Carrier profile · USDOT 307813 · MC-290524 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Butler Machinery Company

DBA BUTLER CAT BUTLER CATERPILLAR BUTLER AG EQUIPMENT NORTH CENTRAL RENTAL AND LEASING

226 power unitsavg 5.2 yrRegional · 7 statesFARGO, ND100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-290524 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

226Power units

34 observed · MCS-150

14Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.2Avg age (yr)

2007–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(701) 298-2183 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

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 98 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.2%

▼ 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

Asset-based

226 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.2 yr

Model years 2007–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

38 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1987 — 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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2 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jul 21, 2025.

Safety

57 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 21.2%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 — 33 vehicle and 57 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · 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 13.8 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

55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 5

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 226-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 226
Inspections · 24 mo: 57
Annualized: ≈29 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 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: None
Contract: Active
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 ’25 · 1 insurer · 0 lapsesContinuous

Sentry Select’95–’25

1995200320112019now

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNION INSURANCE CO. · since Jan 2025

All 1 insurer era · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1995 → Jan 2025	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 226
Observed power (24 mo): 34
Trailers (towed): 14

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

62.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

SD busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

South Dakota: 29 inspections
North Dakota: 10 inspections
Nebraska: 10 inspections
Minnesota: 4 inspections
Wyoming: 2 inspections
Montana: 1 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections

Home base

FARGO, ND

3401 33RD STREET S

Most inspections: SD

29 inspections

SD 29 · ND 10 · NE 10

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 3, 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 653395Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (2 trucks · 3 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 653395 USDOT 1223051 USDOT 728327

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

226

Observed (24 mo)

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 Nov 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 3401 33RD STREET S, FARGO, ND, 58104
Mailing address: PO BOX 9559, FARGO, ND, 58106
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (701) 298-2183
Fax: (701) 298-1717
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: butlermachinery.com

Registration

Officer: Twylah Blotsky
USDOT / docket: 307813 · MC-290524
First registered: Dec 31, 1987
Last MCS-150: Mar 23, 2025 · 3,499,604 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 2, 1990
D-U-N-S: 8925919

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

226

Power units

415

Drivers

231

CDL drivers

3,499,604

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 3, 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

7 of 33 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

22violation records

7OOS-tagged records

7 of 33inspections 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

967%6 / 9

Unsafe driving

90%0 / 9

Lights

250%1 / 2

Brakes

10%0 / 1

Hours of service

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

29%Nov 24 to May 252 / 7

33%May 25 to Nov 252 / 6

20%Nov 25 to May 262 / 10

10%May 26 to Nov 261 / 10

Top 3 codes (10 of 22 records)

393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)6
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection2

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392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2DIM State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2WG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Lights

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for BUTLER MACHINERY COMPANY.

BUTLER MACHINERY COMPANY (USDOT 307813) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNION INSURANCE CO. effective Jan 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 21.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 57 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 33 vehicle-level and 57 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 226 power units and 415 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 23, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 2, 1990 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BUTLER MACHINERY COMPANY's USDOT number?

BUTLER MACHINERY COMPANY's USDOT number is 307813, and its motor carrier number is MC-290524.

Is BUTLER MACHINERY COMPANY authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026. BUTLER MACHINERY COMPANY is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BUTLER MACHINERY COMPANY's safety record?

BUTLER MACHINERY COMPANY has a 21.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 98 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).