Fleet typeIdentity
Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
Carrier profile · USDOT 1132289
GARY RUSSELL
DBA RUSSELL FARMS
1 power unitsLOUISBURG, KS
CARRIER INACTIVE
Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily
1Power units
Self-reported · MCS-150
—Trailers seen
None observed · 24 mo
—Avg age (yr)
Awaiting decode
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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Limited record
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Established 23 yearsUSDOT registration inactive
Watch · 3
USDOT registration inactiveThe USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.No inspection history despite active fleetAn established carrier reporting 1 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.MCS-150 census data outdatedThe biennial MCS-150 update is 15.5 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 1
Operating authority2323 yr active
since 2003Insurance (BIPD)Unknown
FMCSA L&IVehicle OOS · 24mo—%
▼ 22.26% nat'lCrashes · fatal00
clean 24 moVektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots
Fleet age vs peersDecoding
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Awaiting VIN decode
Identity stabilityStable
23 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2003 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
AI readFull read
Is GARY RUSSELL safe to work with?
Is GARY RUSSELL safe to load? GARY RUSSELL (USDOT 1132289) is an inactive owner-operator motor carrier based in LOUISBURG, KS, operating 1 power unit and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 23 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). FMCSA has not assigned a safety rating. Vektor rates it unrated (50/100), with the leading concern: usdot registration inactive. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
FMCSA fields + Vektor analysis · updated 2026-06-13
GRGARY RUSSELL 50
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Safety
Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history
Out-of-service rate· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
No roadside inspections on record.
02
Authority & insurance
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
No insurance filing history on record.
03
Equipment & fleet
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
- Registered power units (MCS-150)
- 1
- Observed power (24 mo)
- —
- Trailers (towed)
- —
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
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Operations & lanes
Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Home base
LOUISBURG, KS
Density
fewermore
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Network & fraud
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@fairpoint.net — 414 carriers: USDOT 9203USDOT 70303USDOT 135488USDOT 174169USDOT 176122USDOT 176837USDOT 223783USDOT 229411
Shares a company officer with other carriers
gary russell — 10 carriers: USDOT 209624USDOT 487564USDOT 507398USDOT 988981USDOT 2074166USDOT 2318264USDOT 3091800USDOT 3327357
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Identity & contact
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
Location
- Physical address
- 37210 COLDWATER RD, LOUISBURG, KS, 66053-4505
- Operation
- Interstate
Contact
- Phone
- (913) 837-0240
- Cell
- (913) 731-8160
- deruss@fairpoint.net
- Web domain
- fairpoint.net
Registration
- Officer
- Gary Russell
- USDOT / docket
- 1132289
- First registered
- 05/22/2003
- Last MCS-150
- 01/05/2011 · 20,000 mi (2010)
- FMCSA safety rating
- Not rated
- Recordable crash rate
- 0.00
- D-U-N-S
- —
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
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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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Reviews
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Frequently asked
What is GARY RUSSELL's USDOT number?
GARY RUSSELL's USDOT number is 1132289.
Is GARY RUSSELL authorized to operate?
As of 2026-06-13, GARY RUSSELL is inactive in the FMCSA register.
How big is GARY RUSSELL's fleet?
GARY RUSSELL operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
Where is GARY RUSSELL based?
GARY RUSSELL is based in LOUISBURG, KS.