Carrier profile · USDOT 82034 · MC-173244 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Independent Stave Company LLC

8 power unitsavg 7 yrLocal · 1 statesLEBANON, MO93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-173244 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

8Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

7Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.0Avg age (yr)

2001–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(417) 588-4151 Email dispatchvicky.bott@independentstavecompany.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.

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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

8 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7 yr

Model years 2001–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

9 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 42.1 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 2

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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 8-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 8
Inspections · 24 mo: 9
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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.

393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.13 Retroreflective sheetingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$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 ’18 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Hartford’94–’02

United States’02–’06

Charter Oak’09–’13

Valley Forge’14–’18

beyond this history

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD · since Dec 2018

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
VALLEY FORGE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2014 → Dec 2018	$750K	2
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Dec 2013 → Dec 2014	$750K	1
THE CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2009 → Dec 2013	$750K	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Dec 2008 → Dec 2009	$750K	1
AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE CO.	Nov 2007 → Nov 2006	$750K	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Nov 2007 → Dec 2008	$750K	1
AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE CO.	Nov 2006 → Nov 2007	$750K	2
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2002 → Nov 2006	$750K	2
HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 1994 → Oct 2002	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 8
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 7

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

2025

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

21.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MO busiest

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

Home base

LEBANON, MO

1078 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET

Top corridor

MO 9

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 762684 USDOT 1758475 USDOT 4449693 USDOT 82051 USDOT 192629 USDOT 211986

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: 1078 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET, LEBANON, MO, 65536
Mailing address: P O BOX 104, LEBANON, MO, 65536
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (417) 588-4151
Email: vicky.bott@independentstavecompany.com
Web domain: independentstavecompany.com

Registration

Officers: David Waugh · Vicky Bott
USDOT / docket: 82034 · MC-173244
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Oct 17, 2025 · 619,358 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jun 14, 2016
D-U-N-S: 6268494

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

619,358

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 INDEPENDENT STAVE COMPANY LLC.

INDEPENDENT STAVE COMPANY LLC (USDOT 82034) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. OF HARTFORD effective Dec 1, 2018 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 9 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 4 vehicle-level and 9 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 8 power units and 8 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 17, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jun 14, 2016 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is INDEPENDENT STAVE COMPANY LLC's USDOT number?

INDEPENDENT STAVE COMPANY LLC's USDOT number is 82034, and its motor carrier number is MC-173244.

Is INDEPENDENT STAVE COMPANY LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, INDEPENDENT STAVE COMPANY LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is INDEPENDENT STAVE COMPANY LLC's safety record?

INDEPENDENT STAVE COMPANY LLC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 20 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).