Carrier profile · USDOT 617190 · MC-295634 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

R E Kaus Inc

25 power unitsavg 11.8 yrRegional · 4 statesITASCA, IL100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-295634 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

25Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

8Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.8Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(630) 773-9143 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

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 31 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1995.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 19 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 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

Asset-based

25 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.8 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

31 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1995 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

1 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
4 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jul 13, 2026.
Clean inspections11 inspections, 0 OOS in 24 months
0 out-of-service inspections at any level in that window.

Safety

11 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%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 — 7 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 25-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 25
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

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)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

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 10 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Onebeacon America’98–’01

Lancer’05–’08

Century National’10–’15

Northland’17–’20

Midwest Family’20–’25

1998200520122019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Oct 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2020 → Oct 2025	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Oct 2020	$750K	2
CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2015 → Oct 2017	$750K	3
CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2010 → May 2015	$750K	12
CENTURY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2009 → Jan 2010	$750K	3
ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO. OF ILLINOIS	Jul 2009 → Aug 2009	$750K	2
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2009 → Oct 2009	$750K	1
MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2008 → Jul 2009	$750K	5
LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2005 → Jul 2008	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2003 → Jul 2005	$750K	2
INSURANCE CORPORATION OF HANNOVER	Jul 2002 → Jul 2003	$750K	2
ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2001 → Jul 2002	$750K	1
ONEBEACON AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 1998 → Jul 2001	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 25
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 8

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

33.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IL busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Illinois: 6 inspections
Indiana: 2 inspections
Iowa: 2 inspections
California: 1 inspections

Home base

ITASCA, IL

6N349 LLOYD AVE

Most inspections: IL

6 inspections

IL 6 · IN 2 · IA 2

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 426538

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 & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 6N349 LLOYD AVE, ITASCA, IL, 60143
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (630) 773-9143
Fax: (630) 773-4607
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: rekaus.com

Registration

Officers: Robert Kaus · Kelsey Kaus Seith
USDOT / docket: 617190 · MC-295634
First registered: Oct 17, 1995
Last MCS-150: Jul 11, 2025 · 1,129,848 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: 9935347

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

1,129,848

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

0 of 7 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

10violation records

0OOS-tagged records

0 of 7inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Hours of service

40%0 / 4

Unsafe driving

30%0 / 3

Lights

20%0 / 2

Brakes

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%Stable

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 4

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 2

n/aNov 25 to May 260 / 0

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 1

Top 3 codes (4 of 10 records)

392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2FC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11RT Required lamps/reflectors missing1

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393.55C1 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.9 Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H2 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data1
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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Lights

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Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for R E KAUS INC.

R E KAUS INC (USDOT 617190) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Oct 19, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 11 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 7 vehicle-level and 11 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 25 power units and 18 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 11, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is R E KAUS INC's USDOT number?

R E KAUS INC's USDOT number is 617190, and its motor carrier number is MC-295634.

Is R E KAUS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. R E KAUS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is R E KAUS INC's safety record?

R E KAUS INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 19 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).