Carrier profile · USDOT 2867988 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Direct Fence Distributors LLC

4 power unitsavg 10.3 yrRegional · 3 statesCARLSTADT, NJ81/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

17 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

10.3Avg age (yr)

2000–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(201) 438-8700 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate above average30.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average21.6% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 1

Established 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Authority not on file

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

4 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.3 yr

Model years 2000–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — 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

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 30.30% on 33 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.

Safety

37 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 30.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 21.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.7 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 5

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈4.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 37
Annualized: ≈19 / yr
Coverage: ≈4.6 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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness15 · 8 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

No insurance filing history on record.

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.

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 17
Trailers (towed): 0

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.3 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

94.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NJ busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

New Jersey: 35 inspections
New York: 1 inspections
Connecticut: 1 inspections

Home base

CARLSTADT, NJ

773 WASHINGTON AVENUE

Most inspections: NJ

35 inspections

NJ 35 · NY 1 · CT 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 5, 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 1634992

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 5, 2026

Location

Physical address: 773 WASHINGTON AVENUE, CARLSTADT, NJ, 07072-3002
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (201) 438-8700
Fax: (201) 438-8702
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: directfencedistributors.com

Registration

Officers: Raul Bernal · Eugenio Pagani
USDOT / docket: 2867988
First registered: Mar 17, 2016
Last MCS-150: Aug 21, 2025 · 94,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 25.00
D-U-N-S: 66729808

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

94,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 5, 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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30%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

10 of 33 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

124violation records

32OOS-tagged records

10 of 33inspections 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

4831%15 / 48

Unsafe driving

3511%4 / 35

Lights

268%2 / 26

Driver fitness

1479%11 / 14

Brakes

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%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 5

20%May 25 to Nov 251 / 5

33%Nov 25 to May 262 / 6

41%May 26 to Nov 267 / 17

Top 3 codes (16 of 124 records)

391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate6
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle5
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5

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393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers4
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)4
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps4
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection4
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate3
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured3
393.40F-BNPB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)3
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)3
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps3
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps3
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps3
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLEWG3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.106B-C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.110B1-C Cargo securement — number of tiedowns2
393.11A1-LIL Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.11A1-LLPL Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.60C Windshield / glazing2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.75G-TFWETL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps2
383.25A2 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.19B2-BIENNIAL Unified registration / MCS-1501
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TC-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.11B4 Driver not qualified1
391.11B5-LNCDLNVL Driver not qualified1
391.45A-MCEM No medical examination / expired1
392.16B-DPASS Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML 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
392.5A3-IDUI Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.7A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.104B-C Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.201A-FRCLS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.201B-FR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.30-B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.55A-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.67C7V-F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.75A4-PBME Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75G-TAOW Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.81-H Horn1
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95K-EE Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Lights

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC.

DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC (USDOT 2867988) 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 3, 2026.

The carrier has an unknown current for-hire authority status because no FMCSA L&I authority row is available. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 30.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 37 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 33 vehicle-level and 37 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 21, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC's USDOT number?

DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC's USDOT number is 2867988.

Is DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026. DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC is active in the FMCSA register.

What is DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC's safety record?

DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC has a 30.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 62 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC's fleet?

DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC operates 4 power units and 4 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC based?

DIRECT FENCE DISTRIBUTORS LLC is based in CARLSTADT, NJ, with roadside inspections recorded across 3 states.

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