Carrier profile · USDOT 1190564 · MC-475426 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Kounkel Trucking Inc

21 power unitsavg 8.2 yrMulti-region · 13 statesMERRILL, IA80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-475426 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

21Power units

18 observed · MCS-150

23Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.2Avg age (yr)

2001–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(721) 251-5615 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average40.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes7 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 23 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2003.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo40.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

21 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.2 yr

Model years 2001–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

22 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2003 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

4 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and reefer and brake maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 40.00% on 5 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
9 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jul 18, 2025.

Safety

42 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 40.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 29.2 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4

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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 21
Inspections · 24 mo: 42
Annualized: ≈21 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
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 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’03–’18

Progressive Northern’21–’25

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. · since Jan 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	Jan 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2021 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Jan 2021	$750K	2
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	Jan 2018 → Jan 2020	$750K	6
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2003 → Jan 2018	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 21
Observed power (24 mo): 18
Trailers (towed): 23

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

73.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 13 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Iowa: 17 inspections
Nebraska: 4 inspections
Wisconsin: 4 inspections
Illinois: 3 inspections
Indiana: 3 inspections
Kentucky: 3 inspections
South Carolina: 2 inspections
Kansas: 1 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections
South Dakota: 1 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections

Home base

MERRILL, IA

29792 280TH ST

Most inspections: IA

17 inspections

IA 17 · NE 4 · WI 4

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

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 4140680 USDOT 8335784 USDOT 224485 USDOT 319001 USDOT 4290668 USDOT 3078729 USDOT 1107551 USDOT 2573120

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@netzero.net — 1208 carriers: USDOT 37605 USDOT 57445 USDOT 90672 USDOT 105678 USDOT 169618 USDOT 183779 USDOT 186999 USDOT 190805

Shares a company officer with other carriers

derek kounkel — 2 carriers: USDOT 2573120

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 29792 280TH ST, MERRILL, IA, 51038
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (721) 251-5615
Cell: (712) 251-5615
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officers: Derek Kounkel · Chad Kounkel
USDOT / docket: 1190564 · MC-475426
First registered: Dec 2, 2003
Last MCS-150: Aug 12, 2026 · 1,847,969 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 25, 2012
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,847,969

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

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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40%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

2 of 5 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

68violation records

5OOS-tagged records

2 of 5inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

500%0 / 50

Other vehicle maintenance

520%1 / 5

Hours of service

425%1 / 4

Lights

40%0 / 4

Driver fitness

367%2 / 3

Brakes

250%1 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

100%

15%

30%

100%Nov 24 to May 251 / 1

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 1

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 2

100%May 26 to Nov 261 / 1

Top 3 codes (20 of 68 records)

392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6

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392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
392.2-SLLEWG3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection3
390.21TB USDOT number marking on vehicle2
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.45B2 Brake tubing / hose defects2
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
383.71H Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2DL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11TU Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9 Inoperative required lamps1
393.9T Inoperative required lamps1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F12 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for KOUNKEL TRUCKING INC.

KOUNKEL TRUCKING INC (USDOT 1190564) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. effective Jan 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 40.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 42 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 42 driver-level — across 13 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 21 power units and 21 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 12, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 25, 2012 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is KOUNKEL TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

KOUNKEL TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 1190564, and its motor carrier number is MC-475426.

Is KOUNKEL TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. KOUNKEL TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is KOUNKEL TRUCKING INC's safety record?

KOUNKEL TRUCKING INC has a 40.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 68 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).