BRANDON'S CANDLES LLC

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Do not book — hard regulatory blocker

One or more hard blockers are on file. Do not tender until the issue is cured and confirmed on FMCSA.

Do not book

Blockers

Census status: Inactive FMCSA census marks this USDOT as not actively authorized. Confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Built for brokers and shippers deciding whether to tender. Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before booking — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — BRANDON'S CANDLES LLC (USDOT 3463018)
Verdict: DO NOT BOOK
Do not book — hard regulatory blocker
One or more hard blockers are on file. Do not tender until the issue is cured and confirmed on FMCSA.

Authority / census status: Inactive

Blockers:
  • Census status: Inactive — FMCSA census marks this USDOT as not actively authorized. Confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Cautions:
  (none)

On file:
  (none)

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/3463018/
As of: Sep 1, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 3463018 Inactive PRIVATE PROPERTY Company officer: BRANDON BRECHTEL Other (BUSINESS SUPPLIES) Based in HARLEYSVILLE, PA

FMCSA census as of Sep 1, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · C

Composite of 3/5 scored components (mean 68/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

C confidence 60% · 3/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Inactive · 30/100

Census status is Inactive — confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Insurance / BIPD

Insurance/BIPD signal not resolved for this carrier.

NR reason: No active policies and no uninsured flag to score against.

OOS vs peers

On par with peers · 75/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). n=235329 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: Do not book.

Field change history →

Operating authority

No authority breakdown on file.

Insurance

No active policies on file.

BOC-3 agent

No BOC-3 filing on file.

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 3463018

In FMCSA records since Jul 31, 2020 (~6y)

Company officer BRANDON BRECHTEL

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY

Cargo carried

Other (BUSINESS SUPPLIES)

Fleet size 1 units

Drivers 1

Annual mileage 10,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (267) 933-5903

Email: [email protected]

Physical

301 BUCKINGHAM CIR

HARLEYSVILLE, PA 19438-1959

Mailing

1531 GEHMAN RD

HARLEYSVILLE, PA 19438-2930

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 3463018

In FMCSA records since Jul 31, 2020 (~6y)

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 10,000 mi

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.

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Trucks	1	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)

—

Crashes (24m)

Authorities

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.

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

Compared against 235,329 ACTIVE carriers operating 1–2 power units (±50% of this carrier's 1 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 235,329 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 235,329 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Recent Inspections (3 rows) View all 3 →

Inspection #	Date ▼	State	Level	Station	Vehicle	Violations	Top Codes	OOS
83421294	Dec 11, 2024	NY	2	CAMPBELL NY	MACK STRAIGHT TRUCK PA ZPS9295 · 1M2MDBAA3MS001044	2	390.21TE-LCMVINFO, 395.8A	No
80511169	Dec 30, 2023	MD	2	md-southbound-on-895}toll-facilit	—	0	—	No
78805187	May 23, 2023	NY	2	ny-campbell-(eb)	—	3	392.2, 395.8(f)(1)	No

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Field change history

Field change history
History-watch change dates and as-of snapshots