Carrier profile · USDOT 978545 · MC-451529 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Portable Storage of Mn LLC

DBA BIG BLUE BOXES

113 power unitsavg 12.3 yrMulti-region · 9 statesNEW BRIGHTON, MN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-451529 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

113Power units

66 observed · MCS-150

80Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.3Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(612) 920-3540 Email dispatchdispatch@bigblueboxes.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 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 average51.7% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 25 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2001.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo51.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

12 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo51.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

12 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

113 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

12.3 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

24 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2001 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

102 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 51.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 58 vehicle and 102 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.9% · 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 33.6 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

98 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 8

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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 113-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 113
Inspections · 24 mo: 102
Annualized: ≈51 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving74 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 11 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 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$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)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

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

General Wisconsin’06–’18

Western National’18–’23

Zurich American’23–now

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2026

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2023 → May 2026	$750K	5
WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2018 → May 2023	$750K	1
GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	Sep 2006 → Sep 2018	$750K	4
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2005 → Sep 2006	$750K	2
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2004 → Sep 2005	$750K	1
WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2003 → Jul 2004	$750K	1
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2003 → Oct 2003	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 113
Observed power (24 mo): 66
Trailers (towed): 80

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

20.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

102

WI busiest

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

Home base

NEW BRIGHTON, MN

565 1ST ST SW

Top corridor

WI ⇄ MN

WI 33 · MN 33 · IN 9

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: 6 trucks also ran under 6 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3302101 USDOT 4192187 USDOT 4535621 USDOT 493429 USDOT 134697 USDOT 1875049Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (33 trucks · 28 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3071717 USDOT 3302101 USDOT 4192187 USDOT 70289 USDOT 134697 USDOT 1301733 USDOT 1875049 USDOT 232734

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@bigblueboxes.com — 5 carriers: USDOT 1617122 USDOT 2860762 USDOT 3159633 USDOT 3287262

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

113

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 & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 565 1ST ST SW, NEW BRIGHTON, MN, 55112-7753
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (612) 920-3540
Email: dispatch@bigblueboxes.com
Web domain: bigblueboxes.com

Registration

Officers: Ted Longbella · Scott Campbell
USDOT / docket: 978545 · MC-451529
First registered: Sep 19, 2001
Last MCS-150: Apr 28, 2026 · 4,825,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 3, 2011
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

113

Power units

104

Drivers

104

CDL drivers

4,825,000

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 PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC.

PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC (USDOT 978545) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 51.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 102 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 58 vehicle-level and 102 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 12 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 113 power units and 104 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 28, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 3, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC's USDOT number?

PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC's USDOT number is 978545, and its motor carrier number is MC-451529.

Is PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC's safety record?

PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC has a 51.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 133 roadside inspections, with 12 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC's fleet?

PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC operates 113 power units and 104 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC based?

PORTABLE STORAGE OF MN LLC is based in NEW BRIGHTON, MN, with roadside inspections recorded across 9 states.

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