Carrier profile · USDOT 3785016 · MC-1356341 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BLACKOUT WHOLESALE LLC

DBA TACO BOYS TRANSPORTATION

1 power unitavg 11.8 yrRegional · 5 statesAMELIA, OH69/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1356341 INACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

9 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.8Avg age (yr)

1999–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(513) 604-9787 Email dispatchmark@truckingconsultant.com

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

No active operating authority

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No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate above average33.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.1% vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 0

Nothing flagged.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 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

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.8 yr

Model years 1999–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

4 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

14 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 27.2 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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

≈7.0 / 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: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 14
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈7.0 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 4 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Progressive Preferred’22–’23

Knight Specialty’24–’24

Trisura Specialty’24–’25

20222023202420252026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	Dec 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2024 → Sep 2025	$750K	10
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2024 → Sep 2024	$750K	1
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2024 → Aug 2024	$750K	1
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Aug 2023	$750K	3
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2022 → Aug 2023	$750K	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 9
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.8 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

22.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

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

Home base

AMELIA, OH

4 HAMMANN DR

Top corridor

OH 4 · KY 4 · TN 3

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: 3 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 333690 USDOT 4306833 USDOT 1270087 USDOT 4264432Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (10 trucks · 12 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 333690 USDOT 4306833 USDOT 863974 USDOT 1270087 USDOT 628381 USDOT 81391 USDOT 3891705 USDOT 353992

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@truckingconsultant.com — 857 carriers: USDOT 1163 USDOT 71693 USDOT 71734 USDOT 71752 USDOT 75881 USDOT 98548 USDOT 103486 USDOT 158011

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jason madden — 7 carriers: USDOT 767734 USDOT 1846375 USDOT 1851772 USDOT 2151833 USDOT 3404847 USDOT 4418332

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 4 HAMMANN DR, AMELIA, OH, 45102
Mailing address: PO BOX 482, HOLLAND, OH, 43528-0482
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (513) 604-9787
Email: mark@truckingconsultant.com
Web domain: truckingconsultant.com

Registration

Officer: Jason Madden
USDOT / docket: 3785016 · MC-1356341
First registered: Dec 20, 2021
Last MCS-150: Nov 7, 2025 · 56,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

56,000

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 BLACKOUT WHOLESALE LLC.

BLACKOUT WHOLESALE LLC (USDOT 3785016) has a Vektor safety score of 69/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 14 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 12 vehicle-level and 14 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 7, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is BLACKOUT WHOLESALE LLC's USDOT number?

BLACKOUT WHOLESALE LLC's USDOT number is 3785016, and its motor carrier number is MC-1356341.

Is BLACKOUT WHOLESALE LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, BLACKOUT WHOLESALE LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BLACKOUT WHOLESALE LLC's safety record?

BLACKOUT WHOLESALE LLC has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 23 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 69/100 (tier: review).