Carrier profile · USDOT 440672 · MC-277756 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS LLC

311 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 31 statesVISTA, CA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-277756 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

311Power units

328 observed · MCS-150

251Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.4Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(760) 744-8191 Email dispatchpage.higgins@altmanplants.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 21, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record6 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 35 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1991.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 1239 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

311 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.4 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

35 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1991 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

757 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 8.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 622 vehicle and 719 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 2.6 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

736 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 61

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 311-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 311
Inspections · 24 mo: 757
Annualized: ≈379 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 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.

393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance92 · 31 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving80 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance48 · 16 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 23 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 6 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness20 · 13 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 ’26 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

North America’94–’97

New Hampshire’97–’07

Employers Wausau’07–’10

Travelers Property’12–’15

Florists’15–’25

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO. · since Mar 2026

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
FLORISTS' MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2015 → Mar 2025	$750K	4
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Mar 2012 → Mar 2015	$750K	2
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2010 → Apr 2012	$750K	2
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU, A MUTUAL CO.	Jan 2007 → Jan 2010	$750K	1
NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1997 → Jan 2007	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA	Jun 1994 → Jun 1997	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 311
Observed power (24 mo): 328
Trailers (towed): 251

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

51.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 31 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

740

CA busiest

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

Home base

VISTA, CA

3742 BLUE BIRD CANYON RD

Top corridor

CA 520 · NM 64 · TX 42

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: 36 trucks also ran under 36 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 327574 USDOT 1270604 USDOT 614506 USDOT 3828897 USDOT 2076111 USDOT 3229836 USDOT 1274056 USDOT 3344960Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (98 trucks · 229 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 148986 USDOT 182606 USDOT 3574833 USDOT 3664442 USDOT 4380050 USDOT 270179 USDOT 2129632 USDOT 2589359

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@altmanplants.com — 9 carriers: USDOT 250099 USDOT 369742 USDOT 424970 USDOT 2347908 USDOT 3172694 USDOT 3229836 USDOT 3230020 USDOT 4259633

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

311

Observed (24 mo)

328

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: 3742 BLUE BIRD CANYON RD, VISTA, CA, 92084-7432
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (760) 744-8191
Fax: (760) 761-0845
Email: page.higgins@altmanplants.com
Web domain: altmanplants.com

Registration

Officers: Ken Altman · Matt Altman
USDOT / docket: 440672 · MC-277756
First registered: Mar 26, 1991
Last MCS-150: Feb 17, 2025 · 19,646,970 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 3, 2007
D-U-N-S: 98386238

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

311

Power units

309

Drivers

265

CDL drivers

19,646,970

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 ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS LLC.

ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS LLC (USDOT 440672) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO. effective Mar 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 8.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 757 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 622 vehicle-level and 719 driver-level — across 31 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 6 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 311 power units and 309 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 17, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 3, 2007 in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS LLC's USDOT number?

ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS LLC's USDOT number is 440672, and its motor carrier number is MC-277756.

Is ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS LLC's safety record?

ALTMAN SPECIALTY PLANTS LLC has a 8.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 1,239 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).