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Carter Machinery Company Inc — compliance record

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Vetting summary

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Inspections

258 on file

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Out-of-service

Within normal range vs national averages

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Email identity

Company domain, matches website

Federal identity

Registration snapshot

Legal name

Carter Machinery Company Inc

DBA

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Entity type

Carrier

Physical address

1330 Lynchburg Tpke, Salem, VA 24153-5457

Phone

(540) 387-1111

Power units

713

Drivers

606

First on record

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Last MCS-150 filing

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Hazmat flag

No

Operating authority

Dockets & filings

No L&I dockets on file for this DOT number.

Out-of-service rates

Driver OOS

1.2%

National average ≈ 5.9% · 258 inspections on record

Vehicle OOS

5.8%

National average ≈ 20.9% · 258 inspections on record

Email & web forensics

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On-file email

brandon_hanks@cartermachinery.com — company domain

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Domain age

cartermachinery.com registered 1996-10-11 (30 years)

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Mail host

Enterprise (Barracuda)

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Domain match

Email domain matches the company website

From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.

Crash record — last 24 months

11

Reportable crashes

11

Tow-aways

4

With injuries

0

With fatalities

Most recent: MD 03/2026 · VA 01/2026 · WV 12/2025 — from the federal crash file; recordable crashes regardless of fault.

Safety record

Inspection history

2026: 592025: 862024: 802023: 33
Level II — Walk-around: 118Level I — Full: 72Level III — Driver-only: 68
DateStateLevel
Jul 2, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 30, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jun 30, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jun 29, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 26, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jun 24, 2026VALevel I — Full
Jun 23, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jun 18, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 16, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jun 15, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jun 10, 2026MDLevel I — Full
Jun 5, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jun 2, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
May 19, 2026DELevel II — Walk-around
May 18, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
May 12, 2026DCLevel II — Walk-around
May 8, 2026DELevel II — Walk-around
May 6, 2026MDLevel I — Full
May 4, 2026MDLevel I — Full
Apr 27, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 22, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 21, 2026DELevel I — Full
Apr 17, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 15, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 14, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 14, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 10, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 10, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 10, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 8, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Apr 7, 2026WVLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 31, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Mar 27, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 25, 2026MDLevel I — Full
Mar 20, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 12, 2026FLLevel I — Full
Mar 9, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 5, 2026WVLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 4, 2026WVLevel II — Walk-around
Mar 3, 2026WVLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 27, 2026MDLevel I — Full
Feb 27, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 23, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Feb 20, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Feb 19, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 17, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 10, 2026WVLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 9, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 5, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 30, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 29, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 28, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jan 27, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jan 23, 2026WVLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 22, 2026WVLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 19, 2026MDLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 16, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jan 15, 2026VALevel III — Driver-only
Jan 5, 2026KYLevel I — Full
Dec 5, 2025DELevel III — Driver-only
Dec 4, 2025MDLevel I — Full
Dec 3, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 21, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 21, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 20, 2025DELevel II — Walk-around
Nov 17, 2025VALevel III — Driver-only
Nov 13, 2025MDLevel I — Full
Nov 12, 2025WVLevel III — Driver-only
Nov 4, 2025MDLevel I — Full
Oct 31, 2025MDLevel I — Full
Oct 28, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 20, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 17, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 16, 2025VALevel III — Driver-only
Oct 16, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 12, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Oct 10, 2025VALevel III — Driver-only
Oct 8, 2025VALevel I — Full
Oct 7, 2025VALevel I — Full
Sep 29, 2025VALevel I — Full
Sep 26, 2025MDLevel I — Full
Sep 23, 2025WVLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 22, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 18, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 17, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 10, 2025WVLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 10, 2025KYLevel III — Driver-only
Sep 8, 2025VALevel III — Driver-only
Sep 3, 2025WVLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 29, 2025MDLevel I — Full
Aug 28, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 28, 2025WVLevel I — Full
Aug 12, 2025WVLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 11, 2025WVLevel III — Driver-only
Aug 8, 2025MDLevel I — Full
Aug 7, 2025MDLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 7, 2025VALevel III — Driver-only
Aug 4, 2025VALevel III — Driver-only
Aug 4, 2025DCLevel I — Full
Jul 24, 2025MDLevel I — Full

Most recent 100 of 258 inspections on file.

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Record changes

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In the news

Recent coverage

Carter Machinery now the authorized GOMACO distributor for Virginia - Equipment World

Equipment World · 1/18/2018

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