Critical regulatory warnings

No active BIPD/Primary insurance on file — uninsured for 1,431 days (since Oct 4, 2022). A carrier without active primary liability coverage cannot legally operate.

STEEL ON WHEELS LLC

LEANDER, TX

DBA: GAINES TRANSPORT

Brokers & shippers · booking check

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

Uninsured since · Oct 4, 2022

Blockers

Census status: Inactive FMCSA census marks this USDOT as not actively authorized. Confirm on SAFER before tendering.
No active BIPD/Primary insurance on file Uninsured 1431 days (since Oct 4, 2022).

On file

BOC-3 process agent on file #1 A BOC-3 FILING INC Details →
OOS rate better than size peers

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 — STEEL ON WHEELS LLC (USDOT 3845812)
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.
  • No active BIPD/Primary insurance on file — Uninsured 1431 days (since Oct 4, 2022).

Cautions:
  (none)

On file:
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — #1 A BOC-3 FILING INC
  • OOS rate better than size peers

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/3845812/
As of: Sep 2, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 3845812 Inactive AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Company officer: CANTRELL DESHAUN GAINES General Freight Based in LEANDER, TX

FMCSA census as of Sep 2, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · F

Hard regulatory signal on file (OOS / revoked / Not Authorized / uninsured / Unsatisfactory). Composite mean of 4/5 scored components is 58/100 — letter capped at F. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating, booking verdict, or legal advice.

F confidence 80% · 4/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Inactive · 30/100

Census status is Inactive — confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Insurance / BIPD

Uninsured · 0/100

No active BIPD/Primary on file since Oct 4, 2022.

OOS vs peers

Safer than peers · 100/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 16.7% (better). n=17083 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.

Recent changes

Field change history → Daily change log ↓

Status NOT_AUTH → INACTIVE · May 25, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census

Operating authority

Insurance

Uninsured since Oct 4, 2022

BOC-3 agent

#1 A BOC-3 FILING INC

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 3845812

In FMCSA records since Mar 18, 2022 (~4y)

Company officer CANTRELL DESHAUN GAINES

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Cargo carried

General Freight

Fleet size 61 units

Drivers 2

Contact & address

Phone: (512) 712-8207

Email: [email protected]

Physical

1805 CANTONATA DR

LEANDER, TX 78641

Mailing

1805 CANTONATA DR

LEANDER, TX 78641-4726

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 3845812

In FMCSA records since Mar 18, 2022 (~4y)

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

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

Check brokers for this MC age

Based on FMCSA authority grant of 2022-06-08 (1,549 days). Published gates only — not a guarantee they will accept. Confirm with the broker.

Related filings

Process Agent
#1 A BOC-3 FILING INC
BOC-3 on file

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Truck tractors	1	60	0
Trailers	1	0	0

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

Power Units

Drivers

Inspections

None in our FMCSA import window (~3 years)

OOS Rate (peak)

—

Crashes

None in last 24 months · all-time on file

Authorities

0 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.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 61 power units (mid-sized fleet); 2 drivers.

Risk Signals

Authority revoked

1 revocation 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 17,083 ACTIVE carriers operating 30–92 power units (±50% of this carrier's 61 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 17,083 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

16.7%

Median across 17,083 same-size peers

Verdict

Safer than peers

Delta -16.7 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Fleet History

Field change history →

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

Record Changes

May 25, 2026 As-of snapshot →
- Status NOT_AUTH INACTIVE
  FMCSA Company Census

Recent Inspections

No roadside inspections on file for this carrier in our FMCSA import window.

Public FMCSA inspection feeds cover roughly the last three years of roadside activity (not the full MCMIS archive). Older inspections — including those from before a carrier went inactive — are usually absent for every carrier, not just closed ones. Reportable crash history on this page goes further back; see crashes below or the full crash subpage.

Recent Crashes (1 row)

Report #	Date ▼	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
OK0022013876	Jul 15, 2022	OK	0	0	Yes	No	Tow

Authority Records (1 docket)

View full authority record →

Revocations & Inactive Status

Authority actions other than active status — revocations, voluntary surrenders, and dormant dockets.

Date	Docket	Authority	Status	Applied
Unknown	MC1400139	common	INACTIVE	—

MC Certificate Documents (2 letters, 2 PDFs)

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.

Date	Docket	Action	Authority	PDF
Jun 8, 2022	MC1400139-C	Original MC Certificate	Revocation	Original MC Certificate →
Apr 27, 2022	MC1400139-C	Daily Register	Other	Daily Register →

Insurance Coverage Timeline (1 row)

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

Insurer	Policy #	Type	Limit	Effective	Cancel	Status
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	CA958443137	BIPD/Primary	—	Jun 2, 2022	Oct 4, 2022	CANCELLED

Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events

Apr 2, 2023

oos

Out-of-service order — New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact
Oct 11, 2022

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Oct 11, 2022

authority

Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
Oct 4, 2022

insurance

CANCEL — PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL

Related Records Cross-references to every adjacent page

Field change history

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