Carrier profile · USDOT 185771 · MC-152533 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Budd Van Lines Inc

124 power unitsavg 8.7 yrNational · 33 statesSOMERSET, NJ82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152533 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

124Power units

62 observed · MCS-150

29Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.7Avg age (yr)

2001–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(732) 627-0600 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average7.5% vs the 6.7% 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 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-mo5.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

124 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.7 yr

Model years 2001–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

52 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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61 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 3, 2026.

Safety

107 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 5.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 107 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 14.9 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

102 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 8

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 124-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 124
Inspections · 24 mo: 107
Annualized: ≈54 / 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 Driving65 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness7 · 5 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

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

$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 ’17 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Liberty’92–’99

Transguard America’04–’10

Vanliner’13–now

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2017

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2013 → May 2017	$750K	2
AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	Dec 2012 → Dec 2013	$750K	2
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Dec 2011 → Dec 2012	$750K	2
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2010 → Dec 2011	$750K	1
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Dec 2004 → Dec 2010	$750K	5
AXA RE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2002 → Jan 2005	$750K	2
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Sep 2000 → Dec 2002	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 1999 → Oct 2000	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1992 → Sep 1999	$750K	1

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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): 124
Observed power (24 mo): 62
Trailers (towed): 29

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

59.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 33 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

105

NM busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

New Mexico: 12 inspections
California: 9 inspections
Illinois: 7 inspections
Colorado: 6 inspections
New Jersey: 6 inspections
Florida: 5 inspections
Arkansas: 4 inspections
North Carolina: 4 inspections
Georgia: 4 inspections
Pennsylvania: 4 inspections
Maryland: 4 inspections
Indiana: 4 inspections
New York: 3 inspections
South Dakota: 3 inspections
Montana: 3 inspections
Mississippi: 3 inspections
Tennessee: 3 inspections
Missouri: 2 inspections
Alabama: 2 inspections
South Carolina: 2 inspections
Wisconsin: 2 inspections
Washington: 2 inspections
Massachusetts: 2 inspections
Delaware: 1 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections
Nevada: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Maine: 1 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Minnesota: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Utah: 1 inspections

Home base

SOMERSET, NJ

24 SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD

Most inspections: NM

12 inspections

NM 12 · CA 9 · IL 7

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 3, 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 3870277 USDOT 278849Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (24 trucks · 35 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1633047 USDOT 3365375 USDOT 3870277 USDOT 3923883 USDOT 278849 USDOT 683582 USDOT 2964355 USDOT 509145

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

124

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 4, 2026

Location

Physical address: 24 SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD, SOMERSET, NJ, 08873-5960
Mailing address: 24 SCHOOLHOUSE RD, SOMERSET, NJ, 08873-5960
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (732) 627-0600
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: buddvanlines.com

Registration

Officers: David W. Budd Sr. · Robert Patrick
USDOT / docket: 185771 · MC-152533
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Oct 7, 2026 · 4,053,674 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 17, 2016
D-U-N-S: 30256796

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

124

Power units

102

Drivers

102

CDL drivers

4,053,674

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 4, 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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

3 of 56 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

127violation records

13OOS-tagged records

3 of 56inspections 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.

Unsafe driving

486%3 / 48

Hours of service

432%1 / 43

Other vehicle maintenance

1718%3 / 17

Lights

128%1 / 12

Driver fitness

683%5 / 6

Brakes

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

18%Nov 24 to May 252 / 11

7%May 25 to Nov 251 / 14

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 18

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 13

Top 3 codes (24 of 127 records)

395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer11
395.24 ELD — record edits / data8
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5

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392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing4
395.8F07 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing4
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate3
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
395.32B-ELDDFR ELD — non-authenticated driving3
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection3
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2LV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps2
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TC-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41A No / expired medical certificate1
391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate1
391.41B10-MC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG1 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-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSOA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.3-I Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.4A-DOSU Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.4A-POS Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.7A Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LTSM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.201A-FRCLS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203B-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.75A1-TEPBM Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75G-TAOW Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H4 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2II ELD — record edits / data1
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8K2-HOSRC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-ALBV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for BUDD VAN LINES INC.

BUDD VAN LINES INC (USDOT 185771) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 1, 2017 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 5.4% 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 107 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 56 vehicle-level and 107 driver-level — across 33 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 5 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 124 power units and 102 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 7, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 17, 2016 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BUDD VAN LINES INC's USDOT number?

BUDD VAN LINES INC's USDOT number is 185771, and its motor carrier number is MC-152533.

Is BUDD VAN LINES INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 4, 2026. BUDD VAN LINES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BUDD VAN LINES INC's safety record?

BUDD VAN LINES INC has a 5.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 196 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).