Carrier profile · USDOT 618032 · MC-382079 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Mies & Sons Trucking LLC

139 power unitsavg 6.2 yrMulti-region · 15 statesCOLWICH, KS88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-382079 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

139Power units

71 observed · MCS-150

92Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.2Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(316) 796-0186 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record5 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 31 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1995.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 186 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo1.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

139 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.2 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

31 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1995 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

17 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.

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6 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Aug 20, 2025.

Safety

116 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 70 vehicle and 116 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.7% · 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 13.9 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

110 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 11

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 139-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 139
Inspections · 24 mo: 116
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
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 ’17 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Great West’04–’09

Great West’09–’15

beyond this history

2000200720142021now

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 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Jul 2017

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2015 → Jul 2017	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2009 → Jul 2015	$750K	1
OAK RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2005 → Jul 2005	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2004 → Nov 2009	$750K	2
OAK RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2003 → Jul 2004	$750K	1
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	Jul 2002 → Jul 2003	$750K	1
PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2000 → Jul 2002	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 139
Observed power (24 mo): 71
Trailers (towed): 92

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

46.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 15 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

115

KS busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Kansas: 51 inspections
Oklahoma: 20 inspections
Colorado: 11 inspections
Texas: 9 inspections
New Mexico: 7 inspections
Missouri: 6 inspections
Indiana: 2 inspections
Illinois: 2 inspections
Iowa: 2 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Arkansas: 1 inspections

Home base

COLWICH, KS

19620 W 85TH NORTH

Most inspections: KS

51 inspections

KS 51 · OK 20 · CO 11

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

Last 12 months: 3 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3209663 USDOT 3995284 USDOT 328647Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (54 trucks · 34 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2905655 USDOT 3995284 USDOT 3207835 USDOT 3955041 USDOT 824723 USDOT 1818329 USDOT 3200782 USDOT 3860356

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

139

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 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 19620 W 85TH NORTH, COLWICH, KS, 67030-9624
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (316) 796-0186
Fax: (316) 796-0836
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: miestrucking.com

Registration

Officers: Gerald W Mies · Catherine A Mies
USDOT / docket: 618032 · MC-382079
First registered: Oct 24, 1995
Last MCS-150: Feb 9, 2026 · 11,104,449 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 27, 2023
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

139

Power units

133

Drivers

133

CDL drivers

11,104,449

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 1, 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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

1 of 70 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

60violation records

15OOS-tagged records

1 of 70inspections 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

2162%13 / 21

Unsafe driving

180%0 / 18

Lights

119%1 / 11

Brakes

70%0 / 7

Hours of service

20%0 / 2

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

30%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to Apr 250 / 15

0%May 25 to Oct 250 / 24

0%Nov 25 to Apr 260 / 16

7%May 26 to Oct 261 / 15

Top 3 codes (12 of 60 records)

392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)3
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps3

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392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LTSIR Inoperative required lamps2
396.3A1-TAOCV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
390.21TC-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLFY State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLILC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.201A-FRBFC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.201A-FRCLS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203C-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203E-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209D-STSM Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45DLUV Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C2 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.70B2-CDLMP Coupling devices / fifth wheel1
393.75A3-TFL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.83G-ELDC Exhaust system1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9T Inoperative required lamps1
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.8E Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-ALATR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-F Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak1

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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

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for MIES & SONS TRUCKING LLC.

MIES & SONS TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 618032) 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 Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Jul 1, 2017 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 1.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 116 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 70 vehicle-level and 116 driver-level — across 15 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 5 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 139 power units and 133 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 9, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 27, 2023 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MIES & SONS TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number?

MIES & SONS TRUCKING LLC's USDOT number is 618032, and its motor carrier number is MC-382079.

Is MIES & SONS TRUCKING LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. MIES & SONS TRUCKING LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is MIES & SONS TRUCKING LLC's safety record?

MIES & SONS TRUCKING LLC has a 1.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 186 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).