Carrier profile · USDOT 1679193 · MC-655707 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

I-65 Transport LLC

88 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 16 statesWOLCOTT, IN80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-655707 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

88Power units

59 observed · MCS-150

67Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.8Avg age (yr)

2003–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(219) 279-2050 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average39.6% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes5 crashes involving injuries are on 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 19 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2007.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo39.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

11 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

88 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.8 yr

Model years 2003–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

19 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2007 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

6 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 39.62% on 53 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
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25 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 15, 2026.

Safety

122 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 39.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 122 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 10.8 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

118 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 12

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 88-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 88
Inspections · 24 mo: 122
Annualized: ≈61 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving65 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 21 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
393.106 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 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: None
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 ’21 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Northland’09–’17

American Hallmark’18–’20

beyond this history

2009201420192024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Jul 2021

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BERKLEY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2020 → Jul 2021	$1M	1
AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS	Oct 2018 → Jul 2020	$1M	2
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Oct 2018	$1M	3
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2009 → Oct 2017	$1M	3

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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): 88
Observed power (24 mo): 59
Trailers (towed): 67

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.8 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

69.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 16 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

122

TN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Tennessee: 24 inspections
Kentucky: 18 inspections
Indiana: 17 inspections
Ohio: 16 inspections
North Carolina: 12 inspections
Georgia: 8 inspections
Illinois: 6 inspections
Texas: 4 inspections
West Virginia: 3 inspections
Alabama: 3 inspections
Maryland: 3 inspections
Missouri: 3 inspections
Pennsylvania: 2 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Arkansas: 1 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections

Home base

WOLCOTT, IN

9681 W US HWY 24

Most inspections: TN

24 inspections

TN 24 · KY 18 · IN 17

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 6, 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 (8 trucks · 7 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 125452 USDOT 1082105 USDOT 120612 USDOT 3833488 USDOT 853415 USDOT 2485394 USDOT 655707

Shares a company officer with other carriers

benjamin smith — 26 carriers: USDOT 589800 USDOT 1452684 USDOT 1471668 USDOT 1826616 USDOT 1843906 USDOT 2198947 USDOT 2342890 USDOT 3187609

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 6, 2026

Location

Physical address: 9681 W US HWY 24, WOLCOTT, IN, 47995
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (219) 279-2050
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: i65transport.com

Registration

Officer: Benjamin Smith
USDOT / docket: 1679193 · MC-655707
First registered: Aug 20, 2007
Last MCS-150: May 7, 2025 · 4,870,124 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

4,870,124

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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40%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

21 of 53 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

106violation records

31OOS-tagged records

21 of 53inspections 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

484%2 / 48

Other vehicle maintenance

3073%22 / 30

Hours of service

170%0 / 17

Lights

560%3 / 5

Brakes

450%2 / 4

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%

15%

30%

36%Nov 24 to May 255 / 14

25%May 25 to Nov 253 / 12

47%Nov 25 to May 268 / 17

50%May 26 to Nov 265 / 10

Top 3 codes (27 of 106 records)

393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)14
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6

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392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
395.24 ELD — record edits / data4
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
383.51A-SIN Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
391.11B4-CLHA Driver not qualified1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.16B-DPASS Failure to use seat belt1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2DL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.106B-C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedowns1
393.110B Cargo securement — number of tiedowns1
393.118D-CDL Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.11A1-LCL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LHLMWR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LIL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.205A-WRLR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2PC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.75A3-TFL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.81-H Horn1
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H3-ELDMF ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
396.3A1-HCM Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for I-65 TRANSPORT LLC.

I-65 TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 1679193) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Jul 26, 2021 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 39.6% 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 122 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 53 vehicle-level and 122 driver-level — across 16 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 11 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 88 power units and 88 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 7, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is I-65 TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

I-65 TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 1679193, and its motor carrier number is MC-655707.

Is I-65 TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026. I-65 TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is I-65 TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

I-65 TRANSPORT LLC has a 39.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 196 roadside inspections, with 11 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).