Carrier profile · USDOT 751462 · MC-377543 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Lykes Cartage Company Inc

61 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 3 statesROUND ROCK, TX62/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-377543 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

61Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

11Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.0Avg age (yr)

2004–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(512) 933-9060 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Watch · 3

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average50.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average16.7% of driver inspections were placed out of service 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-mo50.0%

▲ 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 peersTypical

7 yr

Model years 2004–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1998 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

18 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 50.00% on 12 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
3 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Apr 16, 2026.

Safety

13 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 36.4 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 3

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: 13
Annualized: ≈7 / 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 Maintenance14 · 10 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 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 Compliance3 · 3 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?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

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 · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

North River’03–’06

Great West’16–’20

beyond this history

1999200620132020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

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

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2016 → Dec 2020	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Nov 2013 → Nov 2013	$1M	2
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 → Dec 2006	$1M	2
AMERICAN CENTRAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 1999 → Sep 1999	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 6, 2026

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.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.0 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

27.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Texas: 11 inspections
Florida: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections

Home base

ROUND ROCK, TX

590 GREENHILL DRIVE

Most inspections: TX

11 inspections

TX 11 · FL 1 · AZ 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 5, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 245896Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (4 trucks · 4 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 245896 USDOT 400360 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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 5, 2026

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: [email protected]
Web domain: lykescartage.com

Registration

Officers: Lisa Lykes · Joe 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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 5, 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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50%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

6 of 12 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

38violation records

16OOS-tagged records

6 of 12inspections 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

1958%11 / 19

Lights

1010%1 / 10

Unsafe driving

520%1 / 5

Hours of service

2100%2 / 2

Brakes

10%0 / 1

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 4

100%May 25 to Nov 251 / 1

67%Nov 25 to May 264 / 6

100%May 26 to Nov 261 / 1

Top 3 codes (15 of 38 records)

393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)8
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4
393.9 Inoperative required lamps3

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392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection2
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
392.2-LCDLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11TL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11TU Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.55D3 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.75C Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
395.8A-NON-ELD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-F Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

Check pre-trip lamp inspections and completed repairs.

Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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

LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY INC (USDOT 751462) has a Vektor safety score of 62/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 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. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 50.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier received 13 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 12 vehicle-level and 12 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

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

It reports 61 power units and 55 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 12, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 24, 2008 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 5, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

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

Is LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 5, 2026. LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY INC's safety record?

LYKES CARTAGE COMPANY INC has a 50.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 22 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 62/100 (tier: high_risk).