VEKTORCarrier Intelligence Packet
JOHN DANIEL KNOWLES
DBA PLATINUM AUTO SHIPPERS
USDOT 1185725 · MC-473580 · 3288 CR 4701, TROUP, TX 75789
50UnratedUnknownVektor risk score · 0–100
Generated July 28, 2026 from the live FMCSA / NHTSA record. Decision support — not an FMCSA safety rating or a recommendation to use or avoid any carrier. Verify authority & insurance before tendering.
Watch · 4
- USDOT registration inactive — The USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.
- No active operating authority — No active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.
- No inspection history despite active fleet — An established carrier reporting 1 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.
- MCS-150 census data outdated — The biennial MCS-150 update is 20.5 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 1
- Established 23 years — Operating authority has been on file since 2003.
Identity & authority
- Operating status
- Inactive
- Common authority
- Inactive
- Contract authority
- None
- Broker authority
- None
- Safety rating
- Not rated
- Authority age
- 22 yr
- Registered
- 2003-11-10
- Out-of-service
- No
- Phone
- (903) 539-0642
- jdkjr@prodigy.net
- Website
- prodigy.net
- Address
- 3288 CR 4701, TROUP, TX 75789
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Drivers
- 1
- Observed units
- 0
- Avg fleet age
- —
Insurance
- Auto-liability on file
- No
- BIPD limit
- $750k
- Cargo on file
- No
- Cargo limit
- $750k
- Bond on file
- No
- Lapses
- 0
Safety · trailing 24 months
- Vehicle OOS
- —
- Driver OOS
- —
- Inspections
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fatal crashes
- 0