Fleet typeIdentity
Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
Carrier profile · USDOT 1731630
HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC
1 power unitsVALLEY CENTER, 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 19 yearsUSDOT registration inactive
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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 16.8 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 1
Operating authority1818 yr active
since 2008Insurance (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
18 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2008 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
AI readFull read
Is HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC safe to work with?
Is HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC safe to load? HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC (USDOT 1731630) is an inactive owner-operator motor carrier based in VALLEY CENTER, KS, operating 1 power unit and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 18 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
HDHOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC 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.
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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.
04
Operations & lanes
Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Home base
VALLEY CENTER, 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
@hughes.net — 1602 carriers: USDOT 1705USDOT 7187USDOT 29282USDOT 33747USDOT 52891USDOT 55287USDOT 72185USDOT 89599
Shares a company officer with other carriers
stan howard — 2 carriers: USDOT 2789849
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Identity & contact
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
Location
- Physical address
- 1401 SUNNYDALE LAKES, VALLEY CENTER, KS, 67147-8624
- Operation
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
Contact
- Phone
- (316) 648-1694
- Fax
- (316) 755-1441
- hdi@hughes.net
- Web domain
- hughes.net
Registration
- Officer
- Stan Howard
- USDOT / docket
- 1731630
- First registered
- 01/28/2008
- Last MCS-150
- 10/15/2009 · 11,567 mi (2009)
- FMCSA safety rating
- Not rated
- Recordable crash rate
- 0.00
- D-U-N-S
- —
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
—CDL drivers
07
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 HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC's USDOT number?
HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC's USDOT number is 1731630.
Is HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC authorized to operate?
As of 2026-06-13, HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC is inactive in the FMCSA register.
How big is HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC's fleet?
HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
Where is HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC based?
HOWARD DISTRIBUTION INC is based in VALLEY CENTER, KS.