Carrier profile · USDOT 2495978 · MC-864899 · Updated Jul 23, 2026

TEXAS CARRIERS LLC

95 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 29 statesLAREDO, TX82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-864899 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

95Power units

143 observed · MCS-150

275Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.3Avg age (yr)

2001–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(956) 231-5648 Email dispatchsafety@texascarriers.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileDriver out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average9.1% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo11.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo11.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

95 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.3 yr

Model years 2001–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

460 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 11.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 308 vehicle and 460 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.1% · 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 11.4 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

432 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 31

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 95
Inspections · 24 mo: 460
Annualized: ≈230 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.4 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 Driving140 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance79 · 22 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance59 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness59 · 35 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance57 · 8 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance56 · 7 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 27 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance44 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance41 · 13 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance39 · 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: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liabilityNo active filing in current snapshot

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

American Millennium’16–’18

Knight Specialty’18–’20

Transverse Specialty’23–’24

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

No active BIPD filing in FMCSA's current snapshot.

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INCLINE AMERICAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	3
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2024 → Jun 2025	$750K	7
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2023 → Sep 2024	$750K	9
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2022 → Jun 2023	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2021 → Sep 2022	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2020 → Sep 2021	$750K	5
KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2018 → Oct 2020	$750K	7
AMERICAN MILLENNIUM INS/CITADEL REINSURANCE	Oct 2016 → Oct 2018	$750K	5
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2015 → Oct 2016	$750K	1
ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.	Oct 2014 → Oct 2014	$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): 95
Observed power (24 mo): 143
Trailers (towed): 275

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.3 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

41.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 29 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

446

TX busiest

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

Home base

LAREDO, TX

645 RANCHO PENITAS RD

Top corridor

TX 201 · NM 46 · LA 36

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 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3621084 USDOT 2934002 USDOT 683585Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 95 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 558785 USDOT 1988807 USDOT 2176430 USDOT 1146401 USDOT 3021125 USDOT 3798395 USDOT 1750006 USDOT 2902802

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

143

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: 645 RANCHO PENITAS RD, LAREDO, TX, 78045-8669
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (956) 231-5648
Email: safety@texascarriers.com
Web domain: texascarriers.com

Registration

Officer: Emiliano Martinez
USDOT / docket: 2495978 · MC-864899
First registered: Apr 15, 2014
Last MCS-150: Jul 13, 2026 · 11,127,650 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 4, 2017
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

147

Drivers

140

CDL drivers

11,127,650

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

Jun 26, 2026Carrier record changeInactive · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Jun 25, 2026Carrier record changeInactive · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for TEXAS CARRIERS LLC.

TEXAS CARRIERS LLC (USDOT 2495978) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 23, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 23, 2026.

It has no active BIPD insurance filing in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 23, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 11.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 23, 2026.

The carrier received 460 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 308 vehicle-level and 460 driver-level — across 29 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 23, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 23, 2026.

It reports 95 power units and 147 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 13, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 4, 2017 in the federal record refreshed Jul 23, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TEXAS CARRIERS LLC's USDOT number?

TEXAS CARRIERS LLC's USDOT number is 2495978, and its motor carrier number is MC-864899.

Is TEXAS CARRIERS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 23, 2026, TEXAS CARRIERS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TEXAS CARRIERS LLC's safety record?

TEXAS CARRIERS LLC has a 11.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 724 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).