Carrier profile · USDOT 2516 · MC-281716 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 7, 2026

Barton Solvents Inc

107 power unitsavg 8.4 yrMulti-region · 14 statesDES MOINES, IA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-281716 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

107Power units

61 observed · MCS-150

81Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(515) 265-7998 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 7, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 263 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo7.9%

▼ 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

107 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

6 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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8 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 16, 2026.

Safety

159 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 10, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 7.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 139 vehicle and 159 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

155 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 12

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 107-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 107
Inspections · 24 mo: 159
Annualized: ≈80 / 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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
177.823 Other violationOther4 · 3 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 7, 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)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 ’15 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Great West’94–’00

Greenwich’00–’11

Steadfast’11–’14

beyond this history

1994200220102018now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2014

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NAUTILUS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2014 → Jan 2015	$1M	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2011 → Jan 2011	$1M	3
STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2011 → Jan 2014	$1M	1
GREENWICH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2000 → Jan 2011	$1M	10
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 1994 → Jan 2000	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 10, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 107
Observed power (24 mo): 61
Trailers (towed): 81

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

64.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 10, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

155

IA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Iowa: 26 inspections
Kansas: 24 inspections
Oklahoma: 17 inspections
Illinois: 16 inspections
Missouri: 14 inspections
Colorado: 12 inspections
South Dakota: 10 inspections
Nebraska: 10 inspections
Wisconsin: 8 inspections
Minnesota: 7 inspections
Wyoming: 5 inspections
Texas: 5 inspections
North Dakota: 1 inspections

Home base

DES MOINES, IA

1920 NE BROADWAY

Most inspections: IA

26 inspections

IA 26 · KS 24 · OK 17

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 10, 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 1607364Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (2 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1607364 USDOT 53497

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

107

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 10, 2026

Location

Physical address: 1920 NE BROADWAY, DES MOINES, IA, 50313
Mailing address: PO BOX 221, DES MOINES, IA, 50306-0221
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (515) 265-7998
Fax: (515) 265-0259
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: barsol.com

Registration

Officers: Thomas Berkheimer · David M. Casten
USDOT / docket: 2516 · MC-281716
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Nov 20, 2025 · 3,760,083 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 1, 2010
D-U-N-S: 5306717

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

107

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,760,083

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 10, 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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

11 of 139 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

88violation records

15OOS-tagged records

11 of 139inspections 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

210%0 / 21

Other vehicle maintenance

2035%7 / 20

Unsafe driving

147%1 / 14

Other / unclassified

1338%5 / 13

Lights

1217%2 / 12

Hours of service

80%0 / 8

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

0%Oct 24 to Apr 250 / 23

9%Apr 25 to Oct 254 / 47

13%Oct 25 to Apr 264 / 32

8%Apr 26 to Oct 263 / 37

Top 3 codes (13 of 88 records)

393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects5
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components4

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393.45 Brake tubing / hose defects3
393.45B2 Brake tubing / hose defects3
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data3
172.600C1-HMER Other violation2
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps2
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak2
172.202A3-HMSPS Other violation1
172.506A-HMPMC Other violation1
172.602C-HMER Other violation1
177.817A-HMSP Other violation1
177.817E1-HMHC Other violation1
177.823A-HMPMCNP50% Other violation1
177.823A-HMTVMMCNID Other violation1
177.823A-HMTVMNID Other violation1
177.834A-HMC Other violation1
177.834J1-HMBPMC Other violation1
180.407A Other violation1
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 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
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.100C-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.104F3-C Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LLPL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LTSM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11TL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11TU Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.207F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.30-B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2PC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45DLPC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75B-TFV Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9 Inoperative required lamps1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9T Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.24C2II-ELDTN ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1B Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1
396.9D2 Inspection of motor vehicles in operation1

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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 BARTON SOLVENTS INC.

BARTON SOLVENTS INC (USDOT 2516) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 7, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 10, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 1, 2014 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 7, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 7.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 10, 2026.

The carrier received 159 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 139 vehicle-level and 159 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 10, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 10, 2026.

It reports 107 power units and 77 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 20, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 10, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 1, 2010 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 10, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BARTON SOLVENTS INC's USDOT number?

BARTON SOLVENTS INC's USDOT number is 2516, and its motor carrier number is MC-281716.

Is BARTON SOLVENTS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 10, 2026. BARTON SOLVENTS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BARTON SOLVENTS INC's safety record?

BARTON SOLVENTS INC has a 7.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 263 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).