Carrier profile · USDOT 1599998 · MC-591877 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dalton Trucking Inc

64 power unitsavg 14.4 yrLocal · 1 statesINEZ, TX80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-591877 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

64Power units

52 observed · MCS-150

45Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(361) 655-7096 Email dispatchobgator66@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average39.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes6 crashes involving injuries are on 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 20 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2007.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo39.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo39.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

64 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

14.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

19 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2007 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

86 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 39.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 74 vehicle and 86 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 5.5 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

86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 8

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 64-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 64
Inspections · 24 mo: 86
Annualized: ≈43 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 7 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving34 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 11 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 8 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
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 ’23 · 11 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Southern’08–’10

National’12–’14

American Southern’15–’17

National Interstate’18–’20

beyond this history

2007201220172022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · EVEREST DENALI INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2024

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Feb 2022 → Feb 2023	$750K	2
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2020 → Feb 2022	$750K	8
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Jun 2020 → Jun 2020	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2018 → Jun 2020	$750K	1
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Sep 2017 → Apr 2018	$750K	1
AMERICAN SOUTHERN HOME INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2015 → Sep 2017	$750K	2
IMPERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2014 → Oct 2015	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Oct 2012 → Oct 2014	$750K	3
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Oct 2011 → Oct 2012	$750K	1
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2010 → Oct 2011	$750K	2
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2010 → Oct 2010	$750K	1
SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2008 → Jul 2010	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL	Mar 2007 → Jul 2008	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 64
Observed power (24 mo): 52
Trailers (towed): 45

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

14.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

26.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

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

INEZ, TX

934 MIDWAY ROAD SOUTH

Top corridor

TX 86

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: 5 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2886832 USDOT 2940101 USDOT 2723759 USDOT 1105638Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (17 trucks · 13 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2886832 USDOT 2940101 USDOT 830338 USDOT 2584758 USDOT 1850259 USDOT 4150355 USDOT 2723759 USDOT 3294447

Shares a company officer with other carriers

kyle dalton — 2 carriers: USDOT 1994150

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: 934 MIDWAY ROAD SOUTH, INEZ, TX, 77968
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (361) 655-7096
Cell: (361) 572-4400
Fax: (361) 572-4402
Email: obgator66@gmail.com

Registration

Officers: Kyle Dalton · Joey Krohn
USDOT / docket: 1599998 · MC-591877
First registered: Jan 25, 2007
Last MCS-150: Sep 23, 2025 · 3,800,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,800,000

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 DALTON TRUCKING INC.

DALTON TRUCKING INC (USDOT 1599998) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common 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 EVEREST DENALI INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 15, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 39.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 86 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 74 vehicle-level and 86 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 64 power units and 75 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 23, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DALTON TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

DALTON TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 1599998, and its motor carrier number is MC-591877.

Is DALTON TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, DALTON TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DALTON TRUCKING INC's safety record?

DALTON TRUCKING INC has a 39.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 95 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is DALTON TRUCKING INC's fleet?

DALTON TRUCKING INC operates 64 power units and 75 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is DALTON TRUCKING INC based?

DALTON TRUCKING INC is based in INEZ, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 1 state.

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