Carrier profile · USDOT 1767147 · MC-708730 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Utility Tri-state Inc

39 power unitsavg 6.1 yrMulti-region · 10 statesTULSA, OK100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-708730 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

39Power units

16 observed · MCS-150

14Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.1Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(918) 437-0010 Email dispatchddillingham@utilitytristate.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

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.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 54 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo4.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo4.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

39 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.1 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

18 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2008 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

34 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 4.4 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 39-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 39
Inspections · 24 mo: 34
Annualized: ≈17 / 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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
392.80 Texting while drivingUnsafe Driving1 · 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$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 ’24 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Universal’08–’16

Charter Oak’16–’21

2008201320182023now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA · since Jun 2024

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INS. CO. OF HARTFORD	Jun 2023 → Jul 2024	$750K	2
THE CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2022 → Jul 2023	$750K	2
TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jun 2021 → Jun 2022	$750K	1
THE CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2016 → Jun 2021	$750K	2
UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2008 → Jun 2016	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 39
Observed power (24 mo): 16
Trailers (towed): 14

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

56.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

AR busiest

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

Home base

TULSA, OK

15335 E ADMIRAL PL

Top corridor

AR ⇄ OK

AR 10 · MO 5 · TN 4

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: 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 2828239 USDOT 3327Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (11 trucks · 10 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 160904 USDOT 3748500 USDOT 260968 USDOT 1955762 USDOT 2828239 USDOT 2846735 USDOT 3327 USDOT 4144549

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@utilitytristate.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 2900306

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jeff s smith — 2 carriers: USDOT 3967811

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

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: 15335 E ADMIRAL PL, TULSA, OK, 74116
Mailing address: PO BOX 52587, TULSA, OK, 74152
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (918) 437-0010
Fax: (918) 438-7038
Email: ddillingham@utilitytristate.com
Web domain: utilitytristate.com

Registration

Officers: Jeff S Smith · John R. Belie
USDOT / docket: 1767147 · MC-708730
First registered: Apr 30, 2008
Last MCS-150: Feb 19, 2026 · 1,141,180 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,141,180

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 UTILITY TRI-STATE INC.

UTILITY TRI-STATE INC (USDOT 1767147) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load 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 $750,000 limit in force from TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA effective Jun 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 4.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 34 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 21 vehicle-level and 34 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

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

It reports 39 power units and 22 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 19, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is UTILITY TRI-STATE INC's USDOT number?

UTILITY TRI-STATE INC's USDOT number is 1767147, and its motor carrier number is MC-708730.

Is UTILITY TRI-STATE INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, UTILITY TRI-STATE INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is UTILITY TRI-STATE INC's safety record?

UTILITY TRI-STATE INC has a 4.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 54 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).