Carrier profile · USDOT 2102807 · MC-773695 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Shamsher Singh Bains

DBA GOLD STAR TRUCKING

2 power unitsavg 4.4 yrRegional · 3 statesFRESNO, CA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-773695 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

2Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

7Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.4Avg age (yr)

2015–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(559) 367-8373 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 5

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 16 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2010.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 13 inspections.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.2%

▼ 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

Owner-operator

2 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.4 yr

Model years 2015–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

15 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

9 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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1 hours-of-service violation on record, most recent Jan 2, 2026.

Safety

9 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 22.2%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 — 9 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 22.2 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 2

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 2
Inspections · 24 mo: 9
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.3 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.

393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
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

$750K BIPD last filed ’21 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’15–’16

United Financial’16–’18

Northland’18–’21

beyond this history

2012201620202024now

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 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Oct 2021

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2018 → Oct 2021	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2016 → Oct 2018	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Feb 2015 → Oct 2016	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2014 → Feb 2015	$750K	2
DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	Feb 2013 → Feb 2014	$750K	2
SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2012 → Feb 2013	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 30, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 2
Observed power (24 mo): 3
Trailers (towed): 7

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.4 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2015

Oldest model yr

70.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 30, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

California: 6 inspections
Arizona: 2 inspections

Home base

FRESNO, CA

6192 W INDIANAPOLIS AVE

Most inspections: CA

6 inspections

CA 6 · AZ 2

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 30, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck 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 1369646 USDOT 3085540Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (6 trucks · 4 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1369646 USDOT 3085540 USDOT 3685756 USDOT 2102798

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 30, 2026

Location

Physical address: 6192 W INDIANAPOLIS AVE, FRESNO, CA, 93723
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (559) 367-8373
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Shamsher Singh Bains
USDOT / docket: 2102807 · MC-773695
First registered: Dec 13, 2010
Last MCS-150: May 12, 2026 · 193,332 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

193,332

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 30, 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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22%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

2 of 9 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

12violation records

2OOS-tagged records

2 of 9inspections 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.

Brakes

30%0 / 3

Other vehicle maintenance

367%2 / 3

Unsafe driving

30%0 / 3

Lights

20%0 / 2

Hours of service

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

0%Oct 24 to Apr 250 / 1

40%Apr 25 to Oct 252 / 5

0%Oct 25 to Apr 260 / 2

0%Apr 26 to Oct 260 / 1

Top 3 codes (3 of 12 records)

390.21TC-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.3E3-MC Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1

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393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1

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Brakes

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for SHAMSHER SINGH BAINS.

SHAMSHER SINGH BAINS (USDOT 2102807) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Oct 13, 2021 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier received 9 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 9 vehicle-level and 9 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It reports 2 power units and 3 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 12, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SHAMSHER SINGH BAINS's USDOT number?

SHAMSHER SINGH BAINS's USDOT number is 2102807, and its motor carrier number is MC-773695.

Is SHAMSHER SINGH BAINS authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 30, 2026. SHAMSHER SINGH BAINS is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SHAMSHER SINGH BAINS's safety record?

SHAMSHER SINGH BAINS has a 22.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 13 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).