Fleet typeIdentity
Owner-operator
2 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
Carrier profile · USDOT 479862
BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING
2 power unitsNOTTINGHAM, PA
CARRIER INACTIVE
Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily
2Power units
Self-reported · MCS-150
—Trailers seen
None observed · 24 mo
—Avg age (yr)
Awaiting decode
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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Limited record
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Established 34 yearsUSDOT registration inactive
Watch · 3
USDOT registration inactiveThe USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.No inspection history despite active fleetAn established carrier reporting 2 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.MCS-150 census data outdatedThe biennial MCS-150 update is 4.3 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 1
Operating authority3434 yr active
since 1992Insurance (BIPD)Unknown
FMCSA L&IVehicle OOS · 24mo—%
▼ 22.26% nat'lCrashes · fatal00
clean 24 moVektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots
Fleet age vs peersDecoding
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Awaiting VIN decode
Identity stabilityStable
34 yr unchanged
Same registration since 1992 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
AI readFull read
Is BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING safe to work with?
Is BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING safe to load? BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING (USDOT 479862) is an inactive owner-operator motor carrier based in NOTTINGHAM, PA, operating 2 power units and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 34 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). FMCSA has not assigned a safety rating. Vektor rates it unrated (50/100), with the leading concern: usdot registration inactive. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
FMCSA fields + Vektor analysis · updated 2026-06-13
BBBROWN BROTHERS DRILLING 50
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Safety
Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history
Out-of-service rate· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
No roadside inspections on record.
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Authority & insurance
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
No insurance filing history on record.
03
Equipment & fleet
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
- Registered power units (MCS-150)
- 2
- Observed power (24 mo)
- —
- Trailers (towed)
- —
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
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Operations & lanes
Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Home base
NOTTINGHAM, PA
Density
fewermore
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Network & fraud
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@epix.net — 546 carriers: USDOT 10573USDOT 10603USDOT 10675USDOT 10690USDOT 38108USDOT 38149USDOT 45412USDOT 45424
Shares a company officer with other carriers
mark brown — 74 carriers: USDOT 372780USDOT 439247USDOT 485312USDOT 512540USDOT 617829USDOT 674657USDOT 903050USDOT 940253
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Identity & contact
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
Location
- Physical address
- 497 KIRKS MILL ROAD, NOTTINGHAM, PA, 19362
- Operation
- Interstate
Contact
- Phone
- (717) 548-2500
- Fax
- (717) 548-2149
- brownbros@epix.net
- Web domain
- epix.net
Registration
- Officer
- Mark Brown
- USDOT / docket
- 479862
- First registered
- 04/16/1992
- Last MCS-150
- 04/14/2022 · 3 mi (2019)
- FMCSA safety rating
- Not rated
- D-U-N-S
- 103743555
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
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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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Reviews
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Frequently asked
What is BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING's USDOT number?
BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING's USDOT number is 479862.
Is BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING authorized to operate?
As of 2026-06-13, BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING is inactive in the FMCSA register.
How big is BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING's fleet?
BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING operates 2 power units and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
Where is BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING based?
BROWN BROTHERS DRILLING is based in NOTTINGHAM, PA.