ELLIOTT MACHINE SHOP INC

USDOT 854449 Active PRIVATE PROPERTY Company officer: BENJAMIN CRANFORD Company officer 2: SHAWN BYRD General Freight Machinery / Large Objects Based in MACON, GA

Brokers & shippers · booking check

No hard blockers on file

Authority and insurance signals look clear in our data. Still verify live on FMCSA SAFER / L&I before tendering a load.

Clear to review

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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — ELLIOTT MACHINE SHOP INC (USDOT 854449)
Verdict: CLEAR TO REVIEW
No hard blockers on file
Authority and insurance signals look clear in our data. Still verify live on FMCSA SAFER / L&I before tendering a load.

Authority / census status: Active

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  (none)

On file:
  (none)

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/854449/
As of: Jul 29, 2026
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TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A

Composite of 2/5 scored components (mean 100/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

A confidence 40% · 2/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Active · 100/100

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

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

Peer OOS benchmark unavailable (missing power units, OOS rates, or fewer than 5 same-size peers).

NR reason: getCarrierPeerSafety returned null.

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: Clear to review.

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 854449

In FMCSA records since Feb 10, 2000 (~26y)

Company officer BENJAMIN CRANFORD

Company officer 2 SHAWN BYRD

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY

Cargo carried

General Freight, Machinery / Large Objects

Fleet size 7 units

Drivers 13

Annual mileage 18,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (478) 745-0279

Email: [email protected]

Physical

5495 LEVEL ACRES DR

MACON, GA 31217

Mailing address matches physical.

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 854449

In FMCSA records since Feb 10, 2000 (~26y)

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 18,000 mi

vs. National Average

Vehicle OOS Rate 0.0% vs 23.4% -23.4 pts

Driver OOS Rate 0.0% vs 6.7% -6.7 pts

Violations per Inspection 0.67 vs 1.80 -1.13

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

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	7	0	0

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

Inspections (24 months)

All 6 inspections →

	Driver	Vehicle	Hazmat
Inspections	3	3	0
OOS inspections	0	0	0
OOS percentage	0%	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

Drivers

Inspections

FMCSA roadside history on file

OOS Rate (peak)

—

Crashes (24m)

Authorities

Carrier analysis & narrative context SEO summary, status notes, AI overview, and safety profiles

ELLIOTT MACHINE SHOP INC is a motor carrier based in MACON, GA, registered with the FMCSA under USDOT 854449. The carrier is currently active in FMCSA's records, and has not yet received a formal FMCSA safety rating. MCS-150 self-reporting puts the fleet at 7 power units and 13 drivers, with 6 roadside inspections on file. Use this page to verify the carrier's authority and insurance, review its inspection and crash history, and cross-reference live data on FMCSA SAFER before booking a load or onboarding a partner.

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.

Carrier overview

ELLIOTT MACHINE SHOP INC is a small fleet, operating 7 power units and 13 drivers, based in Macon, GA. Across 3 roadside inspections in the last 24 months, the fleet's 0.0% out-of-service rate sits below the 19.2% national average, with no reportable crashes on file. An active insurance filing is on record, and no operating authority record was located.

Inspection profile

3 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, most heavily in GA (3 stops).

Violation profile

0.0% out-of-service rate, well below the 19.2% national average; led by General/Admin (0.0% of violations).

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 7 power units (small fleet) and 13 drivers; Ford is the most-inspected make.

Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (24 months)

2025-06 2025-10

Violations by BASIC Category

Federal BASIC buckets for every citation issued against this carrier over the past 24 months.

Activity by State

States this carrier has been inspected in over the past 24 months.

State	Inspections	OOS	OOS %	Last Inspection
Georgia (GA)	3	0	0.0%	Oct 31, 2025

Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections

Make	Model	Inspections
Ford		5

SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores

BASIC	Inspections	Serious	Measure	Percentile	Alert	As Of
Driver Fitness	0	—	0.00	0	—	Jul 27, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol	0	—	0.00	0	—	Jul 27, 2026
Hours of Service	0	—	0.00	0	—	Jul 27, 2026
Unsafe Driving	1	—	1.14	1	—	Jul 27, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance	0	—	0.00	0	—	Jul 27, 2026

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

Recent Inspections (6 rows) View all 6 →

Inspection #	Date ▼	State	Level	Station	Vehicle	Violations	Top Codes	OOS
86229121	Oct 31, 2025	GA	1	WARNER ROBINS GA	FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK GA ZJL330 · 1FDTF4GT8GEA15647	1	392.2-SLLS2	No
85885130	Sep 19, 2025	GA	3	FORSYTH GA	FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK GU XUZ206 · 1FDWX6DE1GDA03499	0	—	No
84990440	Jun 12, 2025	GA	1	JEFFERSONVILLE GA	FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK GA ZJL330 · 1FDTF4GT8GEA15647	1	390.21TB1-MC	No
81967515	Jun 20, 2024	GA	1	JEFFERSONVILLE GA	FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK GA CZK1122 · 1FD8W3HT0REC03693	0	—	No
80759778	Jan 26, 2024	GA	1	PEMBROKE GA	FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK GA SBM2017 · 1FDTF4GT5NDA24597	1	392.2-SLLSOA	No
78583365	May 10, 2023	GA	1	ga-bryan-co-i/s-eb	FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK GA SBM2017 · 1FDTF4GT5NDA24597	0	—	No

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

Most-Inspected Stations

Station	State	Inspections
JEFFERSONVILLE GA	GA	2
FORSYTH GA	GA	1
PEMBROKE GA	GA	1
WARNER ROBINS GA	GA	1

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