Carrier profile · USDOT 2564906 · MC-896944 · Updated Aug 16, 2026

Black Dog Machinery & Equipment Inc

3 power unitsavg 16.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesCHENOA, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-896944 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

3Power units

9 observed · MCS-150

6Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

16.3Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(815) 844-9659 Email dispatchb.dmequi@gmail.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average57.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average33.3% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

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 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo57.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo57.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

3 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

16.3 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

18 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 57.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 13.3 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 3

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

≈3.0 / 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: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 18
Annualized: ≈9 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.0 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.

396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 3 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 1 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 ’26 · 3 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Artisan Truckers’20–’25

201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · COUNTY HALL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC A RR GROUP · since Feb 2026

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Nov 2025 → Feb 2026	$750K	3
PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION RRG INC	Oct 2025 → Dec 2025	$750K	1
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Oct 2025	$750K	8
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	May 2017 → Jul 2017	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 3
Observed power (24 mo): 9
Trailers (towed): 6

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

16.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

53.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IL busiest

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

Home base

CHENOA, IL

9611 N 1700 EAST RD

Top corridor

IL 5 · KY 3 · NC 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1276504 USDOT 2339143 USDOT 2642345 USDOT 3303155 USDOT 3671422 USDOT 2726242 USDOT 484360 USDOT 2418668

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

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 & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 9611 N 1700 EAST RD, CHENOA, IL, 61726
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (815) 844-9659
Email: b.dmequi@gmail.com

Registration

Officers: Michelle Pedraza · Juan J. Hernandez
USDOT / docket: 2564906 · MC-896944
First registered: Dec 12, 2014
Last MCS-150: Apr 22, 2026 · 100,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

100,000

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 BLACK DOG MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT INC.

BLACK DOG MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT INC (USDOT 2564906) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 16, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from COUNTY HALL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC A RR GROUP effective Feb 28, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 16, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 57.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier received 18 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 7 vehicle-level and 18 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 16, 2026.

It reports 3 power units and 3 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 22, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BLACK DOG MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT INC's USDOT number?

BLACK DOG MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT INC's USDOT number is 2564906, and its motor carrier number is MC-896944.

Is BLACK DOG MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 16, 2026, BLACK DOG MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BLACK DOG MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT INC's safety record?

BLACK DOG MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT INC has a 57.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 18 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).