Carrier profile · USDOT 3020065 · MC-33889 · Updated Jun 14, 2026

TEX SAND TRANSPORT LLC

67 power unitsavg 14.7 yrRegional · 3 statesGRANBURY, TX88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-33889 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

67Power units

113 observed · MCS-150

94Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.7Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(682) 500-1684 Email dispatchjim.hartman@texsandtransport.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 14, 2026

Clear to load

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Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 9 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2017.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 298 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.1%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.1%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

67 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

14.7 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

211 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 22.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 199 vehicle and 210 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.6 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

203 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 23

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

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 67-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 67
Inspections · 24 mo: 211
Annualized: ≈106 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 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 Driving125 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance104 · 9 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance78 · 29 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance70 · 7 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 28 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance49 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance42 · 3 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance19 · 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: 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 ’26 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

At Lloyds’18–’20

Hudson’20–’21

Clear Blue’21–’22

Trisura Specialty’22–’24

Guideone’24–’25

Ms Transverse’25–now

201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2026

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	4
GUIDEONE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2024 → Apr 2025	$750K	2
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2022 → Mar 2024	$750K	1
CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2021 → Mar 2022	$750K	3
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2020 → Mar 2021	$750K	5
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	Mar 2018 → Mar 2020	$750K	4
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2017 → Mar 2018	$750K	3

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 67
Observed power (24 mo): 113
Trailers (towed): 94

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

14.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

47.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

211

TX busiest

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

Home base

GRANBURY, TX

3501 OLD GRANBURY RD

Top corridor

TX 206 · LA 3 · AR 2

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: 19 trucks also ran under 14 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2990765 USDOT 3781181 USDOT 3601721 USDOT 4431120 USDOT 4417013 USDOT 1937667 USDOT 3626799 USDOT 2263816Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 78 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4188553 USDOT 4218831 USDOT 4254956 USDOT 4338638 USDOT 2383172 USDOT 3601721 USDOT 3781181 USDOT 3328258

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@texsandtransport.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 3460859 USDOT 4380324

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

113

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3501 OLD GRANBURY RD, GRANBURY, TX, 76049-7446
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (682) 500-1684
Email: jim.hartman@texsandtransport.com
Web domain: texsandtransport.com

Registration

Officer: Jim Hartman
USDOT / docket: 3020065 · MC-33889
First registered: Jun 20, 2017
Last MCS-150: Jun 2, 2026 · 2,790,114 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 1.25
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,790,114

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 TEX SAND TRANSPORT LLC.

TEX SAND TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 3020065) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 14, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 14, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 22, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 14, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 14, 2026.

The carrier received 211 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 199 vehicle-level and 210 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 14, 2026.

The carrier has 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 14, 2026.

It reports 67 power units and 53 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 2, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 14, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TEX SAND TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

TEX SAND TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 3020065, and its motor carrier number is MC-33889.

Is TEX SAND TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 14, 2026, TEX SAND TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TEX SAND TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

TEX SAND TRANSPORT LLC has a 22.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 298 roadside inspections, with 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).