Carrier profile · USDOT 154572 · MC-156852 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LENGNER AND SONS PRODUCE EXPRESS

DBA LENGNER & SONS EXPRESS

23 power unitsavg 11.9 yrLocal · 2 statesOAKLAND, CA87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-156852 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

23Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

14Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.9Avg age (yr)

1998–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(510) 625-1900 Email dispatchBRAD@LENGNERSONS.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

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

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average26.7% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average11.8% 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 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-mo26.7%

▲ 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-mo26.7%

▲ 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

23 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.9 yr

Model years 1998–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

17 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 26.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 11.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 15.2 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 23-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 23
Inspections · 24 mo: 17
Annualized: ≈9 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle 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: Active
Broker: Inactive

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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 10 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

United National’95–’01

State Pennsylvania’02–’09

Hudson’13–now

1994200220102018now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2025

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2013 → Jan 2025	$1M	2
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2012 → Nov 2013	$1M	1
PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2011 → Nov 2012	$1M	1
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2010 → Nov 2011	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Aug 2009 → Nov 2010	$1M	6
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS INS.(AIU)	Mar 2009 → Aug 2009	$1M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Nov 2002 → Mar 2009	$1M	14
RANGER INS. CO./FAIRMONT SPECIALTY INS. CO.	Mar 2002 → Oct 2002	$1M	1
UNITED NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 1995 → Nov 2001	$1M	5
HOMESTEAD INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 1994 → Oct 1994	$1M	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INS. CO	Mar 1994 → Oct 1994	$1M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 23
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 14

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.9 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

23.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

OAKLAND, CA

1425 MARITIME STREET

Top corridor

CA 16 · NV 1

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: 4 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3803042 USDOT 2905216 USDOT 3310730 USDOT 3867923Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (16 trucks · 19 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2730101 USDOT 3629087 USDOT 3965890 USDOT 4331019 USDOT 2916668 USDOT 3429147 USDOT 2788029 USDOT 3395674

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1425 MARITIME STREET, OAKLAND, CA, 94607
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (510) 625-1900
Cell: (562) 209-4382
Fax: (510) 625-1904
Email: brad@lengnersons.com
Web domain: lengnersons.com

Registration

Officers: Laurence E Lengner · Brad Lengner
USDOT / docket: 154572 · MC-156852
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: May 21, 2026 · 850,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 17, 1991
D-U-N-S: 93096220

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

850,000

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 LENGNER AND SONS PRODUCE EXPRESS.

LENGNER AND SONS PRODUCE EXPRESS (USDOT 154572) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 29, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 26.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 17 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 15 vehicle-level and 17 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 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 Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 23 power units and 40 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 21, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 17, 1991 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LENGNER AND SONS PRODUCE EXPRESS's USDOT number?

LENGNER AND SONS PRODUCE EXPRESS's USDOT number is 154572, and its motor carrier number is MC-156852.

Is LENGNER AND SONS PRODUCE EXPRESS authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, LENGNER AND SONS PRODUCE EXPRESS is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LENGNER AND SONS PRODUCE EXPRESS's safety record?

LENGNER AND SONS PRODUCE EXPRESS has a 26.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 33 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).