Carrier profile · USDOT 145556 · MC-142969 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Western Distributing Company

DBA WESTERN DISTRIBUTING TRANSPORTATION CORP

155 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 22 statesDENVER, CO84/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-142969 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

155Power units

87 observed · MCS-150

112Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.4Avg age (yr)

2002–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(303) 294-3135 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Fatal crash on record8 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

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 335 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

12 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

155 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.4 yr

Model years 2002–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

87 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.

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31 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 6, 2026.
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Insurance cancellation effective Jun 1, 2026.

Safety

180 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 16.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 91 vehicle and 176 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.8% · 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 1.6 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

173 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 14

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 155-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 155
Inspections · 24 mo: 180
Annualized: ≈90 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving79 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 5 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 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: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liabilityNo active filing in current snapshot

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

United States’94–’97

Travelers’97–’01

American Home’01–’07

Travelers Property’07–’10

National Union’10–’15

Travelers Property’15–’25

1994200220102018now

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

No active BIPD filing in FMCSA's current snapshot.

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Jun 2015 → Jun 2025	$750K	4
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Jul 2010 → Jun 2015	$750K	3
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Jul 2007 → Jul 2010	$750K	3
AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE CO.	Jul 2001 → Jul 2007	$750K	2
TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jun 1997 → May 2001	$750K	2
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Jun 1994 → Jun 1997	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 155
Observed power (24 mo): 87
Trailers (towed): 112

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.4 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

70.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 22 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

180

CO busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Colorado: 61 inspections
Utah: 23 inspections
California: 23 inspections
New Mexico: 17 inspections
Nevada: 12 inspections
Washington: 9 inspections
Wyoming: 6 inspections
Tennessee: 5 inspections
Idaho: 4 inspections
Arizona: 2 inspections
Wisconsin: 2 inspections
Nebraska: 2 inspections
Maryland: 2 inspections
Montana: 2 inspections
Texas: 2 inspections
Oregon: 2 inspections
New York: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
Pennsylvania: 1 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections
Arkansas: 1 inspections

Home base

DENVER, CO

6655 NORTH YORK ST

Most inspections: CO

61 inspections

CO 61 · UT 23 · CA 23

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 6, 2026

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 460002 USDOT 3232487Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (46 trucks · 47 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2810276 USDOT 3769427 USDOT 4316178 USDOT 4319434 USDOT 255166 USDOT 4034853 USDOT 154712 USDOT 211745

Shares a company officer with other carriers

marty garcia — 2 carriers: USDOT 622658

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

155

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 6, 2026

Location

Physical address: 6655 NORTH YORK ST, DENVER, CO, 80229
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (303) 294-3135
Fax: (303) 292-1735
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: wdtc.net

Registration

Officer: Marty Garcia
USDOT / docket: 145556 · MC-142969
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Jul 22, 2024 · 12,304,283 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 20, 2009
D-U-N-S: 32036741

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

155

Power units

162

Drivers

133

CDL drivers

12,304,283

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 6, 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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16%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

15 of 91 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

120violation records

18OOS-tagged records

15 of 91inspections 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

430%0 / 43

Other vehicle maintenance

2540%10 / 25

Lights

2218%4 / 22

Brakes

1613%2 / 16

Hours of service

120%0 / 12

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

13%Nov 24 to May 252 / 16

21%May 25 to Nov 257 / 34

17%Nov 25 to May 262 / 12

14%May 26 to Nov 264 / 29

Top 3 codes (25 of 120 records)

392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)10
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection8
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)7

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393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects5
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)4
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps4
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data4
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps3
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.207F-SDAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps2
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
391.11B5-LNCDLNVL Driver not qualified1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-RRTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFY State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2SLSNC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-LLPL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.209D-STPAL Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-B-VAC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2PC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.55A-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8A1IIIB-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-OAL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak1
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY.

WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY (USDOT 145556) has a Vektor safety score of 84/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has no active BIPD insurance filing in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 16.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 180 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 91 vehicle-level and 176 driver-level — across 22 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 12 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 8 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 155 power units and 162 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 22, 2024. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 20, 2009 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY's USDOT number?

WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY's USDOT number is 145556, and its motor carrier number is MC-142969.

Is WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026. WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY's safety record?

WESTERN DISTRIBUTING COMPANY has a 16.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 335 roadside inspections, with 12 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 84/100 (tier: review).