Carrier profile · USDOT 294345 · MC-195565 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Karls Transport Inc

168 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 23 statesANTIGO, WI88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-195565 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

168Power units

104 observed · MCS-150

150Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.6Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(715) 623-2033 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record3 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 39 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1987.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 297 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

168 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.6 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

39 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1987 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

2 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

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69 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 20, 2026.

Safety

176 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 21.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 70 vehicle and 176 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · 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 6.9 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

176 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 168-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 168
Inspections · 24 mo: 176
Annualized: ≈88 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving92 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 19 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 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: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 ’20 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’92–’98

Harco National’00–’04

Harco National’07–’11

Liberty Fire’11–’15

West Bend’15–’20

Integrity’20–now

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2022

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2020 → Sep 2020	$750K	3
WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2015 → Sep 2020	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2011 → Sep 2015	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2007 → Sep 2011	$750K	6
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2006 → Sep 2007	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2004 → Sep 2006	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2004 → Sep 2004	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2000 → Sep 2004	$750K	3
REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	Sep 1998 → Sep 2000	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 1992 → Sep 1998	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 30, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 168
Observed power (24 mo): 104
Trailers (towed): 150

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

43.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 23 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 30, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

176

WI busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Wisconsin: 33 inspections
Indiana: 26 inspections
Illinois: 25 inspections
Tennessee: 17 inspections
Mississippi: 9 inspections
Georgia: 8 inspections
Ohio: 7 inspections
Louisiana: 7 inspections
Florida: 6 inspections
Missouri: 6 inspections
Iowa: 5 inspections
Alabama: 4 inspections
North Carolina: 4 inspections
South Dakota: 4 inspections
Kentucky: 3 inspections
Minnesota: 2 inspections
Maryland: 2 inspections
Arkansas: 2 inspections
North Dakota: 2 inspections
Kansas: 1 inspections
New York: 1 inspections
Montana: 1 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections

Home base

ANTIGO, WI

975 AMRON AVE

Most inspections: WI

33 inspections

WI 33 · IN 26 · IL 25

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 30, 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 167718Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (30 trucks · 25 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4151760 USDOT 2868002 USDOT 3409203 USDOT 167718 USDOT 2435372 USDOT 2384019 USDOT 3647571 USDOT 2295292

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@karlstransport.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3495933

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

168

Observed (24 mo)

104

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 Oct 30, 2026

Location

Physical address: 975 AMRON AVE, ANTIGO, WI, 54409
Mailing address: PO BOX 333, ANTIGO, WI, 54409
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (715) 623-2033
Fax: (715) 623-2791
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: karlstransport.com

Registration

Officers: Jil Schulz · Karl Schulz
USDOT / docket: 294345 · MC-195565
First registered: Jun 3, 1987
Last MCS-150: May 12, 2026 · 12,491,616 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 27, 2005
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

168

Power units

129

Drivers

129

CDL drivers

12,491,616

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 30, 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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21%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

15 of 70 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

141violation records

33OOS-tagged records

15 of 70inspections 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

510%0 / 51

Hours of service

360%0 / 36

Other vehicle maintenance

3278%25 / 32

Brakes

100%0 / 10

Driver fitness

6100%6 / 6

Lights

633%2 / 6

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

27%Oct 24 to Apr 253 / 11

19%Apr 25 to Oct 255 / 27

29%Oct 25 to Apr 265 / 17

13%Apr 26 to Oct 262 / 15

Top 3 codes (34 of 141 records)

392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)13
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)11
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)10

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395.24 ELD — record edits / data10
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components6
395.3A3-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits5
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits4
395.3A2-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits4
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed4
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
395.24C2II-ELDTN ELD — record edits / data3
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate2
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators2
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
396.3A1-TAOCV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
396.7A-UOC Unsafe operation2
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
391.11B4-CLHA Driver not qualified1
391.11B5-LNCDLNVL Driver not qualified1
391.41B10-MC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2MI State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2SLFYEMV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.100C-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.203E-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2 Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9 Inoperative required lamps1
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H3-ELDMF ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data1
395.30B1 ELD — use / data transfer1
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-LLEAK Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for KARLS TRANSPORT INC.

KARLS TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 294345) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 15, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 21.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier received 176 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 70 vehicle-level and 176 driver-level — across 23 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 30, 2026.

The carrier has 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It reports 168 power units and 129 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 12, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 27, 2005 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is KARLS TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

KARLS TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 294345, and its motor carrier number is MC-195565.

Is KARLS TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 30, 2026. KARLS TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is KARLS TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

KARLS TRANSPORT INC has a 21.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 297 roadside inspections, with 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).