Carrier profile · USDOT 1380227 · MC-526423 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

JOSHUA BRANDON HEARD

DBA CKH INC

1 power unitFARMINGTON, NM50/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-526423 INACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

Self-reported · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

—Avg age (yr)

Not yet decoded

Call dispatch(505) 325-5572 Email dispatchJBHEARD@GOBRAINSTORM.NET

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Limited record

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Established 21 yearsUSDOT registration inactive

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USDOT registration inactiveThe USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.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 18.0 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.

In good standing · 1

Established 21 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2005.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal—

No crash record

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo—

No inspections · 24 mo

Crashes · fatal—

No crash record

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

—

Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2005 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

No roadside inspections on record.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liabilityNo active filing in current snapshot

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’08 · 1 insurer · 0 lapsesContinuous

Progressive Northwestern’05–’08

beyond this history

2005201120172023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 1 insurers are named in the list below.

No active BIPD filing in FMCSA's current snapshot.

All 1 insurer era · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.	Jun 2005 → Apr 2008	$750K	1

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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

FARMINGTON, NM

2224 RIDGECREST

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@gobrainstorm.net — 18 carriers: USDOT 504167 USDOT 625025 USDOT 655210 USDOT 780362 USDOT 1098404 USDOT 1190176 USDOT 1228669 USDOT 1247784

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2224 RIDGECREST, FARMINGTON, NM, 87401
Mailing address: PO BOX 2437, FARMINGTON, NM, 87499
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (505) 325-5572
Cell: (505) 360-0067
Fax: (505) 325-5572
Email: jbheard@gobrainstorm.net
Web domain: gobrainstorm.net

Registration

Officers: Joshua Brandon Heard · Jade D Heard
USDOT / docket: 1380227 · MC-526423
First registered: Jun 3, 2005
Last MCS-150: Jul 22, 2008
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

—Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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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 JOSHUA BRANDON HEARD.

JOSHUA BRANDON HEARD (USDOT 1380227) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has no active BIPD insurance filing in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 0 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 0 vehicle-level and 0 driver-level, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 22, 2008.

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