Carrier profile · USDOT 1377929 · MC-525892 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Prospect Trucking Inc

DBA JOE BEARD & SONS TRANSPORTATION

12 power unitsavg 8.6 yrMulti-region · 9 statesNEWBURGH, IN69/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-525892 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

12Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.6Avg age (yr)

2008–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(812) 858-5504 Email dispatchjoebeard@prospecttrucking.com

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

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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 average30.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes5 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 2

Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 21 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2005.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.0%

▲ 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

Asset-based

12 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.6 yr

Model years 2008–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2005 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

15 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 30.0%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 — 10 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 17.0 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 12-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 15
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Inactive
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 ’26 · 10 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Northland’05–’08

Canal’08–’11

Westfield’11–’15

Cincinnati’15–’17

Prime’19–’22

Eastern Atlantic’24–’26

2005201120172023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EASTERN ATLANTIC INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2024 → Mar 2026	$1M	2
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2023 → Mar 2024	$1M	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Mar 2022 → Mar 2023	$1M	3
PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2019 → Mar 2022	$1M	4
PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	Dec 2018 → Dec 2019	$1M	2
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2018 → Dec 2018	$1M	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Oct 2018	$1M	3
THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2015 → Oct 2017	$1M	1
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2011 → Oct 2015	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2008 → Oct 2011	$1M	8
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2005 → Oct 2008	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 12
Observed power (24 mo): 7
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

8.6 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2008

Oldest model yr

68.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WV busiest

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

Home base

NEWBURGH, IN

5776 PROSPECT DRIVE

Top corridor

WV ⇄ IN

WV 4 · MD 2 · TN 2

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.

Show all-time history (3 trucks · 3 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2278672 USDOT 80806 USDOT 1961259

Shares a company officer with other carriers

joe beard — 4 carriers: USDOT 994792 USDOT 1789770 USDOT 1961259

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.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 5776 PROSPECT DRIVE, NEWBURGH, IN, 47630
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (812) 858-5504
Email: joebeard@prospecttrucking.com
Web domain: prospecttrucking.com

Registration

Officer: Joe Beard
USDOT / docket: 1377929 · MC-525892
First registered: May 27, 2005
Last MCS-150: Sep 30, 2024 · 900,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 1, 2017
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

900,000

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 PROSPECT TRUCKING INC.

PROSPECT TRUCKING INC (USDOT 1377929) has a Vektor safety score of 69/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 30.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 15 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 10 vehicle-level and 15 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 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 Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 12 power units and 11 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 30, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 1, 2017 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PROSPECT TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

PROSPECT TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 1377929, and its motor carrier number is MC-525892.

Is PROSPECT TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, PROSPECT TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PROSPECT TRUCKING INC's safety record?

PROSPECT TRUCKING INC has a 30.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 34 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 69/100 (tier: review).

How big is PROSPECT TRUCKING INC's fleet?

PROSPECT TRUCKING INC operates 12 power units and 11 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PROSPECT TRUCKING INC based?

PROSPECT TRUCKING INC is based in NEWBURGH, IN, with roadside inspections recorded across 9 states.

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