Carrier profile · USDOT 1301733 · MC-505101 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Sfe Inc

11 power unitsavg 8.9 yrRegional · 5 statesJORDAN, MN86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-505101 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

11Power units

13 observed · MCS-150

18Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.9Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(651) 605-2050 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

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Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average50.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.

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 22 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2004.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo50.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

11 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.9 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2004 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

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

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 50.00% on 8 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
3 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Jul 20, 2026.

Safety

20 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 50.0%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 — 8 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 16.7 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 4

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

Registered power units: 11
Inspections · 24 mo: 20
Annualized: ≈10 / 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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
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

$1M BIPD last filed ’24 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Great West’04–’08

Western National’07–’24

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 2 insurers are named in the list below.

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

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2007 → Dec 2024	$1M	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2004 → Jan 2008	$1M	5

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 11
Observed power (24 mo): 13
Trailers (towed): 18

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

45.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MN busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Minnesota: 14 inspections
Wisconsin: 2 inspections
South Dakota: 2 inspections
North Dakota: 1 inspections
Iowa: 1 inspections

Home base

JORDAN, MN

100 HICKEY LAKE DRIVE

Most inspections: MN

14 inspections

MN 14 · WI 2 · SD 2

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

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 2258283Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (5 trucks · 6 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 978545 USDOT 1875049 USDOT 2258283 USDOT 620402 USDOT 185732 USDOT 343658

Shares a company officer with other carriers

steve sharpe — 3 carriers: USDOT 1081136 USDOT 1808343

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 & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 100 HICKEY LAKE DRIVE, JORDAN, MN, 55352
Mailing address: PO BOX 129, JORDAN, MN, 55352
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (651) 605-2050
Fax: (651) 605-2051
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: sfetrucking.com

Registration

Officer: Steve Sharpe
USDOT / docket: 1301733 · MC-505101
First registered: Nov 4, 2004
Last MCS-150: Mar 16, 2026 · 767,667 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

767,667

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 1, 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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50%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

4 of 8 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

38violation records

5OOS-tagged records

4 of 8inspections 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.

Brakes

160%0 / 16

Unsafe driving

130%0 / 13

Other vehicle maintenance

771%5 / 7

Hours of service

10%0 / 1

Lights

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

50%Stable

15%

30%

50%Nov 24 to Apr 251 / 2

n/aMay 25 to Oct 250 / 0

n/aNov 25 to Apr 260 / 0

50%May 26 to Oct 263 / 6

Top 3 codes (12 of 38 records)

393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative5
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)4
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3

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393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.48A-BMBCBD Brakes inoperative2
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators2
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A3-TFL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75B-TFV Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
396.3A1-ALBV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

Before you tender

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Brakes

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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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 SFE INC.

SFE INC (USDOT 1301733) has a Vektor safety score of 86/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Dec 15, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 50.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 20 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 8 vehicle-level and 20 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 11 power units and 11 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 16, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SFE INC's USDOT number?

SFE INC's USDOT number is 1301733, and its motor carrier number is MC-505101.

Is SFE INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. SFE INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SFE INC's safety record?

SFE INC has a 50.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 29 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 86/100 (tier: clear).