Carrier profile · USDOT 3999537 · MC-1502783 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Cougar Trans Service Inc

3 power unitsavg 8.7 yrMulti-region · 11 statesFONTANA, CA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1502783 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

3Power units

6 observed · MCS-150

12Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.7Avg age (yr)

2006–2021 · vPIC

Call dispatch(559) 260-7378 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average43.5% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average23.8% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 2

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo43.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

3 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.7 yr

Model years 2006–2021 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

3 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2022 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

26 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 43.48% on 23 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
67 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Aug 16, 2026.

Safety

27 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 43.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 23.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 33.4 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 4

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

≈4.5 / 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: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 27
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈4.5 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.

393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance32 · 4 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving24 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 16 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 7 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 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 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Security National’22–’23

Southlake Specialty’23–’24

Knight Specialty’24–’25

beyond this history

20222023202420252026now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · A-ONE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE RRG, INC · since Dec 2025

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2024 → Dec 2025	$750K	1
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2023 → Dec 2024	$750K	1
SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2022 → Dec 2023	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 3
Observed power (24 mo): 6
Trailers (towed): 12

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.7 yr

Average age

2021

Newest model yr

2006

Oldest model yr

94.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

California: 9 inspections
Arizona: 4 inspections
New Mexico: 2 inspections
Missouri: 2 inspections
Arkansas: 2 inspections
Kansas: 2 inspections
New York: 2 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
New Jersey: 1 inspections
Indiana: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections

Home base

FONTANA, CA

14107 WOODLAND

Most inspections: CA

9 inspections

CA 9 · AZ 4 · NM 2

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

Last 12 months: 8 trucks also ran under 8 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3744530 USDOT 4061516 USDOT 4166174 USDOT 4457267 USDOT 4076519 USDOT 4507804 USDOT 4263155 USDOT 3230805Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (25 trucks · 18 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3510606 USDOT 3744530 USDOT 4061516 USDOT 4166174 USDOT 4457267 USDOT 1102762 USDOT 3230805 USDOT 4507804

Shares a company officer with other carriers

prince singh — 3 carriers: USDOT 3289171 USDOT 3860054

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 14107 WOODLAND, FONTANA, CA, 92337
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (559) 260-7378
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: Prince Singh
USDOT / docket: 3999537 · MC-1502783
First registered: Dec 16, 2022
Last MCS-150: Apr 9, 2026 · 1,000,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 13, 2026
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,000,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 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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43%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

10 of 23 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

148violation records

26OOS-tagged records

10 of 23inspections 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

4134%14 / 41

Brakes

3816%6 / 38

Hours of service

3116%5 / 31

Lights

190%0 / 19

Unsafe driving

180%0 / 18

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%

15%

30%

50%Nov 24 to May 252 / 4

43%May 25 to Nov 253 / 7

33%Nov 25 to May 262 / 6

50%May 26 to Nov 263 / 6

Top 3 codes (32 of 148 records)

393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components14
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer10
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection8

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396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed8
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing5
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
393.47A-BRC Brake actuators / linings / components4
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators4
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers4
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps4
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction3
395.24 ELD — record edits / data3
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.30-B Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.95F Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)2
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps2
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer2
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
395.8E-HOSPDELDT Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak2
391.41A-MCPVI No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2DIB State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.8-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.9A3 Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.17B1-LDSML Lamps/reflectors on projecting loads1
393.205A-WRBH Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A-WRC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SLAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.41-BNPB-SPR Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45A-BHTIJ Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2UV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCFSBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.47C-BSAMBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative1
393.48A-BLMACBD Brakes inoperative1
393.53B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.53BMAN Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.75A1-TEPBM Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps1
395.13D1-OOSO Driver declared out of service1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8D5-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-LLEAK Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.9C2-OOSO Inspection of motor vehicles in operation1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Brakes

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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 COUGAR TRANS SERVICE INC.

COUGAR TRANS SERVICE INC (USDOT 3999537) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading 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 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from A-ONE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE RRG, INC effective Dec 28, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 43.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 27 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 23 vehicle-level and 21 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 3 power units and 3 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 13, 2026 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is COUGAR TRANS SERVICE INC's USDOT number?

COUGAR TRANS SERVICE INC's USDOT number is 3999537, and its motor carrier number is MC-1502783.

Is COUGAR TRANS SERVICE INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. COUGAR TRANS SERVICE INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is COUGAR TRANS SERVICE INC's safety record?

COUGAR TRANS SERVICE INC has a 43.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 54 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).