Carrier profile · USDOT 643288 · MC-305656 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

SAUER TRANSPORT INC

48 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 26 statesCALDWELL, ID87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-305656 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

48Power units

44 observed · MCS-150

61Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.8Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(208) 468-2440 Email dispatchclay@idahospecialized.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 27, 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 average27.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes11 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 30 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1996.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

48 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.8 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

30 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1996 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

135 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 135 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · 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 6.7 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

130 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 11

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 48-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 48
Inspections · 24 mo: 135
Annualized: ≈68 / 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 Driving60 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance27 · 7 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 10 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 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: 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 ’24 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Continental Western’97–’00

Northland’00–’04

Great West’04–’07

Northland’15–’19

Hudson’19–’23

Great West’23–now

1996200420122020now

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 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since May 2024

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 2023 → Jul 2024	$750K	2
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2019 → May 2023	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2015 → May 2019	$750K	3
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	May 2013 → May 2015	$750K	1
MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2011 → May 2013	$750K	3
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2009 → Jun 2011	$750K	3
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2007 → May 2009	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 2004 → May 2007	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2000 → May 2004	$750K	1
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	May 1997 → May 2000	$750K	1
REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1996 → Jun 1997	$750K	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 48
Observed power (24 mo): 44
Trailers (towed): 61

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

58.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 26 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

135

CA busiest

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

Home base

CALDWELL, ID

3403 ARTHUR ST

Top corridor

CA ⇄ ID

CA 23 · UT 20 · ID 18

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: 3 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 645288 USDOT 3033710Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (19 trucks · 15 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2076111 USDOT 2506089 USDOT 1287445 USDOT 4128571 USDOT 1775124 USDOT 3815110 USDOT 2546856 USDOT 645288

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@idahospecialized.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 702373 USDOT 3909013

Shares a company officer with other carriers

clay sauer — 4 carriers: USDOT 702373 USDOT 2862618 USDOT 3909013

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: 3403 ARTHUR ST, CALDWELL, ID, 83605
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (208) 468-2440
Email: clay@idahospecialized.com
Web domain: idahospecialized.com

Registration

Officer: Clay Sauer
USDOT / docket: 643288 · MC-305656
First registered: May 31, 1996
Last MCS-150: Jun 25, 2026 · 8,275,396 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

8,275,396

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 SAUER TRANSPORT INC.

SAUER TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 643288) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 27, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective May 28, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 27, 2026.

The carrier received 135 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 63 vehicle-level and 135 driver-level — across 26 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 27, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 27, 2026.

It reports 48 power units and 56 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 25, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 27, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SAUER TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

SAUER TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 643288, and its motor carrier number is MC-305656.

Is SAUER TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 27, 2026, SAUER TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SAUER TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

SAUER TRANSPORT INC has a 27.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 229 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).