Carrier profile · USDOT 2017701 · MC-713272 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Indiana Steel Carriers Inc

27 power unitsavg 14 yrMulti-region · 11 statesVALPARAISO, IN81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-713272 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

27Power units

17 observed · MCS-150

22Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(219) 884-2703 Email dispatchmESTRADA@indianasteelcarriers.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.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average18.2% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% 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 16 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2010.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

27 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

14 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

16 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

33 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 18.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 11.6 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 5

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 27-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 27
Inspections · 24 mo: 33
Annualized: ≈17 / 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 4 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 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$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 ’26 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Lancer’10–’15

2010201420182022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	Feb 2025 → Feb 2026	$750K	1
PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION RRG INC	Feb 2024 → Feb 2025	$750K	1
INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA	Feb 2023 → Feb 2024	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2022 → Feb 2023	$750K	1
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2010 → Jun 2015	$750K	5

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 27
Observed power (24 mo): 17
Trailers (towed): 22

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

14.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

30.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

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

Home base

VALPARAISO, IN

2558 KERRY DR

Top corridor

OH ⇄ IN

OH 7 · AR 6 · TX 6

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 1548787Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (13 trucks · 10 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 159317 USDOT 1548787 USDOT 2361921 USDOT 204961 USDOT 2120650 USDOT 3110322 USDOT 2132765 USDOT 2358184

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@indianasteelcarriers.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 3984364 USDOT 4205972

Shares a company officer with other carriers

miguel estrada — 10 carriers: USDOT 1935741 USDOT 2397440 USDOT 3441800 USDOT 3451564 USDOT 3730632 USDOT 3984364 USDOT 4205972 USDOT 4222543

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2558 KERRY DR, VALPARAISO, IN, 46385
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (219) 884-2703
Cell: (219) 712-5792
Email: mestrada@indianasteelcarriers.com
Web domain: indianasteelcarriers.com

Registration

Officers: Miguel Estrada · Matthew W Debats
USDOT / docket: 2017701 · MC-713272
First registered: Apr 7, 2010
Last MCS-150: Oct 24, 2025 · 1,194,352 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 79451359

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,194,352

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 INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC.

INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC (USDOT 2017701) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 14, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 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 Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 33 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 16 vehicle-level and 33 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 27 power units and 27 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 24, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 2017701, and its motor carrier number is MC-713272.

Is INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC's safety record?

INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 37 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC's fleet?

INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC operates 27 power units and 27 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC based?

INDIANA STEEL CARRIERS INC is based in VALPARAISO, IN, with roadside inspections recorded across 11 states.

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