Carrier profile · USDOT 2356627 · MC-807263 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Elkins Truck Lines LLC

121 power unitsavg 7 yrLocal · 2 statesWASKOM, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-807263 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

121Power units

92 observed · MCS-150

96Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(318) 445-2879 Email dispatchBEN.ELKINS@ELKINSTL.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 above average31.1% vs the 22.26% 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 14 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2012.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$2M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo31.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

19 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$2M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo31.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

19 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

121 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2012 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

131 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 31.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 74 vehicle and 131 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 8.8 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

129 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 16

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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 121-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 121
Inspections · 24 mo: 131
Annualized: ≈66 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Maintenance43 · 11 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 17 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving24 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 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$2,000,000 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

$2M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $2M 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 · 6 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Hallmark Specialty’12–’15

Clear Blue’18–’20

Trisura Specialty’20–’23

beyond this history

2012201620202024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $2,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2023

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2020 → Mar 2023	$750K	3
CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2018 → Mar 2020	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2017 → Mar 2018	$750K	1
HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2016 → Mar 2017	$750K	1
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2015 → Mar 2016	$750K	1
HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2012 → Mar 2015	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 121
Observed power (24 mo): 92
Trailers (towed): 96

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

24.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

131

LA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

WASKOM, TX

18149 HWY 80 E

Top corridor

LA ⇄ TX

LA 99 · TX 32

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: 9 trucks also ran under 9 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3722476 USDOT 985416 USDOT 3537190 USDOT 2497677 USDOT 611357 USDOT 3510413 USDOT 3819283 USDOT 1812125Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (65 trucks · 64 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 81405 USDOT 184668 USDOT 328103 USDOT 2897186 USDOT 3722476 USDOT 985416 USDOT 2896883 USDOT 759493

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@elkinstl.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3733318

Shares a company officer with other carriers

benjamin elkins — 4 carriers: USDOT 1175597 USDOT 1709058 USDOT 3733318

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

121

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: 18149 HWY 80 E, WASKOM, TX, 75692
Mailing address: PO BOX 6018, ALEXANDRIA, LA, 71307
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (318) 445-2879
Cell: (318) 613-1963
Email: ben.elkins@elkinstl.com
Web domain: elkinstl.com

Registration

Officer: Benjamin Elkins
USDOT / docket: 2356627 · MC-807263
First registered: Nov 12, 2012
Last MCS-150: Jan 28, 2026 · 5,599,057 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 9, 2016
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

121

Power units

136

Drivers

136

CDL drivers

5,599,057

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 ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC.

ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC (USDOT 2356627) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $2,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 24, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 31.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 131 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 74 vehicle-level and 131 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 19 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 121 power units and 136 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 28, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 9, 2016 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC's USDOT number?

ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC's USDOT number is 2356627, and its motor carrier number is MC-807263.

Is ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC's safety record?

ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC has a 31.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 194 roadside inspections, with 19 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC's fleet?

ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC operates 121 power units and 136 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC based?

ELKINS TRUCK LINES LLC is based in WASKOM, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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