HOWARD C SHEPHERD TRUCKING
Legal: HOWARD C SHEPHERD TRUCKING LLC
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusPRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi2 drivers
- Intrastate · <100 mi3 drivers
- Company officer
- HOWARD C SHEPHERD
- Operation
- Interstate · Hazmat
- Registered since
- 1990-04-16
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2022-05-23
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 6 trucks · 6 owned tractors · 3 owned trailers.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, phone numbers or emails with 115 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
8 events- 05/23/2022MCS-150 update filed
0.3M mi reported (2019)
- 01/25/2022Insurance cancelled — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy GWP08141K
- 01/09/2017Insurance name changed — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy GWP08141K
- 12/12/2016Insurance replaced — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy GWP08141K
- 12/06/2016CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/13/2016)
- 11/29/2012MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (01/31/2022)
- 11/07/2012Insurance replaced — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy GWP08141K
- 04/16/1990Registered with FMCSA
PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Conditional
- Type
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 2017-01-11
- Last review
- 2017-01-10
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2022-05-23
- Reported mileage
- 281,893 mi (2019)
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