Carrier profile · USDOT 212942 · MC-161970 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Larry's Cartage Co Inc

90 power unitsavg 10.9 yrRegional · 5 statesHAZEL CREST, IL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-161970 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

90Power units

35 observed · MCS-150

42Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(630) 920-0772 Email dispatchkmaloney@ldcartage.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 above average25.0% 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 44 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1982.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

90 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.9 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

44 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1982 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

47 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 19.4 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 90-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 90
Inspections · 24 mo: 47
Annualized: ≈24 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving31 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 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$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 ’23 · 11 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Continental Western’97–’00

Occidental Fire’02–’09

National Interstate’11–’15

Acuity A’17–’23

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2023

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Apr 2023	$1M	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2015 → Oct 2017	$1M	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2011 → Oct 2015	$1M	1
NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD	Oct 2010 → Oct 2010	$1M	2
ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2009 → Oct 2010	$1M	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Oct 2002 → Oct 2009	$1M	8
LEGION INDEMNITY COMPANY	Oct 2001 → Oct 2001	$1M	3
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2000 → Oct 2001	$1M	1
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1997 → Oct 2000	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Oct 1996 → Oct 1997	$1M	1
CREDIT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 1994 → Oct 1996	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 90
Observed power (24 mo): 35
Trailers (towed): 42

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

24.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IL busiest

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

Home base

HAZEL CREST, IL

16760 RICHMOND AVENUE

Top corridor

IL 18 · WI 16 · IN 7

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 141865 USDOT 2365308 USDOT 237360

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@ldcartage.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 992369

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: 16760 RICHMOND AVENUE, HAZEL CREST, IL, 60429
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (630) 920-0772
Fax: (630) 920-0049
Email: kmaloney@ldcartage.com
Web domain: ldcartage.com

Registration

Officer: Michael J Knight
USDOT / docket: 212942 · MC-161970
First registered: May 25, 1982
Last MCS-150: Jan 29, 2026 · 3,962,127 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jun 25, 2015
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,962,127

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 LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC.

LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC (USDOT 212942) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 1, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 47 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 24 vehicle-level and 47 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 2 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 90 power units and 74 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 29, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jun 25, 2015 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC's USDOT number?

LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC's USDOT number is 212942, and its motor carrier number is MC-161970.

Is LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC's safety record?

LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 70 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC's fleet?

LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC operates 90 power units and 74 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC based?

LARRY'S CARTAGE CO INC is based in HAZEL CREST, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 5 states.

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