Carrier profile · USDOT 174005 · MC-148899 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Barlow Truck Lines Inc

DBA BARLOW

100 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 36 statesFAUCETT, MO81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-148899 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

100Power units

98 observed · MCS-150

107Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.7Avg age (yr)

2002–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(816) 238-3373 Email dispatchpnull@barlowtruckline.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average29.9% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record12 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 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-mo29.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

12 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

12 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

100 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.7 yr

Model years 2002–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

204 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 29.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 87 vehicle and 204 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · 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 3.6 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

196 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 100-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 100
Inspections · 24 mo: 204
Annualized: ≈102 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 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 Driving122 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 29 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 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: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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

American Eagle’92–’96

Liberty Fire’96–’00

Cherokee’05–now

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2005 → Jul 2025	$750K	8
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2003 → Jul 2005	$750K	2
INSURANCE CORPORATION OF HANNOVER	Jul 2001 → Jul 2003	$750K	2
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2000 → Jul 2001	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1996 → Jul 2000	$750K	2
AMERICAN EAGLE INSURANCE CO	Dec 1992 → Jul 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 100
Observed power (24 mo): 98
Trailers (towed): 107

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

75.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 36 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

203

MO busiest

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

Home base

FAUCETT, MO

1305 GRAND DD S E

Top corridor

MO 29 · KS 24 · IN 15

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

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 4142387Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (43 trucks · 47 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2546683 USDOT 3576552 USDOT 3703944 USDOT 1506372 USDOT 4541913 USDOT 154712 USDOT 1150978 USDOT 2161814

Shares a company officer with other carriers

robert lindsay — 8 carriers: USDOT 309387 USDOT 1340803 USDOT 1503386 USDOT 1890478 USDOT 1940702 USDOT 2029260 USDOT 2505510

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

100

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

Location

Physical address: 1305 GRAND DD S E, FAUCETT, MO, 64448
Mailing address: PO BOX 174, FAUCETT, MO, 64448
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (816) 238-3373
Fax: (816) 238-0973
Email: pnull@barlowtruckline.com
Web domain: barlowtruckline.com

Registration

Officers: James Lindsay · Robert Lindsay
USDOT / docket: 174005 · MC-148899
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Nov 12, 2025 · 11,636,434 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 25, 2009
D-U-N-S: 95825766

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

100

Power units

110

Drivers

110

CDL drivers

11,636,434

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 BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC.

BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC (USDOT 174005) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

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

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 29.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 204 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 87 vehicle-level and 204 driver-level — across 36 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 12 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 12 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 100 power units and 110 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 12, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 25, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC's USDOT number?

BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC's USDOT number is 174005, and its motor carrier number is MC-148899.

Is BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC's safety record?

BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC has a 29.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 404 roadside inspections, with 12 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC's fleet?

BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC operates 100 power units and 110 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC based?

BARLOW TRUCK LINES INC is based in FAUCETT, MO, with roadside inspections recorded across 36 states.

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