Carrier profile · USDOT 240863 · MC-440941 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Dubuque Hardwoods Inc

13 power unitsavg 10.1 yrRegional · 3 statesDUBUQUE, IA94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-440941 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

13Power units

11 observed · MCS-150

18Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.1Avg age (yr)

1999–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(563) 582-0587 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 · 1

Driver out-of-service rate above average10.5% vs the 6.7% national average.

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 43 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1983.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.0%

▼ 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

Asset-based

13 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.1 yr

Model years 1999–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

42 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1983 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

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

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
3 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jan 7, 2025.

Safety

19 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 29, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 19 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 12.5 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 3

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 19
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe 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$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 ’23 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

General Wisconsin’02–’13

Addison’13–’22

Auto Owners’22–now

2002200820142020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2023

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2022 → Dec 2023	$750K	1
ADDISON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2013 → Jul 2022	$750K	1
GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	Sep 2002 → Jul 2013	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 29, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 13
Observed power (24 mo): 11
Trailers (towed): 18

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.1 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

48.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 29, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WI busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Wisconsin: 10 inspections
Iowa: 6 inspections
Illinois: 3 inspections

Home base

DUBUQUE, IA

10492 RT 52 SOUTH

Most inspections: WI

10 inspections

WI 10 · IA 6 · IL 3

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 29, 2026

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 1674 USDOT 2247584 USDOT 2024828

Shares a company officer with other carriers

david miller — 141 carriers: USDOT 265715 USDOT 356644 USDOT 432681 USDOT 436728 USDOT 514389 USDOT 574975 USDOT 607777 USDOT 671473

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: 10492 RT 52 SOUTH, DUBUQUE, IA, 52003
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (563) 582-0587
Fax: (563) 582-0648
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officers: David Miller · Brittany Miller
USDOT / docket: 240863 · MC-440941
First registered: Dec 19, 1983
Last MCS-150: Jan 28, 2026 · 1,700,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 30, 2009
D-U-N-S: 49019433

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,700,000

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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20%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

1 of 5 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

28violation records

3OOS-tagged records

1 of 5inspections 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

140%0 / 14

Brakes

40%0 / 4

Lights

425%1 / 4

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Hours of service

20%0 / 2

Other vehicle maintenance

20%0 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

0%Oct 24 to Apr 250 / 1

100%Apr 25 to Oct 251 / 1

0%Oct 25 to Apr 260 / 1

0%Apr 26 to Oct 260 / 2

Top 3 codes (8 of 28 records)

392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3
392.16 Failure to use seat belt2

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393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
383.51A-SIN Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.19TG Unified registration / MCS-1501
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-LBL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1

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Unsafe driving

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Brakes

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for DUBUQUE HARDWOODS INC.

DUBUQUE HARDWOODS INC (USDOT 240863) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 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 $750,000 limit in force from AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 15, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 29, 2026.

The carrier received 19 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 5 vehicle-level and 19 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 29, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 29, 2026.

It reports 13 power units and 13 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 28, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 30, 2009 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DUBUQUE HARDWOODS INC's USDOT number?

DUBUQUE HARDWOODS INC's USDOT number is 240863, and its motor carrier number is MC-440941.

Is DUBUQUE HARDWOODS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 30, 2026. DUBUQUE HARDWOODS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DUBUQUE HARDWOODS INC's safety record?

DUBUQUE HARDWOODS INC has a 20.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 30 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).