Carrier profile · USDOT 2979800 · MC-13650 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Zero Max Inc

215 power unitsavg 2.9 yrNational · 42 statesPALATINE, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-13650 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

215Power units

222 observed · MCS-150

392Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

2.9Avg age (yr)

2001–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(630) 423-7227 Email dispatchsafety@zeromaxinc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average35.8% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record4 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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-mo35.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

51 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo35.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

51 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

215 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

2.9 yr

Model years 2001–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

620 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 35.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 335 vehicle and 619 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.7% · 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 8.6 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

578 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 63

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

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 215-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 215
Inspections · 24 mo: 620
Annualized: ≈310 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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 Driving409 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance133 · 115 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance85 · 30 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance65 · 23 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance50 · 22 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance48 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance45 · 20 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

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

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 6 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

National Continental’17–’18

National Continental’19–’21

National Continental’21–’23

Protective’23–’24

Universal Risk’25–now

201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC · since Apr 2026

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC	Nov 2025 → Apr 2026	$1M	2
AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jul 2025 → Nov 2025	$1M	1
AMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2024 → Sep 2024	$1M	4
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2023 → Aug 2024	$1M	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2021 → Jul 2023	$1M	4
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Apr 2021	$1M	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2019 → Apr 2021	$1M	5
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2017 → Dec 2018	$1M	5

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 215
Observed power (24 mo): 222
Trailers (towed): 392

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

2.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

88.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 42 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

620

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

PALATINE, IL

1540 E DUNDEE RD STE 220

Top corridor

CA ⇄ IL

CA 174 · NM 96 · AZ 35

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 35 trucks also ran under 12 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1708768 USDOT 3927167 USDOT 4143821 USDOT 2258953 USDOT 4087599 USDOT 2570540 USDOT 3343274 USDOT 3169375Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (93 trucks · 173 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2258953 USDOT 2790217 USDOT 3785218 USDOT 4023446 USDOT 4087599 USDOT 1244207 USDOT 2514289 USDOT 2570540

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

215

Observed (24 mo)

222

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1540 E DUNDEE RD STE 220, PALATINE, IL, 60074
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (630) 423-7227
Email: safety@zeromaxinc.com
Web domain: zeromaxinc.com

Registration

Officer: Nur Parpiev
USDOT / docket: 2979800 · MC-13650
First registered: Feb 28, 2017
Last MCS-150: Apr 22, 2026 · 37,000,000 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

215

Power units

215

Drivers

CDL drivers

37,000,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for ZERO MAX INC.

ZERO MAX INC (USDOT 2979800) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC effective Apr 22, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 35.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 620 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 335 vehicle-level and 619 driver-level — across 42 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 51 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 215 power units and 215 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 22, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ZERO MAX INC's USDOT number?

ZERO MAX INC's USDOT number is 2979800, and its motor carrier number is MC-13650.

Is ZERO MAX INC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, ZERO MAX INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ZERO MAX INC's safety record?

ZERO MAX INC has a 35.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 1,045 roadside inspections, with 51 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).