Carrier profile · USDOT 1533974 · MC-830126 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Metro Office Equipment Inc

DBA MOVING OFFICE EQUIPMENT

58 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 34 statesCOLUMBUS, GA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-830126 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

58Power units

59 observed · MCS-150

11Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(706) 527-0656 Email dispatch[email protected]/[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 302 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

58 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

20 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2006 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

24 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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18 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 2, 2026.

Safety

169 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 8.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 113 vehicle and 169 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.6% · 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 1.5 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

165 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '26 · 16

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

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 58
Inspections · 24 mo: 169
Annualized: ≈85 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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 Driving34 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)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 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Vanliner’13–’15

Hanover’16–’18

Phoenix’21–’25

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
THE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO	Apr 2021 → Apr 2025	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2020 → Apr 2021	$750K	2
LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Feb 2019 → Feb 2020	$750K	1
THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT	Feb 2018 → Feb 2019	$750K	1
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2016 → Feb 2018	$750K	1
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2015 → Feb 2016	$750K	2
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2013 → Feb 2015	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 58
Observed power (24 mo): 59
Trailers (towed): 11

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

80.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 34 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

164

MD busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Maryland: 18 inspections
New Mexico: 13 inspections
Mississippi: 11 inspections
Georgia: 11 inspections
South Carolina: 10 inspections
Florida: 9 inspections
Tennessee: 8 inspections
Colorado: 8 inspections
New York: 7 inspections
Alabama: 6 inspections
Kansas: 5 inspections
Kentucky: 5 inspections
Oklahoma: 5 inspections
Illinois: 4 inspections
North Carolina: 4 inspections
Arizona: 4 inspections
Ohio: 4 inspections
New Jersey: 3 inspections
Pennsylvania: 3 inspections
Missouri: 3 inspections
West Virginia: 3 inspections
Indiana: 3 inspections
Virginia: 3 inspections
Connecticut: 2 inspections
Massachusetts: 2 inspections
Arkansas: 2 inspections
Delaware: 2 inspections
Rhode Island: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections
Wisconsin: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Nebraska: 1 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections

Home base

COLUMBUS, GA

2920 4TH AVE

Most inspections: MD

18 inspections

MD 18 · NM 13 · MS 11

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

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 4311536Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (3 trucks · 4 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 30144 USDOT 2392424 USDOT 4311536 USDOT 86876

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 2, 2026

Location

Physical address: 2920 4TH AVE, COLUMBUS, GA, 31904
Mailing address: PO BOX 1077, COLUMBUS, GA, 31902
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (706) 527-0656
Fax: (706) 940-7298
Email: [email protected]/[email protected]
Web domain: moetrans.com

Registration

Officers: David Stricker · Garrett Glass
USDOT / docket: 1533974 · MC-830126
First registered: Jul 25, 2006
Last MCS-150: May 12, 2026 · 3,881,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,881,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

10 of 113 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

89violation records

19OOS-tagged records

10 of 113inspections 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.

Other vehicle maintenance

2741%11 / 27

Unsafe driving

2615%4 / 26

Lights

138%1 / 13

Brakes

110%0 / 11

Hours of service

80%0 / 8

Driver fitness

475%3 / 4

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

4%Nov 24 to May 251 / 23

5%May 25 to Nov 251 / 22

5%Nov 25 to May 261 / 20

15%May 26 to Nov 267 / 48

Top 3 codes (13 of 89 records)

392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects4
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4

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395.24 ELD — record edits / data4
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative3
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps3
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps3
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed3
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL2
392.2-NCDLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.201B-FR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps2
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak2
383.71H Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
391.11B5-LNCDLNVE Driver not qualified1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLILC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2MI State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.4A-DOSP Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.4A-DOSU Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.100C-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.11B-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.201A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.201A-FRCLS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203B-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209D-STPAL Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.47A-BCFSBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.75A3-ATIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-HCM Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-OAL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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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 METRO OFFICE EQUIPMENT INC.

METRO OFFICE EQUIPMENT INC (USDOT 1533974) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 8.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 169 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 113 vehicle-level and 169 driver-level — across 34 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 58 power units and 50 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 12, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is METRO OFFICE EQUIPMENT INC's USDOT number?

METRO OFFICE EQUIPMENT INC's USDOT number is 1533974, and its motor carrier number is MC-830126.

Is METRO OFFICE EQUIPMENT INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026. METRO OFFICE EQUIPMENT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is METRO OFFICE EQUIPMENT INC's safety record?

METRO OFFICE EQUIPMENT INC has a 8.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 302 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).