DBA: High Country Hardware
Challenge Design Innovations Inc is an active interstate carrier based in Banner Elk, NC.
No insurance filings on record.
View on FMCSA L&I| Vehicle Type | Owned | Term Leased | Trip Leased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Straight Trucks | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trailers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Power Units | 1 | ||
This carrier doesn't meet FMCSA's minimum-inspection threshold for SMS scoring. No safety measures or alerts are published.
FMCSA SMS computes BASIC scores after carriers reach a minimum inspection threshold (typically 5+ in 24 months). This carrier hasn't reached that threshold.
View carrier on FMCSA SAFER| Category | vs. Cohort | vs. State | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe Driving | 0% | 0% | Better than most peers |
| HOS Compliance | 99% | 100% | Worse than most peers |
| Driver Fitness | 99% | 98% | Worse than most peers |
| Controlled Substances | 100% | 100% | Worse than most peers |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 99% | 99% | Worse than most peers |
Lower percentile = lower SMS measure = stronger safety record. Computed nightly across active carriers in the same state and fleet-size band.
No roadside inspections recorded in the past 24 months. See the registry timeline above for the carrier's activity history.
| Period | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No crashes recorded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Most-cited violation codes
| BASIC Category | Total | Severe | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Maintenance | 12 | 2 |
| Date | State | Vehicle | Violations | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2024 | AL | STRAIGHT TRUCK | 10 | 4 |
| May 7, 2024 | IA | STRAIGHT TRUCK | 9 | 5 |
| Date | Code | Description | BASIC | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 |
| Driver Fitness | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Hours-of-Service Compliance | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Controlled Substances/​Alcohol | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jun 15, 2024 |
| 39141A1P |
| Operating a passenger-carrying vehicle without possessing a valid medical certificate |
| Driver Fitness |
| — |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 3929A | Failing to secure load | Vehicle Maintenance | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 393110B | Insufficient tiedowns to prevent forward movement for load not blocked by headerboard bulkhead or other cargo | Vehicle Maintenance | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 39343 | No/improper breakaway or emergency braking | Vehicle Maintenance | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 3939 | Inoperable Required Lamp | Vehicle Maintenance | — |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 39395A | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | Vehicle Maintenance | — |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 39395F | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | Vehicle Maintenance | — |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 39522H4 | Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids | Hours-of-Service Compliance | — |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 3958ANONELD | No record of duty status when one is required (ELD Not Required) | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 39617C | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | Vehicle Maintenance | — |