Carrier profile · USDOT 1254608 · MC-491720 · Updated Sep 13, 2026

Joe Tex Xpress LLC

46 power unitsavg 10.9 yrNational · 17 statesMOUNT VERNON, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-491720 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

46Power units

37 observed · MCS-150

49Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.9Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(800) 824-9742 Email dispatchangie@joetexusa.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 13, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record5 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 22 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2004.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

46 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.9 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

22 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2004 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

108 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 108 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 8.6 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

106 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 9

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 46-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 46
Inspections · 24 mo: 108
Annualized: ≈54 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 11 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 9 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

New Hampshire’07–’10

Hallmark Specialty’11–’15

Starr Liability’17–’20

Trisura Specialty’20–’23

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CANAL INSURANCE CO. · since Feb 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2024 → Feb 2025	$1M	1
WATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2023 → Feb 2024	$1M	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Feb 2023	$1M	1
STARR INDEMNITY & LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2017 → Jun 2020	$1M	6
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2015 → Jun 2017	$1M	2
HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2011 → Jun 2015	$1M	4
HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2010 → Jun 2010	$1M	3
NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2007 → Jun 2010	$1M	6
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2005 → Jul 2006	$1M	6
CANAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jun 2004 → Jun 2005	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 46
Observed power (24 mo): 37
Trailers (towed): 49

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

81.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 17 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

108

TX busiest

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

Home base

MOUNT VERNON, TX

619 WEST RUTHERFORD ST

Top corridor

TX 62 · AR 12 · SC 5

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: 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 487001Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (12 trucks · 15 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 487001 USDOT 854744 USDOT 3328258 USDOT 3489122 USDOT 82903 USDOT 92693 USDOT 1414676 USDOT 4289468

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@joetexusa.com — 4 carriers: USDOT 2194573 USDOT 2213212 USDOT 4601367

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

Location

Physical address: 619 WEST RUTHERFORD ST, MOUNT VERNON, TX, 75457
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (800) 824-9742
Fax: (903) 537-7262
Email: angie@joetexusa.com
Web domain: joetexusa.com

Registration

Officers: Angie Dunavant · Candace Setina
USDOT / docket: 1254608 · MC-491720
First registered: Jun 3, 2004
Last MCS-150: Mar 3, 2026 · 2,478,118 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 13, 2014
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 605418701

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,478,118

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 JOE TEX XPRESS LLC.

JOE TEX XPRESS LLC (USDOT 1254608) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CANAL INSURANCE CO. effective Feb 10, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 13, 2026.

The carrier received 108 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 79 vehicle-level and 108 driver-level — across 17 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 13, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 5 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 13, 2026.

It reports 46 power units and 29 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 13, 2014 in the federal record refreshed Sep 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is JOE TEX XPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

JOE TEX XPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 1254608, and its motor carrier number is MC-491720.

Is JOE TEX XPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 13, 2026, JOE TEX XPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is JOE TEX XPRESS LLC's safety record?

JOE TEX XPRESS LLC has a 25.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 169 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is JOE TEX XPRESS LLC's fleet?

JOE TEX XPRESS LLC operates 46 power units and 29 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is JOE TEX XPRESS LLC based?

JOE TEX XPRESS LLC is based in MOUNT VERNON, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 17 states.

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