Carrier profile · USDOT 292465 · MC-190921 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

P F A SYSTEMS INC

87 power unitsavg 9.7 yrNational · 19 statesJOLIET, IL88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-190921 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

87Power units

75 observed · MCS-150

86Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.7Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(815) 744-8250 Email dispatchrhill@pfasystemsinc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record4 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 39 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1987.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 258 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo15.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo15.4%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

87 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.7 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

39 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1987 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

154 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 15.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 123 vehicle and 154 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.8% · 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 15.1 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

148 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 18

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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 87-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 87
Inspections · 24 mo: 154
Annualized: ≈77 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 16 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 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$3,000,000 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

$3M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $3M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’26 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Great West’95–’00

Illinois National’00–’03

Northland’00–’03

Great West’03–’15

Great West’07–’12

Arch’15–’23

Arch’23–’26

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 18 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $3,000,000 · GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2024

All 18 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2026	$5M	5
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$5M	2
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$5M	1
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Feb 2022	$5M	2
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Jan 2023	$5M	2
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2015 → Jan 2023	$5M	13
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2014 → Jan 2017	$5M	1
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2012 → Aug 2014	$5M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Aug 2007 → Aug 2012	$5M	1
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2006 → Aug 2007	$5M	2
GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY	Aug 2004 → Aug 2006	$5M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Aug 2003 → Aug 2015	$5M	1
GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY	Aug 2003 → Aug 2004	$5M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Aug 2003 → Sep 2015	$5M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2000 → Aug 2003	$5M	1
ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2000 → Aug 2003	$5M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 1995 → Aug 2000	$5M	1
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	Oct 1994 → Jul 1995	$5M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 87
Observed power (24 mo): 75
Trailers (towed): 86

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

51.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 19 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

153

IL busiest

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

Home base

JOLIET, IL

1351 CHANNAHON RD

Top corridor

IL 44 · IN 19 · GA 17

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: 17 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 244303 USDOT 405255 USDOT 3750913 USDOT 862676 USDOT 328103 USDOT 1937393 USDOT 1279665Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (43 trucks · 23 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 244303 USDOT 405255 USDOT 237298 USDOT 328103 USDOT 1109539 USDOT 1279665 USDOT 1937393 USDOT 34666

Shares a company officer with other carriers

ryan hill — 13 carriers: USDOT 158487 USDOT 1196429 USDOT 1512833 USDOT 2086886 USDOT 2584566 USDOT 2785261 USDOT 2793976 USDOT 3361093

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1351 CHANNAHON RD, JOLIET, IL, 60436
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (815) 744-8250
Cell: (708) 277-7618
Fax: (815) 744-8260
Email: rhill@pfasystemsinc.com
Web domain: pfasystemsinc.com

Registration

Officer: Ryan Hill
USDOT / docket: 292465 · MC-190921
First registered: May 15, 1987
Last MCS-150: May 13, 2026 · 4,224,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 1, 2012
D-U-N-S: 783293749

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

4,224,000

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 P F A SYSTEMS INC.

P F A SYSTEMS INC (USDOT 292465) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load 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 $3,000,000 limit in force from GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 15.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 154 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 123 vehicle-level and 154 driver-level — across 19 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 87 power units and 70 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 13, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 1, 2012 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is P F A SYSTEMS INC's USDOT number?

P F A SYSTEMS INC's USDOT number is 292465, and its motor carrier number is MC-190921.

Is P F A SYSTEMS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, P F A SYSTEMS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is P F A SYSTEMS INC's safety record?

P F A SYSTEMS INC has a 15.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 258 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).