Owner-operator
3 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Owner-operator
3 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
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Awaiting VIN decode
10 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
Is DRAKE LEASING LLC safe to load? DRAKE LEASING LLC (USDOT 2909972, MC-980185) is an active owner-operator motor carrier based in NODAWAY, IA, operating 3 power units and 2 drivers. Operating authority has been active 10 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). Across 4 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 2026-06-13.
DRAKE LEASING LLC's USDOT number is 2909972, and its motor carrier number is MC-980185.
As of 2026-06-13, DRAKE LEASING LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.
DRAKE LEASING LLC has a —% vehicle out-of-service rate across 4 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.
DRAKE LEASING LLC operates 3 power units and 2 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
DRAKE LEASING LLC is based in NODAWAY, IA.
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Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history
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 adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750k federal floor
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 1 insurers are named in the list below.
BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · QBE INSURANCE CORPORATION · since Aug 2018
| Insurer | Period | Limit | Renewals |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO. | Jul 2016 → Nov 2018 | $750k | 2 |
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
Shares a company officer with other carriers
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
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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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