Carrier profile · USDOT 3261005 · MC-1028010 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Panda Trucks LLC

DBA PANDA TRUCKS

15 power unitsavg 3.2 yrNational · 24 statesLUTZ, FL93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1028010 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

15Power units

20 observed · MCS-150

44Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(203) 885-1222 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 · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average29.3% 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 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2019.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

15 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2019 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

11 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

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 29.27% on 41 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
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22 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jul 8, 2026.

Safety

71 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 29.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 71 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · 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 5.8 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

67 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 6

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 15
Inspections · 24 mo: 71
Annualized: ≈36 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.4 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 Driving194 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 23 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 4 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 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$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 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Knight Specialty’19–’21

Canal’21–’22

North America’22–’23

American Inter-fidelity’23–’25

beyond this history

2019202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE	Nov 2023 → Jul 2025	$750K	4
INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA	Nov 2022 → Nov 2023	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2021 → Nov 2022	$750K	1
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2019 → Nov 2021	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2019 → Nov 2019	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 4, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 15
Observed power (24 mo): 20
Trailers (towed): 44

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

81.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 24 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 4, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MD busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Maryland: 9 inspections
Ohio: 8 inspections
Pennsylvania: 5 inspections
Iowa: 5 inspections
Arkansas: 4 inspections
Texas: 4 inspections
Illinois: 3 inspections
Massachusetts: 3 inspections
Colorado: 3 inspections
West Virginia: 3 inspections
Indiana: 3 inspections
Louisiana: 3 inspections
Tennessee: 3 inspections
Arizona: 2 inspections
North Carolina: 2 inspections
Oklahoma: 2 inspections
Virginia: 2 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections
Kentucky: 1 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections
Nebraska: 1 inspections
Connecticut: 1 inspections
California: 1 inspections
South Carolina: 1 inspections

Home base

LUTZ, FL

14801 LAKE FOREST DR

Most inspections: MD

9 inspections

MD 9 · OH 8 · PA 5

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 4, 2026

Last 12 months: 10 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3716896 USDOT 1082105Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (38 trucks · 11 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3586366 USDOT 4152786 USDOT 3716896 USDOT 7623561 USDOT 1082105 USDOT 1838380 USDOT 3652814 USDOT 1532134

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 4, 2026

Location

Physical address: 14801 LAKE FOREST DR, LUTZ, FL, 33559
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (203) 885-1222
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: pandatrucks.com

Registration

Officer: Huseyin Tumer
USDOT / docket: 3261005 · MC-1028010
First registered: Mar 20, 2019
Last MCS-150: Jan 26, 2026 · 761,568 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

761,568

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 4, 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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29%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

12 of 41 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

238violation records

41OOS-tagged records

12 of 41inspections 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

1562%3 / 156

Other vehicle maintenance

4757%27 / 47

Hours of service

1916%3 / 19

Lights

729%2 / 7

Brakes

650%3 / 6

Driver fitness

3100%3 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 5

33%May 25 to Nov 254 / 12

36%Nov 25 to May 264 / 11

31%May 26 to Nov 264 / 13

Top 3 codes (91 of 238 records)

392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)37
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)31
393.75G-TAOW Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)23

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392.2-SLLEWG3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)15
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)15
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)12
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)9
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing6
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection6
392.2DIM State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
383.23A2-LCDL Operating without a valid CDL3
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.104F3-C Cargo securement — tiedowns3
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured2
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.75A1-TEPBM Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
395.8E1PC-OOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
390.6-COERCION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2MI State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2SLSNC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2SLTRS State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.7A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.104B-C Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.106C1-C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.106D-C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45A-BHTIJ Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2 Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.55D1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.60E Windshield / glazing1
393.75A1 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-ATIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75B-TFV Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.3A2-HOSPDIT Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8D11-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F01 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for PANDA TRUCKS LLC.

PANDA TRUCKS LLC (USDOT 3261005) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 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 4, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY effective Nov 25, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 29.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026.

The carrier received 71 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 41 vehicle-level and 71 driver-level — across 24 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 4, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It reports 15 power units and 14 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 26, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 4, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PANDA TRUCKS LLC's USDOT number?

PANDA TRUCKS LLC's USDOT number is 3261005, and its motor carrier number is MC-1028010.

Is PANDA TRUCKS LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 4, 2026. PANDA TRUCKS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PANDA TRUCKS LLC's safety record?

PANDA TRUCKS LLC has a 29.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 100 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).