Carrier profile · USDOT 2900732 · MC-975720 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

F & J Truck Lines LLC

10 power unitsavg 4.7 yrMulti-region · 12 statesEDINBURG, TX66/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-975720 INACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

10Power units

12 observed · MCS-150

11Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.7Avg age (yr)

2009–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(956) 227-5635 Email dispatchSAFETY@SHIPFJ.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.

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No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Driver out-of-service rate well above average17.4% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

In good standing · 1

Established 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

10 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.7 yr

Model years 2009–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

23 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 18.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 17.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 11.7 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 3

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 23
Annualized: ≈12 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 5 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

At Lloyds’16–’17

American Millennium’17–’19

United Wisconsin’19–’22

Hudson’22–’23

Southlake Specialty’23–’24

Agricultural Workers’24–’25

2016201920222025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2025 → Dec 2025	$750K	2
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO	Jul 2024 → Jul 2025	$750K	1
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2023 → Jul 2024	$750K	2
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2022 → Jul 2023	$750K	12
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2019 → Jul 2022	$750K	18
AMERICAN MILLENNIUM INS/CITADEL REINSURANCE	Jul 2017 → Jul 2019	$750K	6
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	Jul 2016 → Jul 2017	$750K	5

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 10
Observed power (24 mo): 12
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

4.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2009

Oldest model yr

66.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 12 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

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

EDINBURG, TX

4511 N EXPRESSWAY 281

Top corridor

TX 8 · SD 3 · KY 2

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: 3 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4384443 USDOT 437028Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (6 trucks · 8 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 21800 USDOT 75525 USDOT 3350750 USDOT 437028 USDOT 1739863 USDOT 2085308 USDOT 4384443 USDOT 2974416

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: 4511 N EXPRESSWAY 281, EDINBURG, TX, 78542
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (956) 227-5635
Fax: (956) 331-2828
Email: safety@shipfj.com
Web domain: shipfj.com

Registration

Officers: Fabian Aguilar · Jackelyn M Vergara
USDOT / docket: 2900732 · MC-975720
First registered: Jun 15, 2016
Last MCS-150: Jun 25, 2024 · 900,425 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 118117108

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

900,425

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 F & J TRUCK LINES LLC.

F & J TRUCK LINES LLC (USDOT 2900732) has a Vektor safety score of 66/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 23 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 11 vehicle-level and 23 driver-level — across 12 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 10 power units and 10 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 25, 2024.

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

Frequently asked

What is F & J TRUCK LINES LLC's USDOT number?

F & J TRUCK LINES LLC's USDOT number is 2900732, and its motor carrier number is MC-975720.

Is F & J TRUCK LINES LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is F & J TRUCK LINES LLC's safety record?

F & J TRUCK LINES LLC has a 18.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 47 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 66/100 (tier: review).

How big is F & J TRUCK LINES LLC's fleet?

F & J TRUCK LINES LLC operates 10 power units and 10 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is F & J TRUCK LINES LLC based?

F & J TRUCK LINES LLC is based in EDINBURG, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 12 states.

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