Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
- First granted
- Not in the history file
- BIPD required / on file
- $750,000 / $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- Not required
- Bond or trust fund
- Not required
Public carrier record · USDOT 97879
SUMMERFORD TRUCK LINE INC
Ashford, AL · MC 107960
SUMMERFORD TRUCK LINE INC (USDOT 97879, MC 107960) operates 82 power units with 50 drivers from Ashford, Alabama hauling general freight, and metal sheets, coils and rolls. Roadside inspections recorded 63 different power units by VIN, in line with its reported fleet of 82. Inspectors stopped its vehicles 169 times in two years across 19 states, most often in Alabama.
From CarrierTrail’s copy of the FMCSA census, published Oct 28, 2026. Record present in this snapshot. Official record: SAFER · Motus
- Safety rating is more than 5 years old
AuthorityActive1 active of 1 on file
Insurance1 on fileinsurance filings
Safety ratingSatisfactoryFeb 27, 1992
Power units82as reported
Drivers50as reported
Inspections169latest Sep 22, 2026
Company identity and reported operations
| USDOT number | 97879 |
|---|---|
| Legal name | SUMMERFORD TRUCK LINE INC |
| Doing business as / DBA | Not reported |
| MC docket identifiers | MC 107960 |
| Reported physical address | 336 ASHFORD INDUSTRIAL DR, ASHFORD, AL, 36312-4819, US |
| Reported business phone | (800) 899-2808 |
| Reported power units | 82 |
| Reported drivers | 50 |
| Reported MCS-150 date | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Company officers (as filed) | Jj Clemmons, Brent Shirah |
| Carrier operation | Interstate |
| Entity type | Carrier, Shipper |
| Hazmat indicator | No |
| Mailing address | 336 ASHFORD INDUSTRIAL DR, ASHFORD, AL, 36312 |
| Business organization (recorded at review) | Corporation |
| Latest FMCSA review | Compliance review · Jan 09, 1992 |
| Census status code | A |
| Safety rating | Satisfactory |
| Safety rating date | Feb 27, 1992 |
Fleet, equipment and drivers
SUMMERFORD TRUCK LINE INC reports this equipment and these drivers on its MCS-150. Owned, term-leased and trip-leased units are counted separately.
Fleet changes CarrierTrail observed
- First recorded: 82 power units · 91 drivers
- Drivers 91 → 50 −41
Counts as filed on the carrier’s MCS-150. Miles per power unit divides the reported annual miles by the reported power units.
Public inspection, violation and crash summary
FMCSA public SMS input records from 2024-09-25 through 2026-09-24.
169 roadside inspections between Sep 2024 and Sep 2026, in 19 states and provinces. Inspected in 25 of 25 months; busiest Jun 2025 with 15.
| Inspections | 169 |
|---|---|
| Driver out-of-service rate | 3.6% (6 of 169) |
| Vehicle out-of-service rate | 30.1% (22 of 73) |
| Violations | 184 across 71 inspections |
| Out-of-service violations | 39 |
| Crashes | 9 |
| Fatal / injury / tow-away crashes | 0 / 5 / 9 |
| Fatalities / injuries reported | 0 / 11 |
Most frequent published violation codes
39355EBAir Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 199893939ALSLILighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative.6393104F3CCargo - Loose or unfastened tiedown539375A3TAOLTires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS53922SLLS3State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit4
Crash involvement does not establish fault. Inspection summaries, safety ratings and restricted BASIC measures are different concepts.
Reported cargo and business classification
SUMMERFORD TRUCK LINE INC reports AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE in the census and lists 13 cargo categories.
- General freight
- Metal sheets, coils and rolls
- Logs, poles, beams and lumber
- Building materials
- Machinery and large objects
- Intermodal containers
- Meat
- Dry bulk commodities
- Refrigerated food
- Paper products
- Farm supplies
- Construction
- Other: PEANUTS
Record dates and observed changes
- Added to the census (not company founding date)
- Jun 01, 1974
- Carrier-reported MCS-150 filing date
- Dec 31, 2025
- Census source publication
- Oct 28, 2026 10:49 UTC
- First observed by CarrierTrail
- Sep 12, 2026 19:56 UTC
Source publication, carrier filing and our observation dates describe different events. An older filing date alone does not establish noncompliance.
Public-field differences from up to ten recent census change events are shown below.
Oct 11, 2026 14:17 UTC · changed
- Physical ZIP
3631236312-4819 - Business phone
33489928098008992808 - Drivers
9150 - MCS-150 date
2026052120251231 - Carship
CC;S - Interstate drivers beyond 100 miles
9150 - Interstate drivers within 100 miles
Not reported0 - Interstate drivers
9150 - Intrastate drivers beyond 100 miles
Not reported0 - Intrastate drivers within 100 miles
Not reported0 - Trip-leased drivers per month
0Not reported - CDL drivers
9150
Authority and insurance
Authority filings
Insurance filings
| Docket | Insurer | Coverage | Effective date | Form | Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC107960 | Arch Insurance Company | $1,000,000 | Jan 01, 2026 | BMC-91X | ZACAT6011509 |
Process agent (BOC-3)
- Evilsizor Process Servers IncLittleton, CO · MC107960
The company the carrier designated to receive legal papers in each state, as filed on its BOC-3.
Operating authority timeline
Status changes and notices recorded against SUMMERFORD TRUCK LINE INC’s operating authority dockets, newest first, from the FMCSA authority history and notices datasets.
- ReinstatedMC107960 · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
A notice or status line describes the docket, not the reason behind it. Check Motus for the current status before booking.
Shared contact details
How many other records in the current FMCSA census report the same phone number or the same physical address as USDOT 97879. Companies share offices, agents and phone lines for ordinary reasons; a match is context to check, not a finding.
Explore these reported cargo categories
General freightBuilding materialsMachinery and large objectsMetal sheets, coils and rollsLogs, poles, beams and lumberRefrigerated foodDry bulk commoditiesIntermodal containers
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