Carrier profile · USDOT 2832876 · MC-946938 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

KY Truck Lines LLC

DBA KTL

15 power unitsavg 8 yrMulti-region · 10 statesHORSE CAVE, KY80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-946938 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

15Power units

18 observed · MCS-150

17Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.0Avg age (yr)

2003–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(270) 975-0300 Email dispatchKTLTRUCK@YAHOO.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 2, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average46.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes4 crashes involving injuries are on record.

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 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2015.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo46.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo46.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

15 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8 yr

Model years 2003–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2015 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

41 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 46.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 41 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 29.8 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 4

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 15
Inspections · 24 mo: 41
Annualized: ≈21 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 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 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

National’16–’17

Wesco’17–’19

National’19–’20

United Financial’20–’21

Navigators Specialty’21–’22

Watford’22–’23

Protective’23–’24

Falls Lake’24–’25

Great West’25–’26

2016201920222025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY · since May 2026

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Apr 2025 → May 2026	$750K	3
FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Apr 2025	$750K	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2023 → Apr 2024	$750K	1
WATFORD INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2022 → Apr 2023	$750K	1
NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Apr 2021	$750K	1
NAVIGATORS SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Apr 2022	$750K	1
NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Sep 2021	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Apr 2021	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2019 → Jan 2020	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2017 → Jan 2019	$750K	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jan 2016 → Jan 2017	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 15
Observed power (24 mo): 18
Trailers (towed): 17

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.0 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

80.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

GA busiest

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

Home base

HORSE CAVE, KY

1104 S DIXIE ST

Top corridor

GA ⇄ KY

GA 11 · FL 9 · NY 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: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3313640 USDOT 3356771Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (11 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3063203 USDOT 3313640 USDOT 3356771 USDOT 2579006 USDOT 3062023 USDOT 3912649

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: 1104 S DIXIE ST, HORSE CAVE, KY, 42749
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (270) 975-0300
Email: ktltruck@yahoo.com

Registration

Officer: Veldin Kudic
USDOT / docket: 2832876 · MC-946938
First registered: Dec 16, 2015
Last MCS-150: Sep 24, 2025 · 1,420,801 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,420,801

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 KY TRUCK LINES LLC.

KY TRUCK LINES LLC (USDOT 2832876) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY effective May 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 46.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier received 41 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 13 vehicle-level and 41 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 2, 2026.

It reports 15 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 24, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is KY TRUCK LINES LLC's USDOT number?

KY TRUCK LINES LLC's USDOT number is 2832876, and its motor carrier number is MC-946938.

Is KY TRUCK LINES LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 2, 2026, KY TRUCK LINES LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is KY TRUCK LINES LLC's safety record?

KY TRUCK LINES LLC has a 46.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 57 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is KY TRUCK LINES LLC's fleet?

KY TRUCK LINES LLC operates 15 power units and 6 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is KY TRUCK LINES LLC based?

KY TRUCK LINES LLC is based in HORSE CAVE, KY, with roadside inspections recorded across 10 states.

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