Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
DBA DAMPER AND SONS
Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-30
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
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Awaiting VIN decode
11 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
Is DAMPER AND SONS TRANSPORTATION LLC safe to load? DAMPER AND SONS TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 2726799, MC-949498) is an active owner-operator motor carrier based in LOMITA, CA, operating 1 power unit and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 11 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). Across 1 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months. FMCSA has not assigned a safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: No federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. There is no recent safety record to judge this carrier on — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-30.
DAMPER AND SONS TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 2726799, and its motor carrier number is MC-949498.
As of 2026-06-30, DAMPER AND SONS TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.
DAMPER AND SONS TRANSPORTATION LLC has a —% vehicle out-of-service rate across 1 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: No federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. There is no recent safety record to judge this carrier on — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.
DAMPER AND SONS TRANSPORTATION LLC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
DAMPER AND SONS TRANSPORTATION LLC is based in LOMITA, CA.
1 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type
Operating authority
Insurance & bonds
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.
This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.
| Insurer | Period | Limit | Renewals |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH) | Jul 2023 → Jul 2025 | $750k | 3 |
| NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY | Jul 2022 → Jul 2023 | $750k | 3 |
| DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH) | Dec 2017 → Jul 2022 | $750k | 5 |
| PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY | Jan 2016 → Jul 2016 | $750k | 1 |
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
Location
Contact
Registration
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
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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