Carrier profile · USDOT 1590621 · MC-588686 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

A R D Express Inc

42 power unitsavg 5.3 yrMulti-region · 11 statesTAYLOR, MI81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-588686 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

42Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

25Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.3Avg age (yr)

2012–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(734) 992-4046 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

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average33.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 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 20 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2006.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

42 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.3 yr

Model years 2012–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

19 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2006 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

13 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.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 33.33% on 24 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
10 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Mar 6, 2026.

Safety

34 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 33.3%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 — 24 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 7.6 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 42-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 42
Inspections · 24 mo: 34
Annualized: ≈17 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 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: 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 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Harco National’09–’12

Corepointe’12–’14

Westfield’15–’18

Occidental Fire’18–’21

Harco National’21–’23

Northland’23–’25

2009201420192024now

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 · CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2023 → Jul 2025	$750K	2
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2021 → Jul 2023	$750K	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Jan 2018 → Jul 2021	$750K	3
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2015 → Jan 2018	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2014 → Jan 2015	$750K	2
COREPOINTE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2012 → Jan 2014	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2009 → Feb 2012	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 4, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 42
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 25

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2012

Oldest model yr

58.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 4, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MI busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Michigan: 9 inspections
New Mexico: 6 inspections
Texas: 5 inspections
Kentucky: 3 inspections
Arkansas: 3 inspections
Ohio: 2 inspections
Indiana: 2 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections
New York: 1 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections

Home base

TAYLOR, MI

8831 INKSTER RD

Most inspections: MI

9 inspections

MI 9 · NM 6 · TX 5

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 4, 2026

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 (6 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3433774 USDOT 3817033 USDOT 3486872 USDOT 3665903 USDOT 2095642 USDOT 2561568

Shares a company officer with other carriers

alexandru tuto — 2 carriers: USDOT 2563765

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 4, 2026

Location

Physical address: 8831 INKSTER RD, TAYLOR, MI, 48180
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (734) 992-4046
Fax: (877) 546-3683
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Alexandru Tuto
USDOT / docket: 1590621 · MC-588686
First registered: Dec 30, 2006
Last MCS-150: Feb 16, 2026 · 2,000,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 832446129

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,000,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 4, 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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33%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

8 of 24 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

32violation records

8OOS-tagged records

8 of 24inspections 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

120%0 / 12

Other vehicle maintenance

757%4 / 7

Brakes

560%3 / 5

Lights

520%1 / 5

Hours of service

30%0 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%

15%

30%

50%Nov 24 to May 252 / 4

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 3

33%Nov 25 to May 263 / 9

38%May 26 to Nov 263 / 8

Top 3 codes (8 of 32 records)

392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2

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393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2WG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.11A1-LRLMWR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSRIGRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.45C-BSG Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LRLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
396.3A1-ALBV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for A R D EXPRESS INC.

A R D EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1590621) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 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 for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026.

The carrier received 34 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 24 vehicle-level and 34 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 4, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It reports 42 power units and 42 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 16, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is A R D EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

A R D EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 1590621, and its motor carrier number is MC-588686.

Is A R D EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 4, 2026. A R D EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is A R D EXPRESS INC's safety record?

A R D EXPRESS INC has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 54 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).