Carrier profile · USDOT 2872504 · MC-973110 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Jose Garcia

DBA 3G CARRIERS

4 power unitsavg 12.3 yrRegional · 4 statesLAREDO, TX74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-973110 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

12Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.3Avg age (yr)

2007–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(956) 898-4934 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 well above average45.5% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average15.4% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

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 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo45.5%

▲ 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 peersOlder

12.3 yr

Model years 2007–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

12 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 45.45% on 11 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
7 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 28, 2025.

Safety

13 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 45.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 15.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.6 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

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

≈1.6 / 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: 13
Annualized: ≈7 / 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 ’26 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Hallmark County’17–’18

Hallmark County’19–’20

United Wisconsin’20–’22

Highlander Specialty’22–’24

Trisura Specialty’24–’25

Agricultural Workers’25–’26

2016201920222025now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO · since Apr 2026

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO	Apr 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Apr 2025	$750K	4
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2022 → Apr 2024	$750K	2
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2020 → Apr 2022	$750K	3
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2019 → Apr 2020	$750K	5
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2017 → Apr 2018	$750K	5
AMERICAN MILLENNIUM INS/CITADEL REINSURANCE	Jun 2016 → Apr 2017	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 12

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.3 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

58.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Texas: 10 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections
Alabama: 1 inspections
Colorado: 1 inspections

Home base

LAREDO, TX

4022 QUIVIRA DR

Most inspections: TX

10 inspections

TX 10 · LA 1 · AL 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 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 3239128Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 7 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3501062 USDOT 4347197 USDOT 3239128 USDOT 3398688 USDOT 270179 USDOT 3579468 USDOT 3614120

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jose garcia — 258 carriers: USDOT 304823 USDOT 436246 USDOT 548824 USDOT 627660 USDOT 723031 USDOT 793259 USDOT 827136 USDOT 841707

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 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 4022 QUIVIRA DR, LAREDO, TX, 78045-5600
Mailing address: 10121 TRUCHAS, LAREDO, TX, 78045
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (956) 898-4934
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Jose Garcia
USDOT / docket: 2872504 · MC-973110
First registered: Mar 31, 2016
Last MCS-150: Jul 28, 2026 · 208,485 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

208,485

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 1, 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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45%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

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

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

114violation records

13OOS-tagged records

5 of 11inspections 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

4120%8 / 41

Lights

274%1 / 27

Brakes

239%2 / 23

Unsafe driving

140%0 / 14

Hours of service

714%1 / 7

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Other / unclassified

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

100%Nov 24 to Apr 251 / 1

33%May 25 to Oct 252 / 6

50%Nov 25 to Apr 261 / 2

50%May 26 to Oct 261 / 2

Top 3 codes (23 of 114 records)

392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)9
393.9 Inoperative required lamps8
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection6

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393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing4
393.48A Brakes inoperative4
393.60C Windshield / glazing4
393.11TL Required lamps/reflectors missing3
393.78 Windshield wipers3
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)3
395.22H4 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction3
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection3
396.5B Oil and/or grease leak3
392.2W State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.45B2PC Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.45DLPC Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.55C2 Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps2
390.21(a) USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.11B2-Q Driver not qualified1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2FT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LTSM Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11UR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.203E-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A-WRDC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209E Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.24A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.30-B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.43A-TPV Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45DLUV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45PC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A-BMBCBD Brakes inoperative1
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C1 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
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-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9H Inoperative required lamps1
393.9T Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24 ELD — record edits / data1
395.34A1 ELD — malfunction procedures1
395.8E Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BNMH Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1BL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-HWSLIW Oil and/or grease leak1
399.211-CBP Other violation1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for JOSE GARCIA.

JOSE GARCIA (USDOT 2872504) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO effective Apr 11, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 45.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 13 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 11 vehicle-level and 13 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 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 1, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 28, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is JOSE GARCIA's USDOT number?

JOSE GARCIA's USDOT number is 2872504, and its motor carrier number is MC-973110.

Is JOSE GARCIA authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. JOSE GARCIA is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is JOSE GARCIA's safety record?

JOSE GARCIA has a 45.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 17 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).