Carrier profile · USDOT 751462 · MC-377543 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lykes Cartage Company LLC

61 power unitsRegional · 3 statesROUND ROCK, TX68/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-377543 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

61Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

11Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.4Avg age (yr)

2004–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(512) 933-9060 Email dispatchswhitworth@lykescartage.com

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

Watch · 3

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average36.4% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average9.1% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 28 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1998.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

61 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

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Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1998 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

12 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 36.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 15.2 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 61-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 61
Inspections · 24 mo: 12
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 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.

393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
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

$1M BIPD last filed ’20 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

American Central’99–’03

North River’03–’06

Great West’13–’20

beyond this history

1999200620132020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2020

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Nov 2013 → Dec 2020	$1M	3
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2011 → Nov 2013	$1M	2
THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2010 → Nov 2011	$1M	3
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Nov 2009 → Nov 2009	$1M	3
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2007 → Nov 2009	$1M	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2006 → Dec 2007	$1M	2
NORTH RIVER INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2003 → Nov 2006	$1M	2
AMERICAN CENTRAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 1999 → Nov 2003	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 61
Observed power (24 mo): 10
Trailers (towed): 11

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 across 3 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

ROUND ROCK, TX

590 GREENHILL DRIVE

Top corridor

TX 9 · FL 2 · AZ 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (2 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 437662 USDOT 41208

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@lykescartage.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 2279131 USDOT 2967555

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

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

Location

Physical address: 590 GREENHILL DRIVE, ROUND ROCK, TX, 78665
Mailing address: P O BOX 310, ROUND ROCK, TX, 78680
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (512) 933-9060
Fax: (512) 933-9492
Email: swhitworth@lykescartage.com
Web domain: lykescartage.com

Registration

Officers: Joe Lykes · Lisa Lykes
USDOT / docket: 751462 · MC-377543
First registered: Jun 2, 1998
Last MCS-150: Mar 12, 2026 · 5,225,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 24, 2008
D-U-N-S: 192347011

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

5,225,000

Annual mileage

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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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC.

LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC (USDOT 751462) has a Vektor safety score of 68/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 1, 2020 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 36.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 12 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 11 vehicle-level and 11 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 61 power units and 55 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 12, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 24, 2008 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC's USDOT number?

LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC's USDOT number is 751462, and its motor carrier number is MC-377543.

Is LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC's safety record?

LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC has a 36.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 20 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 68/100 (tier: review).

How big is LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC's fleet?

LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC operates 61 power units and 55 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC based?

LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY LLC is based in ROUND ROCK, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 3 states.

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