Carrier profile · USDOT 310706 · MC-198945 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Fortune Transportation Company Inc

DBA FORTUNE TRANSPORTATION

184 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 25 statesWINDOM, MN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-198945 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

184Power units

171 observed · MCS-150

210Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.3Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(507) 831-2335 Email dispatchjohn.mcdonald@fortunetransportation.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 24, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record7 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 38 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1988.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 581 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

12 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

12 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

184 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.3 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

38 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1988 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

391 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 9.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 184 vehicle and 391 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.5% · 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 4.3 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

378 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 26

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 184-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 184
Inspections · 24 mo: 391
Annualized: ≈196 / 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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 15 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 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: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 ’15 · 7 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Redland’92–’96

Great West’02–’06

Discover Property’06–’10

Travelers Connecticut’14–now

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT · since Mar 2015

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT	Mar 2014 → Mar 2015	$750K	1
DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2011 → Mar 2014	$750K	3
DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2006 → Mar 2010	$750K	7
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2002 → Jul 2006	$750K	2
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	Jul 1999 → Jul 2002	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1997 → Jul 1997	$750K	3
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 1996 → Jul 1997	$750K	2
REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1992 → Jul 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 184
Observed power (24 mo): 171
Trailers (towed): 210

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

51.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 25 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

391

NM busiest

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

Home base

WINDOM, MN

93702 470TH AVE

Top corridor

NM ⇄ MN

NM 125 · KS 44 · SD 37

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 3758419Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (44 trucks · 50 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 176097 USDOT 839083 USDOT 1158934 USDOT 4222523 USDOT 4420114 USDOT 3765282 USDOT 3803126 USDOT 3055088

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@fortunetransportation.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 2253615

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

184

Observed (24 mo)

171

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: 93702 470TH AVE, WINDOM, MN, 56101
Mailing address: PO BOX 399, WINDOM, MN, 56101
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (507) 831-2335
Email: john.mcdonald@fortunetransportation.com
Web domain: fortunetransportation.com

Registration

Officers: John Mcdonald · Leland Krumrey
USDOT / docket: 310706 · MC-198945
First registered: Mar 9, 1988
Last MCS-150: May 12, 2026 · 18,916,638 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 19, 1988
D-U-N-S: 60426228

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

184

Power units

170

Drivers

170

CDL drivers

18,916,638

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 FORTUNE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC.

FORTUNE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC (USDOT 310706) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 24, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT effective Mar 1, 2015 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 24, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 9.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier received 391 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 184 vehicle-level and 391 driver-level — across 25 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier has 12 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 7 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 24, 2026.

It reports 184 power units and 170 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 12, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 19, 1988 in the federal record refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is FORTUNE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's USDOT number?

FORTUNE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's USDOT number is 310706, and its motor carrier number is MC-198945.

Is FORTUNE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 24, 2026, FORTUNE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is FORTUNE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC's safety record?

FORTUNE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC has a 9.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 581 roadside inspections, with 12 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).