Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
DBA NESS TRUCKING
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
21 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2005 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
Is DUANE J NESS safe to load? DUANE J NESS (USDOT 1348616, MC-541044) is an active owner-operator motor carrier based in BEMIDJI, MN, operating 1 power unit and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 21 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). FMCSA has not assigned a safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: No federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. There is no recent safety record to judge this carrier on — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
DUANE J NESS's USDOT number is 1348616, and its motor carrier number is MC-541044.
As of 2026-06-13, DUANE J NESS is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.
DUANE J NESS operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
DUANE J NESS is based in BEMIDJI, MN.
We could not retrieve a reliable peer set for this profile right now.
Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
No roadside inspections on record.
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 — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Mar 2025
| Insurer | Period | Limit | Renewals |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY | Mar 2023 → Mar 2025 | $750k | 2 |
| AEGIS SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY | Mar 2017 → Mar 2023 | $750k | 1 |
| STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC. | Mar 2013 → Mar 2017 | $750k | 1 |
| MAIDEN REINSURANCE COMPANY | Mar 2010 → Mar 2013 | $750k | 1 |
| GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. | Mar 2006 → Mar 2010 | $750k | 1 |
| NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY | Nov 2005 → Mar 2006 | $750k | 1 |
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 · 24 mo
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
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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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