Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
DBA WESTERN RIVER TRANSPORTATION
Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
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Awaiting VIN decode
24 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2002 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
Is EDWARD LEWIS safe to load? EDWARD LEWIS (USDOT 996156, MC-422641) is an active owner-operator motor carrier based in POLSON, MT, operating 1 power unit and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 24 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). Across 1 roadside inspections, its vehicle out-of-service rate over the last 24 months is 100.0% (above the 22.26% national average), with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months. FMCSA has not assigned a safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 1 federal roadside inspection in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
EDWARD LEWIS's USDOT number is 996156, and its motor carrier number is MC-422641.
As of 2026-06-13, EDWARD LEWIS is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.
EDWARD LEWIS has a 100.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 1 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 1 federal roadside inspection in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.
EDWARD LEWIS operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
EDWARD LEWIS is based in POLSON, MT, with roadside inspections recorded across 1 state.
We could not retrieve a reliable peer set for this profile right now.
1 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type
Operating authority
Insurance & bonds
Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750k federal floor
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.
BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY · since May 2024
| Insurer | Period | Limit | Renewals |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY | Apr 2021 → May 2024 | $750k | 1 |
| GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. | Apr 2018 → Apr 2021 | $750k | 1 |
| NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY | Apr 2015 → Apr 2018 | $750k | 2 |
| GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. | Apr 2006 → Nov 2006 | $750k | 1 |
| CANAL INSURANCE CO. | Apr 2005 → Apr 2006 | $750k | 1 |
| OOIDA RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC. | Jan 2002 → Apr 2005 | $750k | 7 |
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo
Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
Shares a company officer with other carriers
Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units
Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
Location
Contact
Registration
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
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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