Carrier profile · USDOT 164583 · MC-145970 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

SKILLETT & SONS INC

12 power unitsavg 7.1 yrMulti-region · 11 statesLA CROSSE, KS93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-145970 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

12Power units

12 observed · MCS-150

15Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.1Avg age (yr)

2001–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(785) 222-3611 Email dispatchaccountspayable@skillettandsons.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 13, 2026

Clear to load

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

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.

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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 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

7.1 yr

Model years 2001–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

21 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 37.8 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 3

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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 21
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.87 Warning flags on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 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: Active
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 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’86–’13

Sentry Select’16–’24

1986199620062016now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2024 → May 2026	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2016 → May 2024	$1M	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2014 → May 2016	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2013 → May 2014	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Apr 1986 → May 2013	$1M	4

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

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

7.1 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

34.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KS busiest

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

Home base

LA CROSSE, KS

2309 N HWY 183

Top corridor

KS 4 · TX 3 · NE 3

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.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1188480

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@skillettandsons.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3848239

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2309 N HWY 183, LA CROSSE, KS, 67548
Mailing address: P O BOX 196, RUSH CENTER, KS, 67575
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (785) 222-3611
Fax: (785) 222-2447
Email: accountspayable@skillettandsons.com
Web domain: skillettandsons.com

Registration

Officers: Saleena Skillett · Rob Skillett
USDOT / docket: 164583 · MC-145970
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Apr 2, 2026 · 964,431 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 17, 2016
D-U-N-S: 44623338

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

964,431

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 SKILLETT & SONS INC.

SKILLETT & SONS INC (USDOT 164583) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 13, 2026.

The carrier received 21 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 12 vehicle-level and 21 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 13, 2026.

It reports 12 power units and 10 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 2, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 17, 2016 in the federal record refreshed Jul 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SKILLETT & SONS INC's USDOT number?

SKILLETT & SONS INC's USDOT number is 164583, and its motor carrier number is MC-145970.

Is SKILLETT & SONS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 13, 2026, SKILLETT & SONS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SKILLETT & SONS INC's safety record?

SKILLETT & SONS INC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 35 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).