (3)

Common (Property) authority was inactive from Jun 17, 2025 to Aug 15, 2025 (59 days)
Common (Property) authority was inactive from May 4, 2015 to Dec 28, 2015 (238 days)
Common (Property) authority was inactive from Feb 24, 2014 to Oct 10, 2014 (228 days)

Historical coverage gaps detected (2)

No active BIPD/Primary insurance from Feb 17, 2014 to Apr 12, 2014 (54 days)
No active BIPD/Primary insurance from Apr 26, 2015 to Dec 14, 2015 (232 days)

Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (1 months)

2024-04 2024-04

Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections

Make	Model	Inspections
Dodge		1

SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores

BASIC	Serious	Alert	As Of
Driver Fitness	—	—	Sep 14, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol	—	—	Sep 14, 2026
Hours of Service	—	—	Sep 14, 2026
Unsafe Driving	—	—	Sep 14, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance	—	—	Sep 14, 2026

Higher percentiles indicate worse performance relative to peer carriers. Carriers at or above the FMCSA intervention threshold are marked ALERT.

Recent Inspections (3 rows) View all 3 →

Inspection #	Date ▼	State	Level	Station	Vehicle	Violations	Top Codes	OOS
81462103	Apr 22, 2024	TN	2	MOHAWK TN	RAM STRAIGHT TRUCK Ticket: Dodge TN H352558 · 3C7WRNDL4FG644853	1	391.11(b)(4)	Yes
78618488	May 15, 2023	NC	2	SAMS GAP	International STRAIGHT TRUCK TN H476775 · 1HTMMAAN5DHH9780	3	396.3(a)(1), 392.16(a), 392.82(a)(1)	Yes
78454746	Apr 26, 2023	NC	2	WOLF LAUREL	Petr STRAIGHT TRUCK TN H476779 · 2NP2HN6X9BM12688	4	393.9(a), 392.2, 391.41(a)	Yes

Authority Records (1 docket)

View full authority record →

MC Certificate Documents (4 letters, 2 PDFs available)

Authority Records (above) are FMCSA docket status and lifecycle events. MC Certificate Documents here are the archived PDF letters for each action — grants, reinstatements, revocations, name changes, and transfers. They are related but not the same dataset: one row per PDF letter, not one file per docket.

Each row is a distinct FMCSA letter (grant, reinstatement, revocation, name change, transfer, etc.). When a PDF is archived, click the link to open that letter. Rows without a link still show the action type and date from our index. FMCSA stopped publishing new daily certificate PDFs after the May 2026 Motus cutover — rows below are historical archive only.

Some letters share the same legacy archived file path — we show one PDF link for the primary document and list the other actions as metadata (type + date) until per-letter PDFs are re-extracted.

Date	Docket	Action	Authority	PDF
Aug 15, 2025	MC812679-C	Reinstatement Letter	Reinstatement	Reinstatement Letter →
Dec 28, 2015	MC812679-C	Reinstatement Letter	Reinstatement	Metadata only
Oct 10, 2014	MC812679-C	Reinstatement Letter	Reinstatement	Metadata only
Mar 4, 2013	MC812679-C	Original MC Certificate	Revocation	Original MC Certificate →

Insurance Coverage Timeline (17 rows)

Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.

Insurer	Policy #	Type	Limit	Effective	Cancel	Status
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA982064729	91X	$750,000	Aug 14, 2025	On file	ACTIVE
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA982064729	BIPD/Primary	—	May 15, 2025	May 19, 2025	CANCELLED
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA982064729	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 14, 2025	May 15, 2025	REPLACED
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA982064729	BIPD/Primary	—	Jun 14, 2024	May 8, 2025	CANCELLED
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	CA982064729	BIPD/Primary	—	Jun 14, 2024	Apr 14, 2025	REPLACED
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	50-989865-00	BIPD/Primary	—	Dec 14, 2016	Jul 5, 2024	CANCELLED
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	50-989865-00	BIPD/Primary	—	Dec 14, 2016	Jun 14, 2024	REPLACED
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH	74TRS058755	BIPD/Primary	—	Dec 14, 2015	Dec 14, 2016	CANCELLED
Coverage gap — 232 days without BIPD/Primary coverage from Apr 26, 2015 to Dec 14, 2015
GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2073482	BIPD/Primary	—	Dec 13, 2014	Apr 26, 2015	CANCELLED
GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	2073482	BIPD/Primary	—	Dec 12, 2014	Dec 13, 2014	REPLACED
GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2073482	BIPD/Primary	—	Sep 12, 2014	Jan 14, 2015	CANCELLED
GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2073482	BIPD/Primary	—	Sep 12, 2014	Dec 12, 2014	REPLACED
GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	2073482	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 12, 2014	Oct 15, 2014	CANCELLED
GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	2073482	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 12, 2014	Sep 12, 2014	REPLACED
Coverage gap — 54 days without BIPD/Primary coverage from Feb 17, 2014 to Apr 12, 2014
TRAVELERS CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA	BA-3B428977	BIPD/Primary	—	Jan 29, 2013	Feb 17, 2014	CANCELLED

Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events

Aug 15, 2025

authority

REINSTATED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Jun 17, 2025

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Jun 17, 2025

authority

Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
Jun 17, 2025

authority gap

Common (Property) authority inactive: 59 days (through Aug 15, 2025)
May 19, 2025

insurance

CANCEL — PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP
May 15, 2025

insurance

TERM/REPL — PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP
May 8, 2025

insurance

TERM/CANCL — PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP
Apr 15, 2025

authority

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
Details →
Apr 14, 2025

insurance

TERM/REPL — PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP
Jul 5, 2024

insurance

TERM/CANCL — AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Jun 14, 2024

insurance

TERM/REPL — AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY
Dec 19, 2016

authority

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
Details →
Dec 14, 2016

insurance

CANCEL — NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH
May 4, 2015

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
May 4, 2015

authority

Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
May 4, 2015

authority gap

Common (Property) authority inactive: 238 days (through Dec 28, 2015)
Apr 26, 2015

insurance

CANCEL — GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
Apr 26, 2015

insurance gap

Coverage gap: 232 days without BIPD/Primary insurance (through Dec 14, 2015)
Jan 14, 2015

insurance

TERM/CANCL — GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
Dec 13, 2014

insurance

TERM/REPL — GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
Dec 12, 2014

insurance

TERM/REPL — GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
Oct 15, 2014

insurance

TERM/CANCL — GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
Sep 12, 2014

insurance

TERM/REPL — GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
May 12, 2014

oos

Out-of-service order — New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact
Feb 24, 2014

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Feb 24, 2014

authority

Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
Feb 24, 2014

authority gap

Common (Property) authority inactive: 228 days (through Oct 10, 2014)
Feb 17, 2014

insurance

CANCEL — TRAVELERS CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA
Feb 17, 2014

insurance gap

Coverage gap: 54 days without BIPD/Primary insurance (through Apr 12, 2014)

Top Stations & Violation Codes Where this carrier gets inspected and what they get cited for

Most-Inspected Stations

Station	State	Inspections	OOS
SAMS GAP	NC	1	1
WOLF LAUREL	NC	1	1
MOHAWK TN	TN	1	1

Top Violation Codes Cited

Code	Description	Category	Cited	OOS
393.9(a)	Inoperable required lamps	Vehicle Maintenance	2	1
391.11(b)(4)	Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has self-certified as excepted interstate or excepted intrastate with the state driver's licensing agency.	Driver Fitness	1	1
391.41(a)	Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state drivers licensing agency. History of either failing to produce a medical certificate or having an expired medical certificate.	Driver Fitness	1	0
392.16(a)	Failing to use seat belt (49 CFR)	Unsafe Driving	1	0
392.2	Violation of Local Laws	Unsafe Driving	1	0
392.82(a)(1)	Using a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a CMV	Unsafe Driving	1	0
396.3(a)(1)	Inspection, repair and maintenance of parts and accessories	Vehicle Maintenance	1	1

Related Records

Tennessee carriers Elizabethton carriers PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY 3 inspections

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