Carrier profile · USDOT 1254676 · MC-491724 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

BAL CARRIER INC

7 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 19 statesFONTANA, CA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-491724 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

7Power units

38 observed · MCS-150

71Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.6Avg age (yr)

2008–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(909) 574-4622 Email dispatchinfo@balcarrierinc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 12, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record2 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 220 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

7 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.6 yr

Model years 2008–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

22 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2004 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

92 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 16.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 78 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 8

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈6.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 92
Annualized: ≈46 / yr
Coverage: ≈6.6 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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 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 ’25 · 12 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Gateway’11–’13

National Interstate’14–’19

United Specialty’20–’22

United States’24–now

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. · since Jun 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2024 → Jun 2025	$750K	1
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2023 → Jun 2024	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Jun 2022	$750K	5
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2019 → Jun 2020	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2014 → Jun 2019	$750K	2
GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	May 2013 → May 2014	$750K	1
GATEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2011 → May 2013	$750K	3
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2010 → May 2011	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	May 2009 → May 2010	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2007 → May 2009	$750K	1
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2006 → Jul 2007	$750K	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2005 → Jul 2006	$750K	5
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Jul 2004 → Jul 2005	$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): 7
Observed power (24 mo): 38
Trailers (towed): 71

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2008

Oldest model yr

56.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 19 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

FONTANA, CA

14589 VALLEY BLVD

Top corridor

CA 23 · NM 16 · AZ 13

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 11 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3300633 USDOT 4398665 USDOT 1299382 USDOT 4016750 USDOT 4013806 USDOT 1509235 USDOT 2427589 USDOT 3644963Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 63 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 86876 USDOT 1564948 USDOT 2967712 USDOT 3476176 USDOT 3817752 USDOT 3098744 USDOT 4016750 USDOT 4143971

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@balcarrierinc.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 4520750

Shares a company officer with other carriers

baldev kang — 2 carriers: USDOT 1509235

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 14589 VALLEY BLVD, FONTANA, CA, 92335
Mailing address: 7349 MILLIKEN AVE STE 140-38, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA, 91730
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (909) 574-4622
Fax: (909) 494-7843
Email: info@balcarrierinc.com
Web domain: balcarrierinc.com

Registration

Officer: Baldev Kang
USDOT / docket: 1254676 · MC-491724
First registered: Jun 3, 2004
Last MCS-150: Jun 29, 2026 · 3,990,265 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 20, 2023
Recordable crash rate: 2.22
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,990,265

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 BAL CARRIER INC.

BAL CARRIER INC (USDOT 1254676) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 12, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 12, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. effective Jun 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 12, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 16.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 12, 2026.

The carrier received 92 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 50 vehicle-level and 78 driver-level — across 19 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 12, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 12, 2026.

It reports 7 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 29, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 20, 2023 in the federal record refreshed Jul 12, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BAL CARRIER INC's USDOT number?

BAL CARRIER INC's USDOT number is 1254676, and its motor carrier number is MC-491724.

Is BAL CARRIER INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 12, 2026, BAL CARRIER INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BAL CARRIER INC's safety record?

BAL CARRIER INC has a 16.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 220 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).