Carrier profile · USDOT 1744355 · MC-772181 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Legacy Express Trucking Inc

205 power unitsavg 9.5 yrNational · 29 statesJOLIET, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-772181 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

205Power units

116 observed · MCS-150

166Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.5Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(708) 897-0580 Email dispatchisaaci@legacy-express.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 well above average36.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 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 2008.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

16 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

16 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

205 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.5 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

18 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2008 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

254 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 36.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 119 vehicle and 254 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 5.4 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

246 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 23

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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 205-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 205
Inspections · 24 mo: 254
Annualized: ≈127 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving185 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance82 · 25 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance51 · 16 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 44 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance34 · 2 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance28 · 1 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 11 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 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: 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 ’21 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Spirit Commercial’14–’15

Wesco’19–’21

beyond this history

2012201620202024now

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 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Dec 2024

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2019 → Jan 2021	$1M	3
MILWAUKEE CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2015 → Jan 2016	$1M	5
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Jan 2014 → Dec 2015	$1M	4
CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	Jan 2013 → Jan 2014	$1M	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2012 → Jan 2013	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 205
Observed power (24 mo): 116
Trailers (towed): 166

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

60.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 29 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

253

MO busiest

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

Home base

JOLIET, IL

2800 SCHWEITZER RD

Top corridor

MO ⇄ IL

MO 60 · IN 55 · IL 30

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: 25 trucks also ran under 15 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2069654 USDOT 4480015 USDOT 2913190 USDOT 4052051 USDOT 2476828 USDOT 3671904 USDOT 1754464 USDOT 2507503Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 38111 USDOT 149776 USDOT 326390 USDOT 1492683 USDOT 3659394 USDOT 2413373 USDOT 2476828 USDOT 3671904

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@legacy-express.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 3792880 USDOT 3792923

Shares a company officer with other carriers

ismail saleh — 2 carriers: USDOT 4420702

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

205

Observed (24 mo)

116

Shared w/ other carriers

100

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

Location

Physical address: 2800 SCHWEITZER RD, JOLIET, IL, 60435
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (708) 897-0580
Email: isaaci@legacy-express.com
Web domain: legacy-express.com

Registration

Officer: Ismail Saleh
USDOT / docket: 1744355 · MC-772181
First registered: Mar 4, 2008
Last MCS-150: Mar 27, 2025 · 10,500,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

205

Power units

165

Drivers

165

CDL drivers

10,500,000

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 LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC.

LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC (USDOT 1744355) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Dec 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 36.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 254 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 119 vehicle-level and 254 driver-level — across 29 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 16 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 205 power units and 165 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 27, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 1744355, and its motor carrier number is MC-772181.

Is LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC's safety record?

LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC has a 36.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 475 roadside inspections, with 16 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC's fleet?

LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC operates 205 power units and 165 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC based?

LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC is based in JOLIET, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 29 states.

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