Carrier profile · USDOT 1793152 · MC-652758 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SCHOTT TRANSPORTATION INC

17 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 23 statesCHAFFEE, MO94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-652758 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

17Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

24Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.8Avg age (yr)

2018–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(573) 887-3428 Email dispatchSCHOTTTRANS@GMAIL.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 fileMultiple injury crashes

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes9 crashes involving injuries are on 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 18 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2008.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 62 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo5.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo5.9%

▼ 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

Small fleet

17 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.8 yr

Model years 2018–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

18 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2008 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

52 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 52 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 7.9 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 5

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

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 52
Annualized: ≈26 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.71 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle 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: 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 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Northland’10–’13

National’13–’15

Milwaukee’15–’17

Northland’17–’19

United Specialty’19–’21

National Union’21–’23

2008201320182023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Aug 2024

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Aug 2024	$750K	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Aug 2021 → Aug 2023	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2019 → Aug 2021	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2017 → Aug 2019	$750K	1
MILWAUKEE CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2015 → Aug 2017	$750K	2
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2013 → Aug 2015	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2010 → Aug 2013	$750K	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Aug 2009 → Aug 2009	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2008 → Aug 2009	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 17
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 24

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2018

Oldest model yr

57.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 23 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TN busiest

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

Home base

CHAFFEE, MO

991 STATE HIGHWAY EE

Top corridor

TN ⇄ MO

TN 6 · MO 6 · UT 5

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: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3706Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (16 trucks · 4 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2399713 USDOT 2531428 USDOT 2060335 USDOT 3706

Shares a company officer with other carriers

chad schott — 2 carriers: USDOT 471258

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: 991 STATE HIGHWAY EE, CHAFFEE, MO, 63740
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (573) 887-3428
Cell: (573) 225-0851
Fax: (573) 887-4037
Email: schotttrans@gmail.com

Registration

Officers: Chad Schott · Jodie Schott
USDOT / docket: 1793152 · MC-652758
First registered: Jul 18, 2008
Last MCS-150: Feb 19, 2025 · 1,233,200 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 20, 2010
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,233,200

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 SCHOTT TRANSPORTATION INC.

SCHOTT TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 1793152) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 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 GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Aug 5, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 5.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 52 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 52 driver-level — across 23 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 17 power units and 21 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 19, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 20, 2010 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SCHOTT TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

SCHOTT TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 1793152, and its motor carrier number is MC-652758.

Is SCHOTT TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, SCHOTT TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SCHOTT TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

SCHOTT TRANSPORTATION INC has a 5.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 62 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).