Carrier profile · USDOT 224842 · MC-164465 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Joe Zaputil Trucking Inc

16 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 20 statesMYSTIC, IA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-164465 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

16Power units

15 observed · MCS-150

25Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.6Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(641) 647-2293 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 · 4

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.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 65 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.8%

▼ 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

16 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.6 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

43 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1982 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

14 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.

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14 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jan 6, 2026.

Safety

39 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 18.8%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 — 16 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 17.4 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 6

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 16
Inspections · 24 mo: 39
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 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: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$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 ’25 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Northland’93–’98

Great West’98–’21

1993200220112020now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2025

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2024 → May 2025	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2023 → May 2024	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2021 → May 2023	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jan 1998 → May 2021	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1993 → Jan 1998	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 16
Observed power (24 mo): 15
Trailers (towed): 25

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

77.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 20 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MS busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Mississippi: 5 inspections
California: 4 inspections
Arkansas: 4 inspections
North Carolina: 3 inspections
Georgia: 3 inspections
Nebraska: 2 inspections
Colorado: 2 inspections
Oklahoma: 2 inspections
Alabama: 2 inspections
Missouri: 2 inspections
Utah: 1 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
Nevada: 1 inspections
New York: 1 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections
Maine: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Illinois: 1 inspections

Home base

MYSTIC, IA

18815 HIGHWAY T14

Most inspections: MS

5 inspections

MS 5 · CA 4 · AR 4

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3071267Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (19 trucks · 10 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3071286 USDOT 4383583 USDOT 3071267 USDOT 889614 USDOT 3998938 USDOT 3782379 USDOT 2900233 USDOT 2106202

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@iowatelecom.net — 523 carriers: USDOT 1817 USDOT 55796 USDOT 64308 USDOT 73445 USDOT 73629 USDOT 73733 USDOT 130814 USDOT 164410

Shares a company officer with other carriers

justin zaputil — 2 carriers: USDOT 3069784

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 Nov 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 18815 HIGHWAY T14, MYSTIC, IA, 52574
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (641) 647-2293
Cell: (641) 895-6283
Fax: (641) 647-2250
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Justin Zaputil
USDOT / docket: 224842 · MC-164465
First registered: Nov 12, 1982
Last MCS-150: Jan 3, 2026 · 1,911,097 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 4, 2018
D-U-N-S: 170271910

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,911,097

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 1, 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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19%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

3 of 16 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

23violation records

3OOS-tagged records

3 of 16inspections 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.

Hours of service

80%0 / 8

Unsafe driving

70%0 / 7

Other vehicle maintenance

633%2 / 6

Lights

250%1 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 4

14%May 25 to Nov 251 / 7

25%Nov 25 to May 261 / 4

100%May 26 to Nov 261 / 1

Top 3 codes (10 of 23 records)

395.24 ELD — record edits / data6
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.60C Windshield / glazing2

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392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2SLSNC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.110B3-C Cargo securement — number of tiedowns1
393.67C7V-F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.8E1PC-OOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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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 JOE ZAPUTIL TRUCKING INC.

JOE ZAPUTIL TRUCKING INC (USDOT 224842) 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 common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 39 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 16 vehicle-level and 39 driver-level — across 20 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 16 power units and 16 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 3, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 4, 2018 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is JOE ZAPUTIL TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

JOE ZAPUTIL TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 224842, and its motor carrier number is MC-164465.

Is JOE ZAPUTIL TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. JOE ZAPUTIL TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is JOE ZAPUTIL TRUCKING INC's safety record?

JOE ZAPUTIL TRUCKING INC has a 18.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 65 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).