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L&W TRANSPORTATION LLC

Joins 2 roadside inspections (24 mo), 1 authority docket, BIPD on file (UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY) from FMCSA public filings. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Booking triage is above; confirm on SAFER before tendering.

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

Caution
Coverage resumed · Feb 9, 2022
Coverage resumed · Aug 18, 2025
Common (Property) reinstated · Aug 25, 2025
Common (Property) reinstated · Feb 10, 2022
Review these
  • Prior insurance gap · 53 days Dec 18, 2021 → Feb 9, 2022
  • Prior insurance gap · 252 days Dec 9, 2024 → Aug 18, 2025
  • Common (Property) gap · 252 days Inactive Dec 16, 2024 → reinstated Aug 25, 2025
  • Common (Property) gap · 93 days Inactive Nov 9, 2021 → reinstated Feb 10, 2022
  • OOS rate worse than size peers Driver 100.0% vs peer 0.00% Details →
On file
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $1,000,000 UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY · 91X Details →
  • BOC-3 process agent on file #1 A BOC-3 FILING INC Details →
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TruckCodex risk summary — L&W TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 3495478)
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: $1,000,000

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • Prior insurance gap · 53 days — Dec 18, 2021 → Feb 9, 2022
  • Prior insurance gap · 252 days — Dec 9, 2024 → Aug 18, 2025
  • Common (Property) gap · 252 days — Inactive Dec 16, 2024 → reinstated Aug 25, 2025
  • Common (Property) gap · 93 days — Inactive Nov 9, 2021 → reinstated Feb 10, 2022
  • OOS rate worse than size peers — Driver 100.0% vs peer 0.00%

On file:
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $1,000,000 — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY · 91X
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — #1 A BOC-3 FILING INC

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/3495478/
As of: Oct 28, 2026
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USDOT 3495478 Active AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Hazmat Company officer: WILLIAM HERNANDEZ General Freight Motor Vehicles Based in MESA, AZ

FMCSA census as of Oct 28, 2026 · Sources · Freshness · Methodology · Disclaimer

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=229422 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.

Recent changes

Field change history → Daily change log ↓
  • Legal Name L AND W TRANSPORTATION LLC → L&W TRANSPORTATION LLC · Aug 18, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census
Operating authority
common 1 active
Insurance

UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY · BMC-91X · $1,000,000

1 active liability filing

BOC-3 agent

#1 A BOC-3 FILING INC

Company profile

Company details
USDOT 3495478
In FMCSA records since Sep 28, 2020 (~6y)
MC / docket MC1151867
Company officer WILLIAM HERNANDEZ
Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Hazmat Yes (MCS-150)
Cargo carried
General Freight, Motor Vehicles
Fleet size 1 units
Drivers 1
Annual mileage 37,966 mi
Contact & address
Phone: (480) 283-5634
Email: [email protected]
Physical
1505 N BALBOA
MESA, AZ 85205
Mailing
1505 N BALBOA
MESA, AZ 85205-6877
Registration & safety rating
USDOT 3495478
In FMCSA records since Sep 28, 2020 (~6y)
Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Annual mileage (MCS-150) 37,966 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
Violations per Inspection 4.00 vs 1.80 +2.20
Peer tier (small fleets (≤10 power units)) median OOS rate: 50%
Active liability insurance
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BMC-91X · $1,000,000 · CA861802902
Effective Aug 19, 2025
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 2025-08-25 (429 days). Published gates only — not a guarantee they will accept. Confirm with the broker.

Related filings

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type Owned Term leased Trip leased
Truck tractors 1 0 0
Trailers 1 0 0

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

Inspections (24 months)

All 3 inspections →
Driver Vehicle Hazmat
Inspections 2 2 0
OOS inspections 1 0 0
OOS percentage 50% 0% —
National average 6.7% 23.4% 4.4%

Roadside inspections in the last 24 months. National averages are FMCSA MCSAP reference rates (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%, hazmat ~4.4%).

Power Units
1
Drivers
1
Inspections
3
FMCSA roadside history on file
OOS Rate (peak)
100.0%
driver or vehicle, whichever higher
Crashes (24m)
0
Authorities
1
1 active

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
2 revocations on record.

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

Compared against 229,422 ACTIVE carriers operating 1–2 power units (±50% of this carrier's 1 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS
100%
Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections
Peer median
0%
Median across 229,422 same-size peers
Verdict
Riskier than peers
Delta +100 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)
This carrier — Vehicle OOS
0%
Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections
Peer median
0%
Median across 229,422 same-size peers
Verdict
On par with peers
Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Authority gaps detected (2)

  • Common (Property) authority was inactive from Dec 16, 2024 to Aug 25, 2025 (252 days)
  • Common (Property) authority was inactive from Nov 9, 2021 to Feb 10, 2022 (93 days)

Historical coverage gaps detected (2)

  • No active BIPD/Primary insurance from Dec 18, 2021 to Feb 9, 2022 (53 days)
  • No active BIPD/Primary insurance from Dec 9, 2024 to Aug 18, 2025 (252 days)

Fleet History

Field change history →

Sourced from FMCSA daily imports; field-level change log. 1 tracked change on record.

Record Changes

  1. As-of snapshot →
    • Legal Name L AND W TRANSPORTATION LLC L&W TRANSPORTATION LLC
      FMCSA Company Census
Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (2 months)

2025-10 2026-10

Violations by BASIC Category

Federal BASIC buckets for every citation issued against this carrier over the past 24 months.
Vehicle Maintenance
7 violations
Hours of Service
1 violation
1 OOS · 100.0%

Activity by State

States this carrier has been inspected in over the past 24 months.
State Inspections OOS OOS % Last Inspection
Kansas (KS) 1 0 0.0% Oct 31, 2025
North Dakota (ND) 1 1 100.0% Oct 23, 2026
Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections
Make Model Inspections
Cottr 1
Peterbilt 1
SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores
BASIC Inspections Serious Measure Percentile Alert As Of
Driver Fitness 0 — 0.00 0 — Oct 26, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol 0 — 0.00 0 — Oct 26, 2026
Hours of Service 1 — 7.00 7 — Oct 26, 2026
Unsafe Driving 0 — 0.00 0 — Oct 26, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance 1 — 18.00 18 — Oct 26, 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
89351837 Oct 23, 2026 ND 2 BISMARCK ND
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
AZ AL28224 · 1XPBDP9X4GD333762
4 395.8A1-HOSP, 393.11B-CSLRR, 393.78A-WS Yes
86234994 Oct 31, 2025 KS 2 —
PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR
AZ AL28224 · 1XPBDP9X4GD333762
8 395.8K2-HOSP, 396.17C-PI, 393.55E-B No
79560471 Aug 30, 2023 AZ 2 YUMA PORT OF ENTRY
FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
AZ AL27809 · 1FUJGLDR4BLAS9900
4 395.8(k)(2), 391.11(b)(5), 393.9(a) Yes
Authority Records (1 docket)
common
MC1151867
Active
—
View full authority record →
MC Certificate Documents (6 letters, 5 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 25, 2025 MC1151867-C Reinstatement Letter Reinstatement Reinstatement Letter →
Dec 16, 2024 MC1151867-C Daily Register Reinstatement Daily Register →
Feb 10, 2022 MC1151867-C Reinstatement Letter Reinstatement Reinstatement Letter →
Nov 9, 2021 MC1151867-C Voluntary Revocation Revocation Voluntary Revocation →
Nov 3, 2020 MC1151867 Name Change Revocation Metadata only
Oct 21, 2020 MC1151867-C Original MC Certificate Revocation Original MC Certificate →
Insurance Coverage Timeline (19 rows)

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

Insurer Policy # Type Limit Effective Cancel Status
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY CA861802902 91X $1,000,000 Aug 19, 2025 On file ACTIVE
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY CA861802902 BIPD/Primary — Aug 18, 2025 Aug 19, 2025 REPLACED
Coverage gap — 252 days without BIPD/Primary coverage from Dec 9, 2024 to Aug 18, 2025
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY CA965759907 BIPD/Primary — Feb 9, 2023 Dec 9, 2024 CANCELLED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Jan 30, 2023 Mar 8, 2023 CANCELLED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Jan 30, 2023 Feb 9, 2023 REPLACED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Oct 19, 2022 Feb 9, 2023 CANCELLED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Oct 19, 2022 Jan 30, 2023 REPLACED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Aug 15, 2022 Oct 19, 2022 REPLACED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Aug 15, 2022 Nov 11, 2022 CANCELLED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Jun 14, 2022 Sep 14, 2022 CANCELLED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Jun 14, 2022 Aug 15, 2022 REPLACED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Jun 14, 2022 Jun 14, 2022 REPLACED
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY 0011845-01-CA BIPD/Primary — Feb 9, 2022 Jun 14, 2022 CANCELLED
Coverage gap — 53 days without BIPD/Primary coverage from Dec 18, 2021 to Feb 9, 2022
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY CA2774776 BIPD/Primary — Nov 3, 2020 Dec 18, 2021 CANCELLED
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY CA2774776 BIPD/Primary — Oct 22, 2020 Nov 3, 2020 REPLACED
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY CA2774776 BIPD/Primary — Oct 22, 2020 Dec 7, 2020 NAME CHANGED
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY CA2774776 BIPD/Primary — Oct 9, 2020 Oct 22, 2020 REPLACED
Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events
  1. Aug 25, 2025
    authority
    REINSTATED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
    Details →
  2. Aug 19, 2025
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
  3. Dec 16, 2024
    authority
    REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
    Details →
  4. Dec 16, 2024
    authority
    Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
  5. Dec 16, 2024
    authority gap
    Common (Property) authority inactive: 252 days (through Aug 25, 2025)
  6. Dec 9, 2024
    insurance
    CANCEL — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
  7. Dec 9, 2024
    insurance gap
    Coverage gap: 252 days without BIPD/Primary insurance (through Aug 18, 2025)
  8. Mar 8, 2023
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  9. Feb 9, 2023
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  10. Feb 9, 2023
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  11. Jan 31, 2023
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  12. Jan 30, 2023
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  13. Nov 11, 2022
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  14. Oct 20, 2022
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  15. Oct 19, 2022
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  16. Sep 14, 2022
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  17. Aug 15, 2022
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  18. Jun 14, 2022
    insurance
    CANCEL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  19. Jun 14, 2022
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY
  20. Dec 18, 2021
    insurance
    CANCEL — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
  21. Dec 18, 2021
    insurance gap
    Coverage gap: 53 days without BIPD/Primary insurance (through Feb 9, 2022)
  22. Nov 9, 2021
    authority
    REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
    Details →
  23. Nov 9, 2021
    authority gap
    Common (Property) authority inactive: 93 days (through Feb 10, 2022)
  24. Dec 7, 2020
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
  25. Nov 4, 2020
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  26. Nov 3, 2020
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
  27. Oct 22, 2020
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
Top Stations & Violation Codes Where this carrier gets inspected and what they get cited for

Most-Inspected Stations

Station State Inspections OOS
YUMA PORT OF ENTRY AZ 1 1
BISMARCK ND ND 1 1

Top Violation Codes Cited

Code Description Category Cited OOS
393.9(a) Inoperable required lamps Vehicle Maintenance 2 0
391.11(b)(5) Driver lacking valid license for type vehicle being operated Driver Fitness 1 1
395.8(k)(2) Driver failing to retain previous 7 days records of duty status Hours of Service 1 1

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