Carrier profile · USDOT 2389491 · MC-821284 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC

5 power unitsavg 7.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesGERMANTOWN, TN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-821284 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

7Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.3Avg age (yr)

2008–2024 · vPIC

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

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate well above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average80.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service 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 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo80.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo80.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.3 yr

Model years 2008–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

12 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 80.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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 87.5 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 5-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 12
Annualized: ≈6 / 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.

393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe 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)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 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Progressive Hawaii’13–’15

Great West’18–’22

Sentry Select’23–’25

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2023 → Apr 2025	$750K	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Feb 2022 → Apr 2023	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	Feb 2022 → Feb 2022	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2018 → Feb 2022	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	Apr 2016 → Apr 2016	$750K	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH	Mar 2016 → Apr 2016	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	Mar 2016 → Mar 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH	Apr 2015 → Mar 2016	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	Apr 2013 → Apr 2015	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 5
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

7.3 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2008

Oldest model yr

33.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 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

GERMANTOWN, TN

2190 IDLEWOOD COVE

Top corridor

AR ⇄ TN

AR 2 · WY 2 · MT 2

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 543885 USDOT 74481 USDOT 3091452

Shares a company officer with other carriers

phil schechtman — 2 carriers: USDOT 1514126

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2190 IDLEWOOD COVE, GERMANTOWN, TN, 38139
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (901) 831-7179
Cell: (701) 226-0432
Fax: (877) 891-9731
Email: topnotchtransit@att.net
Web domain: att.net

Registration

Officer: Phil Schechtman
USDOT / docket: 2389491 · MC-821284
First registered: Mar 21, 2013
Last MCS-150: Mar 21, 2025 · 470,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

470,000

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 TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC.

TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC (USDOT 2389491) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 80.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 12 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 12 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 7 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 21, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC's USDOT number?

TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC's USDOT number is 2389491, and its motor carrier number is MC-821284.

Is TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC's safety record?

TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC has a 80.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 17 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC's fleet?

TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC operates 5 power units and 7 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC based?

TOP NOTCH TRANSIT INC is based in GERMANTOWN, TN, with roadside inspections recorded across 8 states.

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Contact & documents

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USDOT: 2389491
MC / Docket: MC-821284
Officer: PHIL SCHECHTMAN
Address: 2190 IDLEWOOD COVE
GERMANTOWN, TN, 38139

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 13 yr continuous

$750K BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

Vehicle OOS 80.0%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

1 fatal crash

On the FMCSA crash record.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(901) 831-7179 Email dispatchTOPNOTCHTRANSIT@ATT.NETCarrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 2389491
MC / Docket: MC-821284
Officer: PHIL SCHECHTMAN
Address: 2190 IDLEWOOD COVE
GERMANTOWN, TN, 38139

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 13 yr continuous

$750K BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

Vehicle OOS 80.0%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

1 fatal crash

On the FMCSA crash record.

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