Carrier profile · USDOT 1277903 · MC-498498 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ALTEX TRANSPORTATION INC

161 power unitsavg 7.5 yrNational · 42 statesLEMONT, IL88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-498498 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

161Power units

160 observed · MCS-150

176Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.5Avg age (yr)

2001–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(916) 372-8402 Email dispatchsafety@altextransportation.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record4 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 22 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2004.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 690 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

14 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

14 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

161 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.5 yr

Model years 2001–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2004 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

470 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 21.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 231 vehicle and 460 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

21.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

453 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 26

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 161-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 161
Inspections · 24 mo: 470
Annualized: ≈235 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving173 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance48 · 21 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance45 · 9 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 26 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance44 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 10 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance30 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance26 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

State Pennsylvania’04–’06

Harco National’06–’12

Wesco’12–’15

Great West’15–’17

Rli’17–now

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · RLI INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2025

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Mar 2025	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 2015 → Oct 2017	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2012 → Sep 2015	$750K	3
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2006 → Sep 2012	$750K	6
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Sep 2004 → Sep 2006	$750K	3

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 161
Observed power (24 mo): 160
Trailers (towed): 176

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

62.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 42 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

469

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

LEMONT, IL

11295 LEMONT RD

Top corridor

CA ⇄ IL

CA 124 · UT 34 · NV 24

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 18 trucks also ran under 14 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1189943 USDOT 3192155 USDOT 2317664 USDOT 4441641 USDOT 2884674 USDOT 2783593 USDOT 3330231 USDOT 3141514Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 95 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3446603 USDOT 3879488 USDOT 4088924 USDOT 4216250 USDOT 3063860 USDOT 3411916 USDOT 3491280 USDOT 3742307

Shares a company officer with other carriers

andrey lutsuk — 3 carriers: USDOT 1993054 USDOT 2863256

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

161

Observed (24 mo)

160

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 11295 LEMONT RD, LEMONT, IL, 60439
Mailing address: 2600 RICE AVENUE, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA, 95691
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (916) 372-8402
Cell: (916) 240-5286
Email: safety@altextransportation.com
Web domain: altextransportation.com

Registration

Officer: Andrey Lutsuk
USDOT / docket: 1277903 · MC-498498
First registered: Aug 20, 2004
Last MCS-150: Jan 22, 2026 · 12,000,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 80583027

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

161

Power units

169

Drivers

158

CDL drivers

12,000,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for ALTEX TRANSPORTATION INC.

ALTEX TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1277903) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from RLI INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 7, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 21.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 470 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 231 vehicle-level and 460 driver-level — across 42 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 14 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 161 power units and 169 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 22, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ALTEX TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

ALTEX TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 1277903, and its motor carrier number is MC-498498.

Is ALTEX TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, ALTEX TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ALTEX TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

ALTEX TRANSPORTATION INC has a 21.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 690 roadside inspections, with 14 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).