Carrier profile · USDOT 757799 · MC-341868 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Cowling Trucking Inc

9 power unitsavg 17.2 yrRegional · 3 statesFOREMAN, AR82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-341868 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

9Power units

10 observed · MCS-150

11Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

17.2Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(870) 542-7452 Email dispatchbrianna@cowlingtrucking.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average8.0% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record2 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-mo16.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

9 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

17.2 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1998 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

25 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 8.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 21.0 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

25 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.87 Warning flags on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’24 · 14 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

American Reliable’98–’01

Great West’16–’21

Berkley’21–’24

1998200520122019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since May 2024

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2021 → May 2024	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 2016 → May 2021	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2015 → May 2016	$750K	1
SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2013 → May 2015	$750K	8
TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2011 → May 2012	$750K	4
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2010 → May 2011	$750K	5
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2008 → May 2010	$750K	6
ACCEPTANCE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2007 → May 2008	$750K	2
WESTERN WORLD INSURANCE CO	May 2006 → May 2007	$750K	3
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	May 2005 → May 2006	$750K	3
ACCEPTANCE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2004 → May 2005	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2003 → May 2004	$750K	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2002 → Feb 2003	$750K	2
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jul 2001 → Jul 2002	$750K	2
AMERICAN RELIABLE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 1998 → Jul 2001	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 9
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

17.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

57.1%

VINs decoded

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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

FOREMAN, AR

585 LR 51 SOUTH

Top corridor

TX ⇄ AR

TX 15 · OK 6 · AR 4

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

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 793730Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (2 trucks · 1 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 793730

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 585 LR 51 SOUTH, FOREMAN, AR, 71836
Mailing address: 585 LR 51 SOUTH PO BOX 427, FOREMAN, AR, 71836
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (870) 542-7452
Email: brianna@cowlingtrucking.com
Web domain: cowlingtrucking.com

Registration

Officers: Richard Cowling · Brianna Segraves
USDOT / docket: 757799 · MC-341868
First registered: Jul 1, 1998
Last MCS-150: Feb 3, 2026 · 779,596 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 16, 2018
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

779,596

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 COWLING TRUCKING INC.

COWLING TRUCKING INC (USDOT 757799) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective May 11, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 16.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 25 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 18 vehicle-level and 25 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 9 power units and 11 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 16, 2018 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is COWLING TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

COWLING TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 757799, and its motor carrier number is MC-341868.

Is COWLING TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, COWLING TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is COWLING TRUCKING INC's safety record?

COWLING TRUCKING INC has a 16.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 36 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).

How big is COWLING TRUCKING INC's fleet?

COWLING TRUCKING INC operates 9 power units and 11 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is COWLING TRUCKING INC based?

COWLING TRUCKING INC is based in FOREMAN, AR, with roadside inspections recorded across 3 states.

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