Carrier profile · USDOT 358803 · MC-243482 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Area Storage & Transfer Inc

DBA AREA

149 power unitsavg 6.7 yrMulti-region · 11 statesHARRISBURG, PA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-243482 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

149Power units

72 observed · MCS-150

75Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.7Avg age (yr)

2006–2024 · vPIC

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

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record4 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 37 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1989.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 201 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

149 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.7 yr

Model years 2006–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

37 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1989 — 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.

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26 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Feb 11, 2026.

Safety

115 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 21.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 115 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 28.3 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

107 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 12

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 149-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 149
Inspections · 24 mo: 115
Annualized: ≈58 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 13 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 6 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 15 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 10 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 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: Active
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 ’16 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Blue Ridge’98–’03

General Wisconsin’03–’09

Regent’09–’16

beyond this history

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT · since Jun 2016

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	May 2016 → Jul 2016	$750K	2
REGENT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2009 → May 2016	$750K	1
GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	Jun 2003 → Dec 2009	$750K	3
BLUE RIDGE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1998 → Jun 2003	$750K	3
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.	Jan 1998 → Jun 1998	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Jan 1996 → Mar 1998	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1994 → Jan 1996	$750K	2

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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): 149
Observed power (24 mo): 72
Trailers (towed): 75

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.7 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2006

Oldest model yr

53.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

114

PA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Pennsylvania: 38 inspections
Maryland: 22 inspections
New York: 18 inspections
New Jersey: 15 inspections
Ohio: 6 inspections
Tennessee: 6 inspections
Connecticut: 4 inspections
South Carolina: 2 inspections
Massachusetts: 2 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections

Home base

HARRISBURG, PA

1450 POTATO VALLEY ROAD

Most inspections: PA

38 inspections

PA 38 · MD 22 · NY 18

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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: 2 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 4147176 USDOT 1698377Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

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

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 125550 USDOT 327574 USDOT 620402 USDOT 3637488 USDOT 1108325 USDOT 4451976 USDOT 63794 USDOT 277649

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@areatrucking.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 2509569 USDOT 4146620

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

149

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: 1450 POTATO VALLEY ROAD, HARRISBURG, PA, 17112
Mailing address: PO BOX 60370, HARRISBURG, PA, 17106
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (717) 599-7655
Fax: (877) 334-1307
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: areatrucking.com

Registration

Officers: Lonnie J. Eckert · David F. Demchak Ii
USDOT / docket: 358803 · MC-243482
First registered: Jun 26, 1989
Last MCS-150: Feb 3, 2026 · 10,142,632 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 26, 1993
D-U-N-S: 789897121

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

149

Power units

253

Drivers

253

CDL drivers

10,142,632

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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22%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

14 of 65 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

125violation records

27OOS-tagged records

14 of 65inspections 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

3915%6 / 39

Other vehicle maintenance

2850%14 / 28

Lights

2124%5 / 21

Unsafe driving

210%0 / 21

Hours of service

130%0 / 13

Driver fitness

367%2 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

37%Nov 24 to May 257 / 19

20%May 25 to Nov 253 / 15

13%Nov 25 to May 262 / 15

13%May 26 to Nov 262 / 16

Top 3 codes (18 of 125 records)

393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components7
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed6
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects5

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393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators5
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps5
395.24 ELD — record edits / data5
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects4
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects4
393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative4
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
393.9B-LRLIWR Inoperative required lamps3
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits3
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak3
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.47A-BCFSAD-SA Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps2
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection2
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
396.3A1-BNMH Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
383.23A2-LCDLNP Operating without a valid CDL1
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
391.11B5-LNCDLNVE Driver not qualified1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.17A1-LRLDWR Lamps/reflectors on projecting loads1
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.23-LEU Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.55C1 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9T Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A3-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
396.3A1-ALBV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.7A-UOC Unsafe operation1
396.9D2-FTF Inspection of motor vehicles in operation1

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Lights

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC.

AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC (USDOT 358803) 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 Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and 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 $1,000,000 limit in force from THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT effective Jun 26, 2016 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 21.5% 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 115 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 65 vehicle-level and 115 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 149 power units and 253 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 3, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 26, 1993 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC's USDOT number?

AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC's USDOT number is 358803, and its motor carrier number is MC-243482.

Is AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026. AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC's safety record?

AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC has a 21.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 201 roadside inspections, with 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC's fleet?

AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC operates 149 power units and 253 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC based?

AREA STORAGE & TRANSFER INC is based in HARRISBURG, PA, with roadside inspections recorded across 11 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(717) 599-7655 Email dispatch[email protected]Carrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 358803
MC / Docket: MC-243482
Officer: LONNIE J. ECKERT
Address: 1450 POTATO VALLEY ROAD
HARRISBURG, PA, 17112

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 37 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT · since Jun 2016

Vehicle OOS 21.5%

vs 22.26% national — at or below benchmark.

4 fatal crashes

On the FMCSA crash record.

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