Carrier profile · USDOT 24719 · MC-634074 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BLUE SLOPE SAWDUST INC

8 power unitsavg 7.3 yrRegional · 4 statesFRANKLIN, CT88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-634074 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

8Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

4Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.3Avg age (yr)

2013–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(860) 642-7084 Email dispatchaccounting@blueslope.com

Click to see how we scored it

Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

Clear under the current scoring — review the flagged signal below before loading.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 13 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 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-mo0.0%

▼ 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

8 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.3 yr

Model years 2013–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

8 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 8-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 8
Inspections · 24 mo: 8
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

Explore full safety record — inspections, BASICs, crashes

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 ’24 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Continental’07–’12

United States’14–’17

Nationwide Agribusiness’17–’19

National’19–’21

Protective’22–’24

2007201220172022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2024

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2022 → Apr 2024	$750K	1
NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Apr 2022	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Apr 2019 → Apr 2021	$750K	2
NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2017 → Apr 2019	$750K	2
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2014 → Apr 2017	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2013 → Apr 2014	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Apr 2012 → Apr 2013	$750K	3
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	Apr 2007 → Apr 2012	$750K	1

Explore full authority & insurance record

Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 8
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 4

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.3 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2013

Oldest model yr

44.4%

VINs decoded

Explore full fleet — VIN roster, equipment mix, age distribution

Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NY busiest

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

Home base

FRANKLIN, CT

144 BLUE HILL ROAD

Top corridor

NY ⇄ CT

NY 3 · CT 3 · ME 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

See the full operating map — state density, top lanes

Network & fraud

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

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2401502Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (1 truck · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 378422 USDOT 2401502

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@blueslope.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 1519696

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

Explore the carrier network & VIN cross-links

Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 144 BLUE HILL ROAD, FRANKLIN, CT, 06254
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (860) 642-7084
Email: accounting@blueslope.com
Web domain: blueslope.com

Registration

Officers: Alfred G Staebner · Melissa Staebner
USDOT / docket: 24719 · MC-634074
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Oct 3, 2025 · 508,155 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 26, 2019
D-U-N-S: 45108271

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

508,155

Annual mileage

Open the full identity & federal record

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.

Open the full federal-record activity feed

Reviews

Verified broker, shipper & driver reviews — moderated

Performance ratings only — never the Vektor risk score

No verified reviews yet

Be the first broker or shipper to rate BLUE SLOPE SAWDUST INC. Reviews cover performance only — on-time delivery, payment speed, communication — and never affect the Vektor risk score.

Leave a review

Open reviews

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for BLUE SLOPE SAWDUST INC.

BLUE SLOPE SAWDUST INC (USDOT 24719) 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 contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 25, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 8 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 8 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

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

It reports 8 power units and 12 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 3, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 26, 2019 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BLUE SLOPE SAWDUST INC's USDOT number?

BLUE SLOPE SAWDUST INC's USDOT number is 24719, and its motor carrier number is MC-634074.

Is BLUE SLOPE SAWDUST INC authorized to operate?

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

What is BLUE SLOPE SAWDUST INC's safety record?

BLUE SLOPE SAWDUST INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 13 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).