Carrier profile · USDOT 1689421 · MC-620497 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

4k Cartage Inc

30 power unitsavg 8.9 yrRegional · 5 statesHARVEY, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-620497 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

30Power units

26 observed · MCS-150

36Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.9Avg age (yr)

1999–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(708) 675-4630 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average41.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service 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 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-mo41.2%

▲ 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

30 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.9 yr

Model years 1999–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

19 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2007 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

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 41.18% on 17 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
51 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 22, 2026.

Safety

45 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 41.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 30.2 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 30-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 30
Inspections · 24 mo: 45
Annualized: ≈23 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 Driving43 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.5 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 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: 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 4 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Northland’07–’10

Sentry Select’10–’17

Acuity A’17–’22

Falls Lake’23–’25

2007201220172022now

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 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2025

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2023 → May 2025	$1M	2
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2017 → Sep 2022	$1M	4
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2010 → Sep 2017	$1M	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2007 → Sep 2010	$1M	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 30
Observed power (24 mo): 26
Trailers (towed): 36

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.9 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

67.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Indiana: 28 inspections
Illinois: 9 inspections
Michigan: 6 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections

Home base

HARVEY, IL

15550 S DIXIE HIGHWAY

Most inspections: IN

28 inspections

IN 28 · IL 9 · MI 6

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 2, 2026

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 964220 USDOT 3228568Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (20 trucks · 20 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 290983 USDOT 4187698 USDOT 2923968 USDOT 4291067 USDOT 3716055 USDOT 964220 USDOT 2369633 USDOT 4046620

Shares a company officer with other carriers

summer hammad — 3 carriers: USDOT 1122165 USDOT 2847483

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: 15550 S DIXIE HIGHWAY, HARVEY, IL, 60426
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (708) 675-4630
Fax: (708) 985-9410
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: 4kcartage.com

Registration

Officers: Summer Hammad · Summer Hammad
USDOT / docket: 1689421 · MC-620497
First registered: Sep 19, 2007
Last MCS-150: Mar 30, 2026 · 254,376 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 9, 2018
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

254,376

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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41%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

7 of 17 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

101violation records

13OOS-tagged records

7 of 17inspections 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.

Hours of service

460%0 / 46

Unsafe driving

316%2 / 31

Lights

1436%5 / 14

Other vehicle maintenance

967%6 / 9

Brakes

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

70%

15%

30%

20%Nov 24 to May 251 / 5

67%May 25 to Nov 252 / 3

50%Nov 25 to May 262 / 4

40%May 26 to Nov 262 / 5

Top 3 codes (43 of 101 records)

395.24 ELD — record edits / data20
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer16
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7

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392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)5
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction3
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps2
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 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-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUCR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.5A2-IP Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.5A3-IDUI Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.8-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LRLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H3-ELDMF ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.9C2-OOSO Inspection of motor vehicles in operation1

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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Lights

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for 4K CARTAGE INC.

4K CARTAGE INC (USDOT 1689421) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 31, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 41.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 45 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 45 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 30 power units and 33 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 30, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 9, 2018 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is 4K CARTAGE INC's USDOT number?

4K CARTAGE INC's USDOT number is 1689421, and its motor carrier number is MC-620497.

Is 4K CARTAGE INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026. 4K CARTAGE INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is 4K CARTAGE INC's safety record?

4K CARTAGE INC has a 41.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 69 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).