Carrier profile · USDOT 889135 · MC-436356 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

L&j Transportation Companies Inc

DBA L&J LOGISTICS

26 power unitsavg 6.1 yrMulti-region · 12 statesPOTTSTOWN, PA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-436356 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

26Power units

15 observed · MCS-150

10Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.1Avg age (yr)

2014–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(610) 327-3100 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

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 26 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2000.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 39 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo8.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

26 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.1 yr

Model years 2014–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

26 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2000 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

6 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

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3 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jul 28, 2025.

Safety

22 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 8.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 13.2 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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.

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

Registered power units: 26
Inspections · 24 mo: 22
Annualized: ≈11 / 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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 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: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)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 ’22 · 5 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Transguard America’07–’12

Vanliner’13–now

2002200820142020now

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 · VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2022

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2013 → Jul 2022	$750K	2
AMERICAN ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2012 → Jun 2012	$750K	4
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Jun 2007 → Jun 2012	$750K	1
STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2006 → Jun 2006	$750K	5
VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2005 → Jun 2006	$750K	1
TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	Jun 2004 → Jul 2005	$750K	2
SECURITY INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD	Jun 2002 → Jun 2004	$750K	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): 26
Observed power (24 mo): 15
Trailers (towed): 10

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.1 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2014

Oldest model yr

68.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 6, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

PA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Pennsylvania: 5 inspections
California: 3 inspections
Maryland: 3 inspections
New York: 2 inspections
New Mexico: 2 inspections
North Carolina: 1 inspections
Nevada: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections
Tennessee: 1 inspections
New Jersey: 1 inspections
South Carolina: 1 inspections
Kentucky: 1 inspections

Home base

POTTSTOWN, PA

190 YARNELL RD

Most inspections: PA

5 inspections

PA 5 · CA 3 · MD 3

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 6, 2026

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3780759 USDOT 1542615Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (13 trucks · 11 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2894636 USDOT 4006338 USDOT 8781273 USDOT 16130 USDOT 456876 USDOT 3780759 USDOT 1542615 USDOT 4459437

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 6, 2026

Location

Physical address: 190 YARNELL RD, POTTSTOWN, PA, 19465
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (610) 327-3100
Fax: (610) 206-0009
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: ljmoving.net

Registration

Officer: James B. Fry
USDOT / docket: 889135 · MC-436356
First registered: Jun 22, 2000
Last MCS-150: May 13, 2025 · 687,047 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 9, 2008
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

687,047

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 6, 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 12 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

5violation records

1OOS-tagged records

1 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.

Unsafe driving

20%0 / 2

Brakes

10%0 / 1

Hours of service

10%0 / 1

Other vehicle maintenance

1100%1 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

40%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 3

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 3

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 3

33%May 26 to Nov 261 / 3

Top 3 codes (3 of 5 records)

392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2IRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1

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393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
395.22H2 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1

Before you tender

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Unsafe driving

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Brakes

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Hours of service

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for L&J TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES INC.

L&J TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES INC (USDOT 889135) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 3, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 8.3% 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 22 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 12 vehicle-level and 22 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 6, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It reports 26 power units and 19 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 13, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 9, 2008 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is L&J TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES INC's USDOT number?

L&J TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES INC's USDOT number is 889135, and its motor carrier number is MC-436356.

Is L&J TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 6, 2026. L&J TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is L&J TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES INC's safety record?

L&J TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES INC has a 8.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 39 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).