Carrier profile · USDOT 1762766 · MC-644288 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Big E Transportation LLC

263 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 21 statesRICHMOND, VA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-644288 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

263Power units

140 observed · MCS-150

113Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.5Avg age (yr)

2012–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(877) 795-1505 Email dispatchERIC.CAPEK@ESTES-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 average36.6% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record6 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 18 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2008.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

19 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

19 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

263 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.5 yr

Model years 2012–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

18 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2008 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

202 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 36.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 123 vehicle and 202 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 7.1 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

192 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 18

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 263-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 263
Inspections · 24 mo: 202
Annualized: ≈101 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving125 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 30 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 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: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$4,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$4M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $4M 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 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Westfield’09–’16

American Hallmark’16–’21

Incline’21–’25

2008201320182023now

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

BIPD in force — $4,000,000 · LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2011

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2021 → Jun 2025	$1M	5
AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS	Jun 2016 → Dec 2021	$1M	1
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2009 → Jun 2016	$1M	1
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2008 → Jul 2009	$1M	1
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	Jun 2008 → Jul 2009	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 263
Observed power (24 mo): 140
Trailers (towed): 113

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2012

Oldest model yr

49.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 21 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

199

FL busiest

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

Home base

RICHMOND, VA

1501 NORTH HAMILTON ST

Top corridor

FL ⇄ VA

FL 79 · OH 23 · IN 22

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: 13 trucks also ran under 8 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1601976 USDOT 2586846 USDOT 564572 USDOT 3096743 USDOT 1848667 USDOT 3330935 USDOT 186154 USDOT 890424Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 66 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 900646 USDOT 1979888 USDOT 2148558 USDOT 564572 USDOT 1838380 USDOT 3096743 USDOT 76235 USDOT 890424

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@estes-express.com — 5 carriers: USDOT 20293 USDOT 121018 USDOT 1848667 USDOT 3330935

Shares a company officer with other carriers

steven sproles — 2 carriers: USDOT 979465

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

263

Observed (24 mo)

140

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: 1501 NORTH HAMILTON ST, RICHMOND, VA, 23230
Mailing address: PO BOX 6875, RICHMOND, VA, 23230
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (877) 795-1505
Email: eric.capek@estes-express.com
Web domain: estes-express.com

Registration

Officers: Donnie Hughes · Donnie Hughes
USDOT / docket: 1762766 · MC-644288
First registered: Apr 18, 2008
Last MCS-150: Aug 13, 2024 · 10,711,943 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 3, 2012
Recordable crash rate: 0.75
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

263

Power units

256

Drivers

213

CDL drivers

10,711,943

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 BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC.

BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 1762766) 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 and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $4,000,000 limit in force from LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 30, 2011 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 36.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 202 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 123 vehicle-level and 202 driver-level — across 21 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 19 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 6 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 263 power units and 256 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 13, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 3, 2012 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 1762766, and its motor carrier number is MC-644288.

Is BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 36.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 337 roadside inspections, with 19 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC's fleet?

BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC operates 263 power units and 256 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC based?

BIG E TRANSPORTATION LLC is based in RICHMOND, VA, with roadside inspections recorded across 21 states.

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