Carrier profile · USDOT 276445 · MC-180364 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

David R Kerstetter

DBA KERSTETTER TRUCKING

6 power unitsavg 1.7 yrMulti-region · 10 statesREEDSVILLE, PA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-180364 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

6Power units

9 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

1.7Avg age (yr)

2023–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(717) 667-6723 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 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 40 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1986.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 29 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 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

Small fleet

6 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

1.7 yr

Model years 2023–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

40 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1986 — 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
5 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent May 28, 2026.
Clean inspections19 inspections, 0 OOS in 24 months
0 out-of-service inspections at any level in that window.

Safety

19 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%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 — 6 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● 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

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 6-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 19
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.34 ELD — malfunction proceduresHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$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

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 4 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Lincoln General’94–’03

Sentry Select’08–’25

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 WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Mar 2025

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2008 → Mar 2025	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2006 → Mar 2006	$750K	4
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2004 → Apr 2006	$750K	2
ATHENA ASSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2003 → Mar 2004	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 1994 → Mar 2003	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 6
Observed power (24 mo): 9
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

1.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2023

Oldest model yr

83.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Ohio: 4 inspections
Indiana: 3 inspections
Missouri: 3 inspections
Pennsylvania: 2 inspections
Kansas: 2 inspections
Minnesota: 1 inspections
Nebraska: 1 inspections
North Dakota: 1 inspections
Illinois: 1 inspections
Colorado: 1 inspections

Home base

REEDSVILLE, PA

20 KERSTETTER DRIVE

Most inspections: OH

4 inspections

OH 4 · IN 3 · MO 3

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 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 4299951Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (6 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2119859 USDOT 4410392 USDOT 4299951 USDOT 2100527 USDOT 2447217 USDOT 1478967

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@centurylink.net — 1066 carriers: USDOT 11811 USDOT 54836 USDOT 65717 USDOT 71614 USDOT 79880 USDOT 84009 USDOT 96281 USDOT 99907

Shares a company officer with other carriers

david kerstetter — 2 carriers: USDOT 2139597

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 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 20 KERSTETTER DRIVE, REEDSVILLE, PA, 17084-0295
Mailing address: PO BOX 295, REEDSVILLE, PA, 17084-0295
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (717) 667-6723
Fax: (717) 667-6040
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: David Kerstetter
USDOT / docket: 276445 · MC-180364
First registered: Jul 21, 1986
Last MCS-150: Mar 4, 2026 · 908,556 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 22, 1989
D-U-N-S: 31430887

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

908,556

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 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

0 of 6 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

10violation records

0OOS-tagged records

0 of 6inspections 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

60%0 / 6

Hours of service

40%0 / 4

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%Stable

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 1

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 1

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 3

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 1

Top 3 codes (5 of 10 records)

392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1

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392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.34C ELD — malfunction procedures1

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for DAVID R KERSTETTER.

DAVID R KERSTETTER (USDOT 276445) 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 Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Mar 29, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 19 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 19 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 6 power units and 10 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 4, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 22, 1989 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DAVID R KERSTETTER's USDOT number?

DAVID R KERSTETTER's USDOT number is 276445, and its motor carrier number is MC-180364.

Is DAVID R KERSTETTER authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. DAVID R KERSTETTER is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DAVID R KERSTETTER's safety record?

DAVID R KERSTETTER has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 29 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).