Carrier profile · USDOT 1713485 · MC-1090386 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Spartan Truck Lines LLC

DBA SPARTAN TRUCK LINES

36 power unitsavg 8.5 yrNational · 21 statesCAPE GIRARDEAU, MO80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1090386 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

36Power units

38 observed · MCS-150

46Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.5Avg age (yr)

2003–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(573) 803-1407 Email dispatchRCOPELAND@SPARTANTRUCKLINES.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 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 average45.5% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes4 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 19 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2007.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo45.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo45.5%

▲ 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

36 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.5 yr

Model years 2003–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

18 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2007 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

106 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 45.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 106 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 17.4 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

103 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 36-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 36
Inspections · 24 mo: 106
Annualized: ≈53 / 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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 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$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Progressive Ins’20–’21

Prime’21–’23

Accredited Specialty’23–’25

beyond this history

2020202220242026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY · since Feb 2025

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACCREDITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2023 → Feb 2025	$750K	2
PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2021 → Feb 2023	$750K	4
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	Feb 2020 → Feb 2021	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 36
Observed power (24 mo): 38
Trailers (towed): 46

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.5 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

61.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 21 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

106

MO busiest

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

Home base

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO

2094 SOUTHERN EXPRESSWAY

Top corridor

MO 26 · MS 14 · AR 11

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 3772575Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (9 trucks · 13 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 154712 USDOT 388467 USDOT 1102122 USDOT 1099637 USDOT 2861820 USDOT 3191457 USDOT 3743829 USDOT 252664

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@spartantrucklines.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3465989

Shares a company officer with other carriers

robert copeland — 4 carriers: USDOT 1494875 USDOT 1905175 USDOT 2957739

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

Location

Physical address: 2094 SOUTHERN EXPRESSWAY, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO, 63703
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (573) 803-1407
Fax: (573) 651-6477
Email: rcopeland@spartantrucklines.com
Web domain: spartantrucklines.com

Registration

Officers: Robert Copeland · Robert Copeland
USDOT / docket: 1713485 · MC-1090386
First registered: Dec 3, 2007
Last MCS-150: Mar 13, 2026 · 3,372,948 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 2.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,372,948

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 SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC.

SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC (USDOT 1713485) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY effective Feb 24, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 45.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 106 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 44 vehicle-level and 106 driver-level — across 21 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 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 13, 2026.

It reports 36 power units and 29 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 13, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC's USDOT number?

SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC's USDOT number is 1713485, and its motor carrier number is MC-1090386.

Is SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC's safety record?

SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC has a 45.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 153 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC's fleet?

SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC operates 36 power units and 29 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC based?

SPARTAN TRUCK LINES LLC is based in CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO, with roadside inspections recorded across 21 states.

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