Carrier profile · USDOT 1499162 · MC-573203 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ETCHBERGER TRUCKING INC

9 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 7 statesFREEPORT, IL94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-573203 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

9Power units

15 observed · MCS-150

15Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.1Avg age (yr)

2007–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(815) 235-7100 Email dispatchBRENDA@ETCHBERGERTRUCKING.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileMultiple injury crashes

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes14 crashes involving injuries are on 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 20 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2006.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 47 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo17.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo17.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

9 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.1 yr

Model years 2007–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

20 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2006 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

26 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 17.6%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 — 17 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 17.1 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 26
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
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 ’25 · 9 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’06–’17

Great West’22–’25

2006201120162021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 17 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · AMERICAN SUMMIT INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2025

All 17 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	May 2025 → May 2025	$750K	1
GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY	May 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	1
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	May 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 2022 → May 2025	$750K	2
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2022 → May 2023	$750K	1
AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2021 → May 2022	$750K	1
GUIDEONE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2021 → May 2022	$750K	1
AXIS SURPLUS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2021 → Oct 2021	$750K	2
GUIDEONE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2020 → May 2022	$750K	2
AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2020 → Sep 2021	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2019 → Sep 2020	$750K	1
AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2020	$750K	1
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2018 → Sep 2019	$750K	1
AXIS SURPLUS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2018 → Sep 2019	$750K	1
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2017 → Sep 2018	$750K	1
AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2017 → Sep 2018	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Aug 2006 → Sep 2017	$750K	5

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 9
Observed power (24 mo): 15
Trailers (towed): 15

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

40.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IN busiest

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

Home base

FREEPORT, IL

1630 S GALENA AVE

Top corridor

IN ⇄ IL

IN 9 · IL 7 · OH 4

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: 2 trucks 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 4560969Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (6 trucks · 5 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4560969 USDOT 164492 USDOT 2536922 USDOT 2996268 USDOT 730373

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@etchbergertrucking.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 4560969

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1630 S GALENA AVE, FREEPORT, IL, 61032
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (815) 235-7100
Cell: (815) 275-1115
Email: brenda@etchbergertrucking.com
Web domain: etchbergertrucking.com

Registration

Officer: Brenda Etchberger
USDOT / docket: 1499162 · MC-573203
First registered: May 9, 2006
Last MCS-150: Mar 31, 2026 · 1,303,756 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 22, 2024
Recordable crash rate: 1.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

1,303,756

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 ETCHBERGER TRUCKING INC.

ETCHBERGER TRUCKING INC (USDOT 1499162) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 AMERICAN SUMMIT INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 17.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 26 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 26 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 9 power units and 17 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 31, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 22, 2024 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ETCHBERGER TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

ETCHBERGER TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 1499162, and its motor carrier number is MC-573203.

Is ETCHBERGER TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

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

What is ETCHBERGER TRUCKING INC's safety record?

ETCHBERGER TRUCKING INC has a 17.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 47 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).