Carrier profile · USDOT 283481 · MC-259649 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

Pate Trucking Company LLC

212 power unitsavg 12.5 yrLocal · 2 statesLUBBOCK, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-259649 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

212Power units

108 observed · MCS-150

90Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(806) 368-7723 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average32.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record6 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 40 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1986.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

212 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.5 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

39 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1986 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

216 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

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 31.97% on 147 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
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2 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Feb 3, 2026.

Safety

150 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 32.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 147 vehicle and 150 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.2% · 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

145 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 13

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 212-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 212
Inspections · 24 mo: 150
Annualized: ≈75 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance116 · 14 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance56 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance48 · 24 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 31 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance47 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance45 · 8 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving39 · 1 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
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 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Federal’95–’04

St Paul’04–’10

Star’10–’14

Starr Liability’16–’20

Ace American’20–’25

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since May 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2020 → May 2025	$750K	1
STARR INDEMNITY & LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2016 → May 2020	$750K	4
ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2014 → May 2016	$750K	3
STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2010 → May 2014	$750K	1
ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2004 → Aug 2010	$750K	1
FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1995 → Jan 2004	$750K	1
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	Jan 1993 → Jul 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 212
Observed power (24 mo): 108
Trailers (towed): 90

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.5 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

35.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

150

TX busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Texas: 148 inspections
New Mexico: 2 inspections

Home base

LUBBOCK, TX

4025 112TH STREET

Most inspections: TX

148 inspections

TX 148 · NM 2

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 2, 2026

Last 12 months: 3 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3429092 USDOT 3750128 USDOT 3800628Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (22 trucks · 23 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3393437 USDOT 4086621 USDOT 3429092 USDOT 3750128 USDOT 2171377 USDOT 3800628 USDOT 2432943 USDOT 4186573

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@patetrucking.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3894097

Shares a company officer with other carriers

eric ellison — 9 carriers: USDOT 1683575 USDOT 2066231 USDOT 2934594 USDOT 3419653 USDOT 3930061 USDOT 4357124 USDOT 4420852 USDOT 4527836

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

212

Observed (24 mo)

108

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 Nov 2, 2026

Location

Physical address: 4025 112TH STREET, LUBBOCK, TX, 79423
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (806) 368-7723
Fax: (806) 368-9357
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: patetrucking.com

Registration

Officers: Eric Ellison · Zane Mead
USDOT / docket: 283481 · MC-259649
First registered: Dec 10, 1986
Last MCS-150: Jan 7, 2026 · 5,291,344 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 25, 2017
D-U-N-S: 53832655

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

212

Power units

214

Drivers

214

CDL drivers

5,291,344

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 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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32%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

47 of 147 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

422violation records

76OOS-tagged records

47 of 147inspections 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.

Other vehicle maintenance

14735%52 / 147

Brakes

1227%8 / 122

Lights

1198%10 / 119

Unsafe driving

284%1 / 28

Driver fitness

5100%5 / 5

Hours of service

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%

15%

30%

24%Nov 24 to May 256 / 25

45%May 25 to Nov 2518 / 40

26%Nov 25 to May 2610 / 39

30%May 26 to Nov 2613 / 43

Top 3 codes (96 of 422 records)

393.9 Inoperative required lamps51
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components26
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)19

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393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)16
393.78 Windshield wipers14
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing12
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators12
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)10
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)10
393.11TU Required lamps/reflectors missing9
396.3A1BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed9
393.45DLUV Brake tubing / hose defects8
393.48A Brakes inoperative8
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed8
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps7
393.207A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)6
393.45DLPC Brake tubing / hose defects6
392.2W State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.205C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)5
393.55C1 Antilock brake system (ABS)5
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)5
396.3A1-ALBV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed5
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak5
393.209E Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)4
393.43D-B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)4
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects4
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects4
393.9H Inoperative required lamps4
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection4
396.3A1B Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed4
391.11B2-Q Driver not qualified3
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing3
393.11TL Required lamps/reflectors missing3
393.11UR Required lamps/reflectors missing3
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defects3
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators3
393.55D3 Antilock brake system (ABS)3
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)3
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection3
396.3A1BL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed3
390.21(a) USDOT number marking on vehicle2
392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehicles2
393.11A1-LPL Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.11A1-LSML Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.11LR Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.203C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.207G Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.47A Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative2
393.51 Brake warning devices2
393.55A Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.75A1 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9T Inoperative required lamps2
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak2
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
383.23A2-R Operating without a valid CDL1
390.403C Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
392.16 Failure to use seat belt1
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-LCDLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2WC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSRIGRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11RT Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11S Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.13C1 Retroreflective sheeting1
393.203A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203C-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203E Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.23PT Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.28 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.43D Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45A-AJS Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2PC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45C-BSG Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45PC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCFSBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.47A-CD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.47D Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.50C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.55C2 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.60E Windshield / glazing1
393.67C7V-F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.70B1II Coupling devices / fifth wheel1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A2 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A2-TAOBB Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-ATIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75B Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.81 Horn1
393.95B Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
395.8F01 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.7A-UO Unsafe operation1

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Lights

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for PATE TRUCKING COMPANY LLC.

PATE TRUCKING COMPANY LLC (USDOT 283481) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective May 8, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 32.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 150 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 147 vehicle-level and 150 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 6 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 212 power units and 214 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 7, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 25, 2017 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PATE TRUCKING COMPANY LLC's USDOT number?

PATE TRUCKING COMPANY LLC's USDOT number is 283481, and its motor carrier number is MC-259649.

Is PATE TRUCKING COMPANY LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026. PATE TRUCKING COMPANY LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PATE TRUCKING COMPANY LLC's safety record?

PATE TRUCKING COMPANY LLC has a 32.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 217 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).