Carrier profile · USDOT 2960330 · MC-4283 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Sam's Star Carrier LLC

6 power unitsavg 8.3 yrRegional · 7 statesCOLUMBUS, OH86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-4283 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

6Power units

4 observed · MCS-150

6Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.3Avg age (yr)

2014–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(614) 372-3836 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

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Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average75.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% 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 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2017.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo75.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

6 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.3 yr

Model years 2014–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — 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

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CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 75.00% on 4 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.

Safety

10 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 75.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 41.7 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 6-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 10
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 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 ’20 · 3 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

United Specialty’18–’19

Knight Specialty’19–’20

beyond this history

2017202020232026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Jun 2022

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2019 → Jul 2020	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2018 → Jul 2019	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2017 → Sep 2017	$750K	6

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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): 6
Observed power (24 mo): 4
Trailers (towed): 6

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.3 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2014

Oldest model yr

80.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 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

KY busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Kentucky: 3 inspections
Georgia: 2 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections
Maryland: 1 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections

Home base

COLUMBUS, OH

2890 MERWIN HILL DR

Most inspections: KY

3 inspections

KY 3 · GA 2 · MS 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

Last 12 months: 2 trucks 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 2329402Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (9 trucks · 8 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2329402 USDOT 2509527 USDOT 2293735 USDOT 3176831 USDOT 3458111 USDOT 3252772 USDOT 3704589 USDOT 3743156

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 5, 2026

Location

Physical address: 2890 MERWIN HILL DR, COLUMBUS, OH, 43219
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (614) 372-3836
Cell: (380) 250-2329
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Zamzam Abdullahi
USDOT / docket: 2960330 · MC-4283
First registered: Jan 9, 2017
Last MCS-150: Oct 1, 2026 · 500,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 6.66
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

500,000

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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75%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

3 of 4 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

14violation records

8OOS-tagged records

3 of 4inspections 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.

Brakes

580%4 / 5

Other vehicle maintenance

580%4 / 5

Unsafe driving

40%0 / 4

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

n/aNov 24 to May 250 / 0

67%May 25 to Nov 252 / 3

n/aNov 25 to May 260 / 0

100%May 26 to Nov 261 / 1

Top 3 codes (5 of 14 records)

392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.47A-CD Brake actuators / linings / components2
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1

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392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.45DLUV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A Brakes inoperative1
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
396.3A1BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-HWSLIW Oil and/or grease leak1

Before you tender

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Brakes

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Other vehicle maintenance

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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 SAM'S STAR CARRIER LLC.

SAM'S STAR CARRIER LLC (USDOT 2960330) has a Vektor safety score of 86/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Jun 1, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 75.0% 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 10 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 4 vehicle-level and 10 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes 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 6 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 1, 2026. 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 SAM'S STAR CARRIER LLC's USDOT number?

SAM'S STAR CARRIER LLC's USDOT number is 2960330, and its motor carrier number is MC-4283.

Is SAM'S STAR CARRIER LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026. SAM'S STAR CARRIER LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SAM'S STAR CARRIER LLC's safety record?

SAM'S STAR CARRIER LLC has a 75.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 16 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 86/100 (tier: clear).